Western Area Forest Reserve, also known as the Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve,^[2] is a non-hunting forest reserve in Sierra Leone. The area became a forest reserve in 1916 and has an area of 17,688 hectares (68.29 sq mi).^[2][3] It was demarcated by Charles Lane Poole, Sierra Leone's first ever 'Conservator of Forests,' and founder of the Sierra Leonean Forestry Department.^[4] It is the westernmost semi-deciduous closed canopy forest in Sierra Leone.^[2] The forest is home to various endangered species, including a wide variety of endangered birds^[5] and Duiker.^[6]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western Area National Park