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The forest reserve is open during daylight hours and offers opportunities for hiking, birdwatching and cabins. There are two main hiking trails in the forest: the San Andrés Trail which circumnavigates the forest and the Pico
Guilarte trail which leads to the summit of
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with the goal of preserving the area as a forest reserve. The reserve was intended to be a wildlife preserve for the conservation of numerous plant and animal species found in the area but also for recreational purposes. Today the forest is managed by the
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Camping is not allowed within the forest but the area outside the reserve also offers additional opportunities for recreation such as Garzas Lake which is used for fishing and camping, and numerous waterfalls and pools for swimming such as
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Guilarte Forest is one of the few protected areas in Puerto Rico that are home to numerous endangered or threatened animal species such as the red fruit bat (
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forest where the species of the same name is most numerous. In addition to this palm tree the forest is also home to other indicator species such as the
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which are evergreen trees with small leaves often found in the highest parts of Puerto Rico. Other trees found in this area include the
Spanish elm or
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The forest has altitudes varying from 2,500 to 3,950 feet above sea level and it is divided into two forest zones: the
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tree is critically endangered with only 20 individuals found in the wild.
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Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests of the United States
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Other animal species found in the forest are the scaly-naped pigeon (
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Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
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Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
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Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
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Department of Natural and Environmental Resources
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669:"Cerro de Monte Guilarte (Pico Guilarte Trail)"
215:Administración de Reconstrucción de Puerto Rico
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713:"Bosque de Guilarte: A Forest in the Clouds"
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1216:Palmas del Mar Tropical Forest
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1285:Mata de Plátano Field Station
1206:Foreman Conservation Easement
1150:Northeast Ecological Corridor
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689:"Bosque Estatal de Guilarte"
615:"Bosque Estatal de Guilarte"
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87:4,965 cuerdas (4,822 acres)
16:State forest in Puerto Rico
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1315:Julio Enrique Monagas Park
717:www.puertoricodaytrips.com
437:Accipiter striatus venator
167:Bosque Estatal de Guilarte
151:Puerto Rican moist forests
30:Bosque Estatal de Guilarte
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572:Toro Negro State Forest
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22:Guilarte State Forest
1170:San Cristóbal Canyon
693:Discover Puerto Rico
650:Tectaria estremerana
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362:Tabebuia shumanniana
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1130:Inés María Mendoza
1115:Hacienda Belvedere
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530:Guilarte, Adjuntas
508:Diploglossus pleii
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370:capá prieto
171:Puerto Rico
1351:Categories
1201:El Rabanal
1031:Toro Negro
956:Cambalache
849:Río Icacos
746:2021-10-08
722:2021-10-08
698:2021-10-08
588:References
515:Recreation
329:caimitillo
213:(Spanish:
191:Guayanilla
62:Guayanilla
1016:Río Abajo
976:Guajataca
971:Cerrillos
895:Cabo Rojo
831:El Yunque
674:AllTrails
131:.gobierno
76:Elevation
49:Geography
986:Guilarte
951:Boquerón
905:Desecheo
556:See also
364:and the
345:jagüilla
280:and the
223:Adjuntas
195:Peñuelas
187:Adjuntas
66:Peñuelas
58:Adjuntas
54:Location
1011:Piñones
996:Maricao
981:Guánica
946:Aguirre
915:Vieques
900:Culebra
877:El Toro
796:Federal
540:roads.
298:), the
234:Ecology
205:History
163:Spanish
140:Ecology
122:Website
26:Spanish
961:Carite
538:PR-131
534:PR-518
434:hawk (
432:Sierra
331:tree (
302:tree (
276:, the
117:(DRNA)
101:Public
97:Status
1026:Susúa
966:Ceiba
655:(PDF)
618:(PDF)
388:Fauna
288:Flora
199:Yauco
129:.drna
70:Yauco
1036:Vega
548:and
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242:The
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