Since 1999 the area, falling within the municipal territory of Avezzano (Province of L'Aquila), has been included in the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano.

[1] The Salviano mountain range is situated along the watershed between the Fucino basin and the Piani Palentini, in Marsica.

In 1993 a serious fire burnt down dozens of hectares of black pine in the pinewood planted by the prisoners of Avezzano concentration camp in 1916.

[2] Ecological restoration, carried out through the reforestation of native and indigenous species, favoured the process of spontaneous regeneration consolidating the mountain area ecosystem.

[3] Since 1999, the Avezzano side entirely falls into the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano, a former peri-urban park.