Senator Hilary Rodham-Clinton (D-NY) and Congressman Luis Fortuno (R-PR) have teamed together to introduce legislation to extend wilderness protection to over 10,000 acres in Puerto Rico's Caribbean National Forest. Although the smallest of the 155 national forests, it boasts the greatest number of native tree species at over 240 and is home to trees over 1,000 years old.

Find out more about this effort to create El Toro, the nation's first tropical forest wilderness area:
http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20050203.cfm