Lappland is a

nature reserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...

Skinnskatteberg Municipality Skinnskatteberg Municipality (''Skinnskattebergs kommun'') is a municipality in Västmanland County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Skinnskatteberg. In 1952 a new greater municipality was created when "old" Skinskatteberg ...

in Sweden. It is located around 5 km east of the small town

Skinnskatteberg Skinnskatteberg () is a locality and the seat of Skinnskatteberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 2,287 inhabitants in 2010. Notable people *Johan Jakob Borelius (1823 – 1909), professor of theoretical philosophy Gallery File:S ...

, and the

Swedish county road Swedish county roads () are roads with road numbers from 100 and upwards in Sweden. The Swedish county roads are public roads maintained by the Swedish Transport Administration ( sv, Trafikverket). There is a total of 82,873 km (51,495 ...

233 runs through it. The reserve consists mostly of

wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

s and

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...

forest. Two smaller lakes, Håvtjärnen and Bladtjärnen, are located inside the reserve. Between 2014 and 2017,

controlled burn A controlled or prescribed burn, also known as hazard reduction burning, backfire, swailing, or a burn-off, is a fire set intentionally for purposes of forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. A control ...

ing was conducted three times to preserve

biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

by imitating natural forest fires. The last two were part of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

project ''Life Taiga''. File:Lappland, naturreservat.jpg, The lake Håvtjärnen File:Lappland, naturreservat i Västmanland.jpg, Pine forest File:Lappland-reservat-1941.jpg, Wetland File:Lappland-reservat-2003.jpg, Wetland

References

{{reflist Nature reserves in Sweden Wetlands of Sweden Geography of Västmanland County Protected areas established in 1996 1996 establishments in Sweden