This project consists of the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the cerro SAN GIL watershed protection reserve in the caribbean region of…

This $496,130 cooperative agreement from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration program (CFDA 15.658) will support the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the Cerro San Gil Watershed Protection Reserve in Guatemala. American Bird Conservancy will work with local partner Fundacion Para El Ecodesarollo Y La Conservacion (Fundaeco) to add the acquired land to the existing Cerro San Gil private nature reserve for long-term monitoring and protection of important wintering habitat for neotropical migratory birds that breed in Virginia. In addition to forest habitat preservation, this project will aid other wood thrush and forest conservation plans and strategies in Guatemala. The award period is from January 21, 2022 through January 20, 2027.

This project consists of the acquisition and permanent protection of 1,112 acres of tropical rainforest habitat within the cerro SAN GIL watershed protection reserve in the caribbean region of guatemala. This area provides important wintering habitat for neotropical migratory birds that breed in virginia, and protecting IT will help provide full life cycle conservation of these migratory birds. This project will also support other conservation plans and strategies related to preserving the wood thrush and forest habitat in guatemala. The acquired land will be added to the cerro SAN GIL reserve, registered as a private nature reserve and permanently protected, and integrated into the existing long-term bird monitoring program in the cerro SAN GIL area. American bird conservancy will work with fundaeco, a local partner in guatemala that ABC has successfully worked with since 2011.