Natural Park "Veps forest was organized in 1970. Located in Gatchina, Tikhvin, Lodeynoye pole and Boksitogorsk districts of the Leningrad region, in the South-East from the village of Korba, villages Ladva and Mahathero (Minitskaya). The reserve's area is 7, 392 thousand hectares.

Natural Park created to preserve forest ecosystems, oligotrophic bogs and lakes, distrophic lakes, conservation especially of natural objects and complexes, restore ecological systems. In the nature Park is expected to create a network of "nature trails" of various degrees of complexity. In the village of Ozarowice located Guesthouse.

The reserve is a classic area of glacial deposits, the site of the last Valdai glaciation. At the height of 200-290 m band is edged glacial formations with characteristic hilly terrain. In the East of the Park is a large area of undulating plain. The Park is rich in unique landscapes. On its territory you can see reminiscent of a picturesque mountain lake lake pits; river valleys, groundwater discharges; hills covered with pine and spruce; open bogs, interfluvial tracts of valleys. One of the sections of the Park are visible manifestations of the activity of the glacier, peredvinuvshis huge blocks of coal deposits at 14 km from their original location.

The area cuts through a dense network of rivers: the lower CORBA, Amina, Sandal, Tanuki, Upper CORBA, Urea, Genoa, CAPSA, Coloma, Kanga. The territory is rich in lakes that differ in shape and size: Pecevski, Ozersk, Andother, Assero, Ludwinski, Corbosiero, Caponero, Zerozero, Losero, Dolgozero, Harjaginskoe, Alekseevskoe, Lerins, Marsh, Loon and others. Most of the lakes are connected by short streams and channels.

The forest area is 59% of the territory of the reserve, 37, 5 % – bogs, 2, 8% of streams and lakes. In the nature Park is dominated by spruce forests. Most of them – typical of middle taiga bilberry spruce forests on the two-term sediment and drained loam. Less common sphagnum-myrtillus spruce forests on slightly drained peat - and torvenytelennek soils. Almost all spruce trees Dating back over 150 years. Much of the area occupied by indigenous spruce forests, with an age of 200-270 years that are in various phases of cyclical natural dynamics. Pine forests occupy a quarter of the forest area is dominated by wetlands. In the southern and Western parts of the reserve and birch saplings that were formed on the places of cuttings 1970 and 1980.

The connection of forests of different composition, origin and age is a prerequisite for carrying out research work aimed at studying biogeocenotic cover and comparative study of its dynamics. Research work is being carried out here since 1971-1972. The Park is a base not only for scientific work, but also for ecological education and upbringing of the population. Ongoing work in the Park contribute to the study and restoration of historical and cultural values of this region.

The main protected objects are very rare in the Russian North-West of the old indigenous spruce forest and other species that are not affected by human activities, marshes, distrofia and oligotrophic lakes, rare plants: bent grass clavate, polutnik koljuchegolovye, Poconos grass, the leafless orchids, sphagnum Lindberg, honeysuckle Pallas and others. It found 57 species of birds, many of them are protected. This is hen Harrier, Goldeneye, peregrine Falcon, Kestrel, Siberian Jay, grouse, grey Heron, nuthatch, black kite, three-toed woodpecker.

In the reserve it is prohibited to conduct survey work and develop mineral resources; engage in activities that entail disturbance of the soil surface; to produce actions that can change the hydrological regime of water bodies and territories. Here is forbidden the cutting of the main and intermediate use, hunting, harvesting of resin, commercial fishing, commercial harvesting of fruits, wild plants, berries, seeds, mushrooms, Korea, peat and other kinds of animal and vegetable raw materials, the activities, which leads to the violation of conditions of dwelling of animals and vegetation, introduction of living organisms, as well as the placement and construction of industrial, agricultural enterprises, buildings, roads and other communications, in addition to the need for operation of the reserve; the use of pesticides and fertilizers, traffic; alloy forests, large-scale recreation.