Editing San Juan, Puerto Rico (section)

==== Nature reserves ====
{{Main|Protected areas of Puerto Rico}}

The municipality of San Juan is home to various important ecosystems and preserved natural areas. Some of the ecosystems of the [[San Juan Bay National Estuary]], which is the only tropical estuary in the [[National Estuary Program]] network, are protected by numerous nature reserves and protected areas such as the [[Caño Martín Peña Nature Reserve]]. Other areas protected under the San Juan Bay National Estuary include [[Condado Lagoon|El Condado Lagoon]], the [[Laguna San José (Puerto Rico)|San José Lagoon]] and [[El Boquerón (San Juan, Puerto Rico)|El Boquerón]] where the San Antonio Creek and the Condado Lagoon connect with the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-02|title=Áreas naturales protegidas y bosques urbanos|url=https://estuario.org/areas-naturales-protegidas-y-bosques-urbanos/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Estuario|language=es-ES}}</ref>

Two of the 20 [[List of Puerto Rico state forests|state forests]] of Puerto Rico are located in the municipality of San Juan: the [[Nuevo Milenio State Forest|New Millennium Urban Forest]], which is also part of the San Juan Ecological Corridor, and the [[San Patricio State Forest|San Patricio Urban Forest]], a [[secondary forest]] located next to a [[mogote]]. The Hermanas Sendra and San Juan Park Protected Natural Areas are located inland within the municipality of San Juan in the barrios of [[Caimito, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Caimito]] and [[Cupey, San Juan, Puerto Rico|Cupey]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Puerto Rico Natural Protected Areas (December 2016 Inventory) {{!}} The Caribbean LCC CPA|url=https://caribbeanlcc.databasin.org/datasets/4db5a86ee415471f94b46e0975a1ae29/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=caribbeanlcc.databasin.org}}</ref>