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List of protected areas of Puerto Rico

Entrance sign to El Yunque National Forest.

The protected areas of Puerto Rico include an array of natural areas in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, managed by a number of agencies and entities belonging to both federal and commonwealth government bodies. 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 designations on state, municipal and public-private administration levels.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Federal level

El Yunque National Forest

National Estuarine Research Reserves

Jobos Bay

National Forests

El Yunque

Puerto Mosquito Bioluminescent Bay, Vieques

National Natural Landmarks

National Wild and Scenic Rivers

National Wilderness Preservation System

El Toro

National Wildlife Refuge

Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge spanning Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Navassa Island with the following units in Puerto Rico:

Commonwealth level

Puerto Rico Northern Karst, Arecibo

Compañía de Parques Nacionales (CPNPR)

Conservation Easement Sites (Servidumbres de conservación)

Centro Espíritu Santo
El Rabanal
El Tambor
Foreman Conservation Easement
Gulín Farm
Ledesma Moulier Farm
María Luisa Farm
Montes Oscuros
Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest
Picaflor Conservation Easement
Siembra Tres Vidas

Conservation Zones

Puerto Rico karst
- Northern karst
- Southern karst

Marine Reserves

Nature Reserves (Reservas Naturales)

Mona Island ground iguana

Aguas Buenas Cave System
Belvedere Farm (part of Boquerón State Forest)
Caja de Muertos
Caño La Boquilla
Caño Martín Peña Nature Reserve
Caño Tiburones
Cayo Ratones (part of Boquerón State Forest)
Cialitos River Nature Reserve
Cibuco Swamp
Condado Lagoon
Cueva del Indio
Espíritu Santo River Nature Reserve
Guayama Reef
Hacienda La Esperanza Nature Reserve
Humacao Nature Reserve
Joyuda Lagoon (part of Boquerón State Forest)
La Cordillera Reef
La Parguera (part of Boquerón State Forest)
Las Cabachuelas Caves
Las Cabezas de San Juan
Las Cucharillas Swamp
Las Piedras del Collado
Luis Peña Channel
Mata de Plátano Field Station
Mona and Monito Islands Nature Reserve
Northeast Ecological Corridor
Planadas-Yeyesa Nature Reserve
Playa Grande El Paraíso
Pterocarpus Forest of Humacao
Punta Ballenas Nature Reserve (part of Guánica State Forest)
Punta Cucharas^[5]
Punta Petrona Nature Reserve
Punta Tuna Mangrove
Punta Vientos Wetland
Punta Yeguas
San Juan Ecological Corridor
- Cupey Arboretum
- Doña Inés Mendoza Urban Forest
- Los Capuchinos Forest
- New Millennium State Forest
- Old Piedras River Aqueduct
- University of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden
Tortuguero Lagoon
Tourmaline Reef
Vieques Bioluminescent Bay (Puerto Mosquito)

Protected Natural Areas (Áreas naturales protegidas)

La Robleda, Cayey

Bairoa River Protected Natural Area
Cerro Felíz
Cerro La Tuna
Cerro Las Mesas
Cordillera Sabana Alta
Culebras Protected Natural Area
Dorado Pterocarpus Forest
El Conuco Protected Natural Area
El Convento Cave
Encantado River Protected Natural Area
Freddie Ramírez Protected Natural Area
Guaynabo River Protected Natural Area
Hacienda Buena Vista Protected Natural Area
Hacienda Lago Protected Natural Area
Hacienda Margarita Protected Natural Area
Hacienda Pellejas Protected Natural Area
Hermanas Sendra Protected Natural Area
Jacaboa River Protected Natural Area
Jájome
Jorge Sotomayor del Toro Protected Natural Area
La Pitahaya Protected Natural Area
La Robleda Protected Natural Area
Las Bocas Canyon
Los Frailes Farm Protected Natural Area
Los Llanos Protected Natural Area
Luz Martínez de Benítez Protected Natural Area
Maricao River Protected Natural Area
Marín Alto Protected Natural Area
Medio Mundo and Daguao Protected Natural Area
Ojo de Agua Protected Natural Area
Paraíso de las Lunas Protected Natural Area
Punta Cabullones Protected Natural Area
Punta Pozuelo Protected Natural Area
Punta Soldado Protected Natural Area
Quebrada Janer Protected Natural Area
San Cristóbal Canyon
San Juan Park Protected Natural Area
Sana Muerto River Protected Natural Area
Shapiro Protected Natural Area
Sierra Pandura
Toa Vaca River Protected Natural Area
Toro Negro River Protected Natural Area
Ulpiano Casal Protected Natural Area

