Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park

Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park is in the municipality of Alegre, Espírito Santo, about {{convert|33|km}} from the municipal seat. It is accessible by a well-maintained road paved in cobblestone.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}} The park has an area of {{convert|162.5|ha}}.{{sfn|Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça – SouES}} In the hottest season of the year the park usually has around 3,000 visitors per month.{{sfn|Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas ...}}

The original vegetation was semi-deciduous forest, but over the years there were plantations of native oil and fruit trees.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}}

{{convert|27|ha}} had been turned into pasture.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}} Regeneration of the forest in the pasture areas has been underway since 2008.{{sfn|Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas ...}} With replanting of native species some of the original resident and migratory birds have returned.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}}

The {{convert|140|m|adj=on}} Cachoeira da Fumaça waterfall on the Braço Norte Direito River, a tributary of the Itapemirim River, attracts thousands of visitors annually due to its great scenic beauty.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}} Visitors may swim in the streams and pools. There are four tracks with different levels of difficulty. The falls are reached by an {{convert|800|m|adj=on}} walk through the Atlantic Forest. The "smoke" of water droplets has a cooling effect.{{sfn|Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas ...}}

The Cachoeira da Fumaça State Park was created by state decree 2.791-ES of 24 August 1984, and expanded by decree 4.568-ES of 21 September 1990 when the state, responding to a request from the residents of the municipalities of Alegre, Guaçuí and Castelo, expropriated {{convert|27|ha}} of pasture in the interior.{{sfn|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}} It became part of the Central Atlantic Forest Ecological Corridor, created in 2002.{{sfn|Lamas|Crepaldi|Mesquita|2015|p=101}}

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• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Cachoeira da Fumaça – Alegre}}|language=pt

|title=Cachoeira da Fumaça|publisher=Alegre Municipality|date=25 January 2013

|url=http://alegre.es.gov.br/site/index.php/a-cidade/turismo/cachoeira-da-fumaca|accessdate=2016-10-25}}

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|last1=Lamas |first1=Ivana Reis |last2=Crepaldi |first2=Maria Otávia |last3=Mesquita |first3=Carlos Alberto Bernardo

|title=Uma Rede no Corredor|publisher=Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil)|year= 2015|isbn=978-85-98830-28-5

|url=http://www.conservation.org/global/brasil/publicacoes/Documents/Uma%20Rede%20no%20Corredor.pdf|accessdate=2016-10-22}}

• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas ...}}

|title=Parque da Cachoeira da Fumaça tem trilhas guiadas para turistas no ES|journal=G1 Globo|date=28 January 2014

|url=http://g1.globo.com/espirito-santo/verao/2014/noticia/2014/01/parque-da-cachoeira-da-fumaca-tem-trilhas-guiadas-para-turistas-no-es.html|accessdate=2016-10-25}}

• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça – SouES}}|language=pt

|title=Parque Estadual da Cachoeira da Fumaça|work=SouES|publisher=Visão Mídia e Entretenimento LTDA

|url=http://www.soues.com.br/plus/modulos/estabelecimento/detalhe.php?cdgrupo=14&cdestabelecimento=247|accessdate=2016-10-25}}

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Category:State parks of Brazil

Category:Protected areas of Espírito Santo

Category:1984 establishments in Brazil