{{Short description|Protected area in Central Luzon, Philippines}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Roosevelt Protected Landscape | alt_name = Roosevelt Park | iucn_category = V | iucn_ref = <ref>[https://www.protectedplanet.net/7214 Protected Area Profile for Roosevelt Protected Landscape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805210429/https://www.protectedplanet.net/7214 |date=August 5, 2023 }} from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved October 17, 2023.</ref> | image = DinalupihanBataanjf2691 06.JPG | image_caption = The protected landscape area of Roosevelt in Dinalupihan | map = Luzon mainland#Philippines | relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines | map_width = 220 | location = Bataan, Philippines | nearest_city = Olongapo | coordinates = {{coord|14|51|11|N|120|16|57|E|region:PH|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|786.04|ha}} | established = March 30, 1933 (National park)<br/>April 23, 2000 (Protected landscape) | governing_body = Department of Environment and Natural Resources }}
The '''Roosevelt Protected Landscape''', also known as ''Roosevelt Park'', is a protected area in the Central Luzon region in the Philippines. It occupies an area of {{convert|786.04|ha}} of grasslands and old-growth forest in northern Bataan province near Olongapo and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.<ref name="proc273">{{cite web |url=http://www.denr.gov.ph/policy/2000/PP_2000_273.pdf |title=Proclamation No. 273 |publisher=Department of Environment and Natural Resources |access-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013133/http://www.denr.gov.ph/policy/2000/PP_2000_273.pdf |archivedate=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> The park was established as Roosevelt National Park covering an area of {{convert|1485|ha}} on March 30, 1933, through Proclamation No. 567 signed by Governor-General Theodore Roosevelt Jr.<ref name="bmb">{{cite web |url=http://bmb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=216&Itemid=231 |title=2004 Statistics on Philippine Protected Areas and Wildlife Resources |publisher=Department of Environment and Natural Resources Biodiversity Management Bureau |access-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808034705/http://bmb.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=216&Itemid=231 |archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="proc508">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1965/12/17/proclamation-no-508-s-1965/ |title=Proclamation No. 508, s. 1965 |publisher=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines |access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> In 1965, the national park was reduced to {{convert|1334|ha}}. On April 23, 2000, the park was reclassified as a protected landscape area and was further reduced to its present area of {{convert|786.04|ha}}.<ref name="bmb"/><ref name="proc508"/>
==Location== The Roosevelt Protected Landscape area sits on a narrow valley at the foot of Mount Santa Rita and Mount Malasimbo in the Zambales Mountain Range at the border between the municipalities of Dinalupihan and Hermosa in Bataan. It spans the Dinalupihan villages of Roosevelt and Payangan, and the Hermosa village of Tipo just {{convert|15|km|mi}} east of Subic Bay near the boundary with the city of Olongapo. Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) and Jose Abad Santos Avenue (also known as Olongapo–Gapan Road) traverse the southern part of the protected area with the Tipo Toll Barrier that connects SCTEx to the Subic Freeport Expressway close to park's southwestern edge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maps.google.com.ph/maps?oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=ph&cid=8338817366462278922&q=Roosevelt+National+Park&output=classic&dg=brw |title=Roosevelt National Park |publisher=Google Maps |access-date=October 16, 2014}}</ref>
==Topography and ecology== The park is bisected by several streams, including the Cucubog and Olongi rivers. It is composed of 87% grassland dominated by cogon and ''talahib'', and 13% remnants of old growth forest and mahogany and teak plantations.<ref name="pemsea">{{cite web|url=http://www.pemsea.org/sites/default/files/bataan-sds.pdf |title=The Bataan Sustainable Development Strategy |publisher=Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia |access-date=October 16, 2014}}</ref> The park is a habitat for several endangered species and game animals which include pythons, monitor lizards, cloud rats, quails, kingfishers, flycatchers and fruit bats.<ref name="pemsea"/>
==See also== * Bataan National Park
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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}}
{{Protected areas in Central Luzon}}
Category:Protected landscapes of the Philippines Category:Landforms of Bataan Category:Tourist attractions in Bataan Category:Protected areas established in 1933 Category:1933 establishments in the Philippines Category:Zambales Mountains