Jata Reserve - one of the oldest protected areas in Poland, after the Białowieża National Park. The reserve, covering 1,117 ha, was created in 1933 on the initiative of prof. Władysław Szafer to protect one of the northernmost, natural island stands of silver fir (Abies alba). Jata's forest, in addition to fir, includes: sycamore, spruce, oak, pine, linden, maple, elm, alder and ash, often over 100 years old. It is also an important place in the history of the Łuków region. During World War II, there was a Home Army partisan camp here, commemorated by a monument erected a few hundred meters from the camp site. Father was hiding in Jata. Stanisław Brzóska – one of the leaders of the January Uprising. In the place of the hiding place there is a monument in tribute to Fr. Brzósce, built by foresters in 1928.