The Itirapina Ecological Station (Portuguese: Estação Ecológica de Itirapina) is an Ecological station in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
[1] The area contains a sample of remnants of cerrado vegetation, and also has an important fluvial network that supplies the Lobo Dam.
The experimental station covers 3,212 hectares (7,940 acres) including a large area reforested with fast-growing pine and eucalyptus.
[4] The Itirapina Ecological Station was created by Governor André Franco Montoro by state decree 22.335 of 7 June 1984.
It had the objective of ensuring the integrity of the ecosystems and river complex it contains, protecting its fauna and flora, and supporting scientific research and education.