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Joe Milmoe/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
12/27/2021Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
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Partners for Fish and Wildlife: Puerto Rican Parrots at the FWS Aviary Facility in Maricao, Puerto Rico.
The Maricao Commonwealth Forest, commonly known as only the Monte del Estado -which refers to the mountain of that name located in the forest- is surrounded by privately-owned forested lands of abandoned coffee plantations which have reverted back to secondary forest. Many of the landowners have conservation agreements with the Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resource’s Auxiliary Forests. These private lands are expected to provide landscape connectivity between the Maricao Forest and other major forested areas, such as the Susúa Commonwealth Forest, the Guilarte Commonwealth Forest, forested regions of the Cordillera Central, and potentially even the northern Karst region where another population of Puerto Rican parrots is currently thriving.
The Maricao Commonwealth Forest, commonly known as only the Monte del Estado -which refers to the mountain of that name located in the forest- is surrounded by privately-owned forested lands of abandoned coffee plantations which have reverted back to secondary forest. Many of the landowners have conservation agreements with the Service’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program and the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resource’s Auxiliary Forests. These private lands are expected to provide landscape connectivity between the Maricao Forest and other major forested areas, such as the Susúa Commonwealth Forest, the Guilarte Commonwealth Forest, forested regions of the Cordillera Central, and potentially even the northern Karst region where another population of Puerto Rican parrots is currently thriving.