Research Reserves (Áreas de investigación)

Guayama Research Area
Manatí Research Area

State Forests (Bosques Estatales)

Guánica State Forest

Wildlife Refuges (Refugios de Vida Silvestre)

Boquerón Iris Alameda Wildlife Refuge (part of Boquerón State Forest)
Cerrillos Lake Wildlife Refuge
El Buey Natural Wildlife Refuge
Lake Guajataca Wildlife Refuge
Lake La Plata Wildlife Refuge
Lake Luchetti Wildlife Refuge

Other protected areas

Las Casas de la Selva, Patillas

Caguas Real Reserve (currently managed by the USFWS)^[6]
El Tallonal
El Verde Farm
Finca Longo (managed by the DRNA forest service)^[6]
José Santiago Farm
Las Casas de la Selva
Nolla Farm

Municipal level

Caguas Regional Forest (Caguas)^[6]
Chalets de Bairoa Natural Area (Caguas)
Cerro Borrás (Caguas)
Río Hondo Community Forest (Mayagüez)

References

^ "Directorio de agencias - Compañía de Parques Nacionales de Puerto Rico (CPNPR)". pr.gov (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^ USDA, Forest Service. "Protected Natural Areas of Puerto Rico" (PDF). fs.usda.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^ "Natural Protected Areas of Puerto Rico (December 2016 Inventory) | The Caribbean LCC CPA". caribbeanlcc.databasin.org. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^ "Nuestras Áreas Naturales Protegidas". DRNA (in Spanish). 2019-04-24. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
^ AN ACT To designate Punta Cucharas natural area of the Municipality of Ponce as a Natural Reserve Area of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to be administered pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 150 of 4 August 1988, as amended, known as the "Puerto Rico Natural Patrimony Program Act." Legislature of Puerto Rico. Legislative Year 2008, Law No. 227. House Bill #3797. 9 August 2008. Accessed 8 June 2016. Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c Municipio Autónomo de Caguas (12 June 2015). "Revisión Integral del Plan Territorial del Municipio Autónomo de Caguas" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 42. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

External links

DRNA - Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (in Spanish)
Para la Naturaleza - Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (in Spanish)
NPS - United States National Park System (in English)
USFS - United States Forest Service (in English)

Protected areas of Puerto Rico

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Bahía de Jobos
National Forests	El Yunque
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Río Icacos Río Mameyes Río de la Mina
Wilderness Areas	El Toro
National Wildlife Refuges	Cabo Rojo Culebra Desecheo Laguna Cartagena Vieques

State Forests	Aguirre Boquerón Cambalache Carite Ceiba Cerrillos Guajataca Guánica Guilarte Los Tres Picachos Maricao Monte Choca Nuevo Milenio Piñones Río Abajo San Patricio Susúa Toro Negro Vega
Other Forests	Bosque del Pueblo
Nature Reserves	Aguas Buenas Cave System Cabezas de San Juan Caja de Muertos Caño Martín Peña Caño Tiburones Cerro Las Tetas Cibuco Swamp Condado Lagoon Cueva del Indio Cuevas Las Cabachuelas Hacienda Belvedere Humacao Nature Reserve Joyuda Lagoon Inés María Mendoza La Cordillera Reef La Parguera Las Bocas Canyon Mona and Monito Islands Northeast Ecological Corridor Planadas-Yeyesa Punta Cucharas Punta Guaniquilla Puerto Mosquito Punta Petrona San Cristóbal Canyon San Juan Ecological Corridor Tortuguero Lagoon Tourmaline Reef
Conservation Easement Sites	El Rabanal Foreman Conservation Easement Montes Oscuros Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest
Conservation Zones	Northern Karst
Marine Reserves	Isla Verde Reef
Protected Natural Areas	La Robleda Natural Protected Area Sierra Pandura
Research Reserves	Mata de Plátano Field Station Sierra de Jájome
Parques Nacionales	Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy Julio Enrique Monagas Park

Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

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