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The nature reserve protects wetlands and an urban mangrove forest which extends throughout the channel between the Los Corozos and San José Lagoons in the east and the San Juan Bay in the west, and between the districts of Santurce in the north and Hato Rey in the south. [1]
A portion of the reserve was transferred to the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in 1941.. The forest's ecological value has been recognized since 1918, when Puerto Rico governor Arthur Yager proclaimed and designated mora than 800 acres of coastal mangrove forest between the municipalities of Fajardo and Naguabo.
The wetland is characterized by swampy areas and mangrove forests that are home to a high diversity of birds. [9] 6 Caño Martín Peña: San Juan: 2002 188 Revitalized mangrove forest along the Martín Peña Channel that represents one of the few remaining natural areas of the San Juan Bay and its metropolitan area.
In Puerto Rico, the red, white, and ... using new satellite-based maps of global mangrove forests across 116 countries, had created a new dataset to characterize the ...
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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 environment of the nature reserve belongs to the Puerto Rican dry forest and Greater Antilles mangroves ecoregions. [5] Administratively, La Parguera Nature Reserve is intended to protect an ecological corridor between the Boquerón and Guánica State Forests. [1]
Example of a state forest landmark sign, this one for the Cueva Ventana in Guajataca.. Puerto Rico state forests (Spanish: Bosques estatales de Puerto Rico), sometimes referred to as Puerto Rico Commonwealth forests in English, [1] [2] are protected forest reserves managed by the government of Puerto Rico, particularly by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.