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The Monumento al Jíbaro Puertorriqueño (Monument to the Puerto Rican Countryman) is a monument built by the Government of Puerto Rico to honor the Puerto Rican Jíbaro, located on Puerto Rico Highway 52, km 49.0, Barrio Lapa, Salinas, Puerto Rico. [3] [4] [5] It was sculpted by Tomás Batista. [6]
All nature reserves in Puerto Rico are protected by Puerto Rico Law #150, [1] first approved on August 8, 1988, better known as the Puerto Rico Natural Heritage Program Act (Ley del Programa de Patrimonio Natural de Puerto Rico) that seeks to protect the natural resources of the island for the purpose of natural preservation and tourism.
Carite State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Carite) is a state forest and nature reserve located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range in southeastern Puerto Rico.The forest extends over approximately 2,600 hectares (6,500 acres) and is located in the municipalities of Caguas, Cayey, Guayama, Patillas and San Lorenzo.
El Boquerón is a body of water located at the intersection of the Condado Lagoon and the San Antonio Channel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This body of water separates the Islet of San Juan , where Old San Juan and Puerta de Tierra are located, from El Condado and the Isla Grande peninsula in Santurce .
El Parterre is a landscaped park in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, that was built in 1851.The park encloses the Ojo de Agua (lit. ' water eye ', Spanish for 'spring' or 'water source'), also referred to as Manantial Ojo de Agua, [2] a natural spring which was a source of water for Spanish soldiers, and the source of a small rivulet locally called Chico River ('little river') which empties into the ...
Teodoro Moscoso Bridge crosses the San José Lagoon and connects Río Piedras and San Juan's central business district with Isla Verde and the city's main airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The San José Lagoon ( Spanish : Laguna de San José ) is a shallow saline lake or lagoon located between the municipalities of San Juan and Carolina in ...
En el Bosque Seco de Guánica. San Juan, Puerto Rico: La Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico (Colección San Pedrito), 1995. ISBN 0-8477-0207-3 – Children's picture book about a trip through the dry forest of Guánica with a sea turtle. (in Spanish)
Much of the development within the forest area was made by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 20th century. The forest preserve was one of the five designated forests designated in 1943 by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (Spanish: Administración de Reconstrucción de Puerto Rico) to preserve the remaining forested areas in the island.