Protection Name and Figure:
Natural Park of the Moncayo. Declared by Royal Decree 3060/1987 of October 27.
Municipal Terms:
Tarazona.
Extension:
1,389 hectares.
Altitude:
Between 900 meters and 2,315 meters on the summit of Cerro de San Miguel.
Elements of Interest:
Complete succession of the different bioclimatic flats: Mediterranean scrub, Carrascal, oak grove, relict beech forest, repopulation pine forest, boulders on the peaks. Formations geomorphological glacial and periglacial modeling: cirques, moraines and rubble.
Description
Between the Plateau and the arid plains of the Depression of the Ebro, the silhouette of the Moncayo rises on the horizon. Magical and mysterious watchtower, this unique mountain has been surrounded of a legendary halo that has inspired poets of all times.
Parque Natural del Moncayo.
The exceptional natural values of the northern slope of this massif were recognized as early as 1927 when, by Royal Order, the Moncayo was declared Natural Site of Interest National.
Subsequently, the first Law of Protected Natural Spaces (Law 15/1975, of May 2), obliged the Government to dictate the precise provisions to reclassify the lands that in At that time, they enjoyed the status of Natural Sites of National Interest and complied with the conditions established in said Law, among which was the purpose of facilitate man's contacts with nature. This was the case of DEHESA DEL MONCAYO, which, at the initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture, was declared a 1978 NATURAL PARK.
The management of this Natural Area was then entrusted to ICONA to be subsequently transferred to the Autonomous Community of Aragon. Since its declaration, the Park has a consultative body, the Governing Board, which participates in the preparation of reports and decision-making. In addition, Moncayo has launched the first Natural Resources Management Plan (PORN), a novel legal planning instrument established by the Law of Conservation of Natural Areas and Flora and Wildlife promulgated in 1989 and on which the management tasks should be based.
The extension of the limits of the DEHESA DEL MONCAYO NATURAL PARK and its reclassification, currently in the process of approval, is one of the pending claims for the best conservation of this peculiar ecological enclave of the Ebro Valley.
Other Protected Natural Spaces in Aragon:
- Natural Reserve of the Galachos de la Alfranca de Pastriz, La Cartuja and El Burgo de Ebro.
- Natural Park of the Moncayo.
- Park of la Sierra y Cañones de Guara.
- Park of Posets-Maladeta.
- Protected landscape of the pine forests of Rodeno.
- Natural Monuments of the Pyrenean Glaciers.
- National Site of National Interest of San Juan de la Peña.
- National Park of Ordesa and Monte Perdido.
- Ordesa-Viñamala Biosphere Reserve.
- Wildlife Refuges.
Also Aragon enjoys a diverse and varied Nature where passing by plants, animals, Geology, or landscapes we can arrive at a fantastic bestiary that lives in its monuments.
The information will not be complete without a stroll by its three provinces, with shutdown in some of its spectacular landscapes like Ordesa, the Moncayo, Monegros or by opposition the Ebro.
Also you can dedicarte to the intangible ones: from the legend compilation that also does to universal Aragon.