The Serra Ricardo Franco State Park is the municipality of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso.

[3] The park holds the Jatobá waterfall, the highest in the state with a vertical drop of 248 metres (814 ft).

[4] The Serra Ricardo Franco State Park was created by decree 1.796 of 4 November 1997, covering lands in the municipality of Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade with an area of 158,620.85 hectares (391,960.7 acres).

The objective was to protect water resources and the viability of movement of native fauna, preserve samples of existing ecosystems and allow controlled use by the public.

He was not concerned about loss of ecological funding, which was small in comparison to the revenue from the new areas that could be planted with soybeans.

[6] On 17 October 2014 landowners and squatters were called upon to submit documents relevant to properties in the park pending land ownership regularization.

On 10 December 2015 land in the park was donated to the State of Mato Grosso in compensation for the environmental impact of the 230 kv Jauru-Porto Velho transmission line.

A large part of the park has been heavily degraded by logging, mining, deforestation and burning to create pasturage.

[3] In November 2015 staff from SEMA and the military police were searching the park for about 40 illegal gold miners who had moved there after being expelled from the Serra da Borda.