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Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor is a protected reserve on the island’s northeast coast between Luquillo and Fajardo, preserving one of the region’s largest undeveloped coastal landscapes. Its nearly 2,970 acres include forests, wetlands, beaches, coral communities, and a lagoon with sporadic bioluminescence, while its shoreline provides important nesting grounds for leatherback sea turtles and habitat for hundreds of plant and animal species, including many considered rare, threatened, endangered, or endemic. Its protection followed decades of conflict over proposed resort development, ending in 2013 with full legal protection after sustained grassroots organizing, legal challenges, and public pressure.
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Fajardo, Puerto Rico · United States
