Vieta, Vidzeme
Beja forest is a nature reserve in Jaunaluksne parish of Alūksne district. It is located on the Maliena hill in the southern part of the parish, southwest of the village of Beja. The reserve was created in 1987 for the protection of old spruce forests; protected habitats such as transitional marshes and swamps are also found. There is a brown bear and a specially protected species of plant - sedge. The reserve occupies an interesting territory, broken up by hills and interhill depressions, covered by an old spruce forest. In the territory of the reserve near the Alpine houses...