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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.
Maricao State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Maricao) is a state forest located in the eastern Cordillera Central mountains of Puerto Rico. It is commonly known as Monte del Estado because it was one of the first forest reserves in Puerto Rico to be designated a state forest in its official name. [3] With an area of 10,803 acres (43.72 km 2 ...
Although Puerto Rico has no natural units in the National Park System, the biodiversity of the island is recognized and protected through a national forest, a national wildlife refuge, a national wilderness, and numerous state parks (called national parks in Puerto Rico [1]), nature reserves, state forests, wildlife preserves and other ...
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
Built in 1892 on the 19th century highway between Río Piedras and Río Grande, this iron and masonry bridge is the best preserved example of an Eiffel pony truss bridge in Puerto Rico or the United States. By 1994, it had been replaced by an adjacent span for vehicular use, but it remained open for pedestrian use.
It is believed the island is only some 4,000 years old, and stone art left on the island attests it has been visited by man over milennnia. [6] Taíno natives made frequent trips to the island on fishing expeditions, and when they were defeated by the Spanish during the 1511 battle of Spanish–Taíno War for Borikén, the natives attempted a retreat to the Caja de Muertos but shortly ...
Cueva del Indio (Spanish for "cave of the Indian") is a seaside cave located along limestone cliffs in Islote, Arecibo along Puerto Rico's Atlantic coast. The cave and its surroundings are protected by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) as the Cueva del Indio Nature Reserve . [ 1 ]
Puerto Rico Governor's official beach house, located in El Convento Beach, in the municipality of Fajardo. A species of chiton collected originally in 1985 in Las Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve, near the NEC was confirmed to be a new species in 2010, named (Lepidochitona Rufoi) in honor of marine biologist Rufo M. Vega-Pagán. [44] [45]