PACT donation improves Toledo park

At only one hundred and five acres, it is one of the nation’s smallest protected areas, but as the Toledo District becomes more accessible, Rio Blanco National Park will be receiving an increasing number of visitors. To help cope with the influx, the park will soon benefit from a grant of over twenty-three thousand dollars from the Protected Areas Conservation Trust. The PACT money will be used to construct safer access to the falls and swimming areas, improve parking facilities, conduct an inventory of the park’s plants and animals, cut boundary trails and train tour guides. The park is jointly managed by the Government of Belize and Rio Blanco Mayan Association.