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Autumn Paints Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains

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Fall color covers the forested slopes of Bieszczady National Park, while patches of polonina, a type of high-mountain meadow, have turned tan.

The Bieszczady Mountains are renowned not only for forests and mountain meadows but also for charismatic wildlife. European bison, once extinct in the wild , were reintroduced to the area in the 1960s and now roam the hills by the hundreds, according to recent surveys . Additionally, populations of brown bears and Eurasian lynx find refuge and ample food sources in the forests.

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