El Toro Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = El Toro Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


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location = Puerto Rico
nearest_city = Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
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lat_direction = N
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long_direction = W
area = convert|10000|acre|km2|1|sing=off
established = December, 2005
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governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

El Toro Wilderness is a convert|10000|acre|km2|1|sing=on wilderness area located partly within the Caribbean National Forest in Puerto Rico. El Toro, named after the highest peak in the forest at convert|3524|ft|m|0|sing=off, is the only tropical wilderness in the U.S. National Forest System. [http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/01/cnf-el-toro-fact-sheet.pdf El Toro Wilderness fact sheet] - U.S. Forest Service]

El Toro is home to a variety of wildlife, including the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot.

References

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/news/2006/releases/01/el-toro-wilderness.shtml El Toro Wilderness] - USDA Forest Service
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wid=679 El Toro Wilderness] - Wilderness.net