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Ecoscenario: El Yunque Caribbean National Forest 4/16/03 3:14 PM El Yunque Caribbean National Forest INTRODUCTION file:///Ecoscenario/elyunque/content.html Page 1 of 16
Ecoscenario: El Yunque Caribbean National Forest 4/16/03 3:14 PM Courtesy ofFather Alejandro Sánchez The canopy of trees in El Yunque forms a green carpet that covers the mountains, Sierra de Luquillo. The island of Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth under the jurisdiction of the United States. It is in the Caribbean Sea, 1,600 km (1,000 miles) southeast of Florida. On the eastern tip of Puerto Rico, 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) from the capital of San Juan, is the Caribbean National Forest, commonly called El Yunque (el•YOONG•kay). It is the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. National Forest System. El Yunque Peak rises 1065 meters (3494 feet) among the rugged, isolated mountians of Sierra de Luquillo. El Yunque gets its name from the cloud-shrouded mountain tops. The native Tiano people called these mountain tops "yuke," meaning "white lands." Courtesyof NASA The island of Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean Sea, southeast of Florida. Cloud cover marks the location of El Yunque. Courtesyof Father Alejandro Sánchez Dense forests were cut for shipbuilding in the 19th century. El Yunque covers approximately 11,300 hectares (28,000 acres) of diverse vegetation. The forest was originally established in 1876 when Puerto Rico was still under Spanish rule. King Alfonso XII of Spain proclaimed El Yunque a forest reserve. It became one of the first reserves in the Western Hemisphere. He declared this reserve, not to file:///Ecoscenario/elyunque/content.html Page 2 of 16
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