This Golena holds a significant natural value and stretches for approximately ten kilometres along the right bank of the River Po, near the border with Lombardy. Its ecological importance is interwoven with the heavily anthropized landscape typical of the Po Valley. The area includes a few sandpits, some still active and others long abandoned: among the latter is Cava Luccio (Pike Pit), a small naturally restored site accessible from the pic-nic area along Viale Po. 

Within the floodplain, visitors can observe a variety of natural habitats: rivers with muddy banks and emerging vegetation such as the Chenopodion Rubri and Bidention species; three additional habitats types associated with flowing or stagnant waters - overall the most distinctive ecological feature of the area-; gallery forests of Salix alba (white willow; it. salice bianco) and Populus alba (white poplar; it. pioppo bianco) and some patches of xerophytic prairie. The floodplain hosts a diverse range of fauna, including 26 different bird species, mainly aquatic. It is also home to one of the most important heronries in Emilia Romagna, with around 800 nests of Black-crowned night herons and a significant population of Little egrets. Other notable nesting species include the Little bittern (it. Tarabusino), Black-winged stilt (it. Cavaliere d'Italia), Kingfisher (it. Martin Pescatore) and Red-backed shrike (it. Averla piccola).