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Introduction to El Yunque
November 20, 2006
The El Yunque rainforest, a 45-minute drive east of San Juan, is a major attraction in Puerto Rico. Part of the Caribbean National Forest, this is the only tropical forest in the U.S. National Forest Service system. The 28,000-acre (11,200 hectare) preserve was given its status by President Theodore Roosevelt. Today the virgin forest remains much as it was in 1493, when Columbus first sighted Puerto Rico.
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In Puerto Rico, a Rain Forest Full of Easy Adventure
June 28, 2009
Set among the Luquillo Mountains, El Yunque is the only tropical rain forest in the United States national forest system.
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