Vânători-Neamț Natural Park, Protected natural area in Neamț County, Romania.
Vânători-Neamț Natural Park covers 30,818 ha on the eastern slope of the Stânișoara Mountains and in the Neamț Subcarpathians, crossed by the Cracău and Ozana rivers. It contains three nature reserves: Pădurea de Argint, Codrii de Aramă, and the Dragoș Vodă European bison and Carpathian fauna reserve.
The park was founded in 1999 and declared a protected area the following year by Law No. 5 of 6 March 2000. It contains three national nature reserves: Pădurea de Argint, Codrii de Aramă and the Dragoș Vodă European bison and Carpathian fauna reserve.
Neamț Monastery sits within the protected area and has been a center for manuscript collection and spiritual life for centuries. The monks continue their daily work of preserving texts and practicing traditional Orthodox customs.
The park lies in Neamț County on the border with Suceava County, crossed by the Cracău and Ozana rivers. It covers the communes of Agapia, Bălțătești, Brusturi, Crăcăoani, Vânători-Neamț, Răucești and Boroaia, plus Târgu Neamț town. The European bison enclosure occupies 180 ha in Vânători-Neamț commune.
The park protects a 180-hectare enclosure at Vânători-Neamț commune where 17 European bison live, one of the few places in Romania to see Bison bonasus. The aurochs head, heraldic symbol of Moldavia, is often confused with the bison, though the two are separate species.
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