Weerribben-Wieden National Park

The Weerribben-Wieden National Park is a national park of the Netherlands within the Steenwijkerland municipality of the province of Overijssel. Comprising the biggest lavatory of northwestern Europe, the park consists of regions, De Weerribben and De Wieden, and has an area of approximately 100 square kilometres 39 squaremi. The park became founded in 1982, but De Wieden become delivered only in 2009. Large parts of the place have been used for peat production until the Second World War. Since then a part of the vicinity has been used for cane production.

The area is controlled by way of the big private nature-conservation enterprise Natuurmonumenten and by the Staatsbosbeheer State Forest Service. Other parties are worried in control issues as well, which includes neighborhood groups. The plants and flora and fauna are regular for such a place, full of peat and water. Resident species consist of the water soldier, the sundew, the black tern, the northern pike and, lately, the otter. In addition, the Green Hawker and the Large Copper are found here.