Guanacaste Park helped by PACT

Guanacaste Park, the nation’s smallest but most accessible protected area, is being improved courtesy of the Protected Areas Conservation Trust. PACT and the Belize Audubon Society today signed a grant agreement under which the park will receive twenty-one thousand dollars to repair damages suffered in floods spawned by Hurricane Keith. These include the replacement of a swimming deck and footbridge, new picnic benches and improvements to the visitors centre. Guanacaste Park comprises fifty-two acres at the confluence of Roaring Creek and the Belize River and is entered from mile fifty on the Western Highway. The improvements should be completed by September.