KHOMUTOVSKI STEPPE NATURE RESERVE Pictures of the Reserve

Some of the horses introduced to control scrub encroachment [photo V.P. Heluta]

Anatoly Genov, former Director of the Reserve [photo V.P. Heluta]

An expanse of steppe grass; half-close your eyes and it's a sea [photo V.P. Heluta]

Anatoly Genov surrounded by steppe grass [photo V.P. Heluta]

Silvery steppe grass blows in the wind; a huge area of encroaching Caragana frutex shows as dark green behind the figures

Walking through steppe past a kurgan (ancient burial mound) with dark green clumps of encroaching Caragana frutex in the distance

A child from the nearby village pets "Starlight", the first foal to be born on the reserve

Anatoly Genov shows how high the encroaching shrubs can get

Using a strimmer to clear Caragana on a bleak winter's day

Starlight, the first foal to be born on the reserve, makes friends with a visitor; Anatoly Genov looks on

Near the edge of the reserve, looking down to an area of reeds

Anatoly Genov shows the new corral for the horses to a visitor; Vasyl Heluta looks on

Vasilii Tkachenko examines turf on the reserve

The silver wisps of steppe grass are one of the most unforgettable memories of the reserve

Near one of the ancient Scythian stone figures