The new object is presented to the public near the visitor center of the Pagramantis regional park, where you can see the bends and valleys of the two rivers - Akmena and Jūra. This is an observation tower - a viewpoint from which a panorama of the wonderful landscape will open.    

Every Lithuanian national and regional park and reserve has Visitor Center - place, where people can more know about the values of the protected areas and then travel to nature.

Did you know that visitor centres in national and regional parks, with their unique interactive exhibitions and range of services, are already known as gateways to protected areas? How does this work in practice?

On March 2, the opening of a new bisons paddock in Dzūkija National Park and the presentation of the State Service for Protected Areas project "Implementation of Bison Protection Measures" took place. There are already 10 bison living in the new bison paddock, including several cubs born here.

For the third year the „Naturalit“ Nature Project team, the State Service of Protected Areas and national and regional parks have been inviting Lithuanian enterprises to volunteer in protected areas.

On the initiative of the State Service for Protected Areas, a new nature school opened its doors in the Curonian Spit National Park in Nida. This is already the ninth nature school in the protected areas. The goal of every nature school is to educate the public about the importance of protected areas, landscapes, and biodiversity - what and how it should be protected.

A delegation from the protected territories of Ukraine is visiting the protected territories of Lithuania. The main purpose of the visit is dialogue on the development and implementation of the concept of the recently established national park "Pušča Radzivila", talks about humanitarian aid to the protected areas of Ukraine, sharing ...

This year marks an important event for nature conservation - the 30th anniversary of regional parks. It is unique that on 24 September, 1992, by one decision of the Supreme Council, all regional parks in Lithuania were established - the most beautiful and valuable territories of our land.

In the surroundings of the Žuvintas lake, the nests of white storks are almost empty, but there are plenty of storks in the meadows and fields. Storks-parents teach their chicks how to glide before the long journey to warmer lands. At the end of August, the storks will have already flown away.

In the pools of the Lithuanian Maritime Museum, pups of Baltic gray seals brought weak and sick from the sea in the spring are recovering fast. As many as 22 of them were found this year, 3 of them were unfortunately not saved by the museum specialists.

While traveling around national and regional parks, reserves and strict reserves, it will now be easier to find reliable information on the new website www.saugoma.lt. Not only the exceptional value of protected areas, natural and cultural heritage values ​​are clearly listed here, but also a lot of additional information related to visiting.

The first protected area in Lithuania - Žuvintas Reserve - celebrates its 85th anniversary, as it was established in 1937 on the initiative of Professor Tadas Ivanauskas. At that time, the protection of Lake Žuvintas began, which is distinguished by an extremely rich and diverse world of birds.