Sarychat-Ertash State Nature Reserve
The Sarychat - Ertash Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the area of Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. It is located south of Lake Issyk - Kul lake in Tien -Shan Mountains and covers an area of 720 square kilometers. The reserve is part of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Reserve.
The reserve was established primarily for the protection of the endangered snow leopard and argali. Other large animals that are proven to occur in the protected area of the Siberian ibex and the brown bear. Smaller mammal species that could be detected by camera traps in the reserve also are red fox, Tolai hare and gray marmot. As part of a study in 2005 were argali, ibex and marmots received by far the most with camera traps. In the field of addition Manuls, stone marten, Eurasian lynx, badgers, wild boar and wolves. The Reserve is strictly protected and exempt from any use, including tourism. About 80 km south-east of the reserve, near the Chinese border, lies the Jangart - hunting reserve, is permitted in the controlled hunting.