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Puerto Rican dry forest on Caja de Muertos, south of Ponce. The dry forest life zone exist in two areas on the island of Puerto Rico - along the south coast of the island (in the dry orographic rain shadow of the Cordillera Central) and in the northeastern corner of the island near Fajardo, where the combination of low elevation and strong winds off the ocean result in a dry environment.
The dry forest area of southwestern Puerto Rico protected under the jurisdiction of the Guánica Dry Forest was first established in 1919 as a forest reserve. The United Nations recognized the ecological value of the forest in 1981 when it was designated a Biosphere Reserve, the second in Puerto Rico after El Yunque National Forest (then called the Caribbean National Forest).
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 ...
Río Seco (Spanish for "dry river") is a river located on the southern coastal valley region of Puerto Rico. It originates at the Barrio Pozo Hondo of the municipality of Guayama at an elevation of 984 feet (300 meters) above sea level. The river has a length of approximately 8 miles emptying into the Bay of Jobos.
Tropical Storm Ernesto has formed in the Atlantic and is racing through the Caribbean islands and toward Puerto Rico with heavy rainfall, gusty winds and dangerous seas as a predicted hyperactive ...
The 144 acres of forest tracts belonging to the Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest are protected by conservation easement laws (Spanish: Ley de servidumbre de conservación) between Palmas del Mar Properties Inc. and the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Fideicomiso de Conservación de Puerto Rico) since 2010. [1]
“A tropical depression is likely to form within the next day or two while the system approaches and then moves near or over the Leeward Islands,” the hurricane center’s 2 p.m. Sunday update ...
The National Hurricane Center is forecasting that a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles could hit the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto before growing into a Category ...