Nature Park of Alvão the moist lands along the riverfront. The Olo River is rich in trout and is populated by the Eurasian otter ("Lutra lutra"). Throughout the region, bird populations are diverse and include nesting pairs of Golden eagles. Mammal populations are marked by the presence of Wild boar ("Sus scrofa"), Roe deer ("Capreolus capreolus"), European badger ("Meles meles"), Granada hare ("Lepus granatensis") and European rabbit ("Oryctolagus cuniculus"). Among reptiles in the area are the Iberian emerald lizard ("Lacerta schreiberi") and the Latastei viper ("Vipera latastei"). No less important to the region is the traditional architecture of the nature park region, especially in
Meles Zenawi Selassie University) for two years before dropping out his studies in 1974 to join other students and form Tigrayan National Organization (TNO) the forerunner TPLF in Dedebit, Tigray. Aregawi Berhe, a former member of the TPLF, notes that historians John Young and Jenny Hammond "vaguely indicated" Meles as founder TPLF in their books. Aregawi insists that both he and Sebhat Nega joined the Front "months" after it was founded. While a member of the TPLF, Meles established the Marxist-Leninist League of Tigray (MLLT). TPLF was one of armed groups struggling against Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam and the Derg, the junta