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TEN YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT AT EL PILAR:
FIRST FEATURE: Management 1992-2002

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE MAYA FOREST
THE CONTIGUOUS PARKS AT EL PILAR - WEB VERSION

Appendix III: Ten Years Asset Building

Supported by the El Pilar Program
at the El Pilar Archaeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna

Items   Value UD $ Total Value US $  
         
Fixed Assets      
  Caretaker House 35,000    
  Generator housing 4,000    
  1 Diesel Generator 11kw 9,000    
  Solar plant and wiring 2,000    
  2-m Radio system 1,500    
  2 VIP Comfort stations 9,000    
  6 roofed rest stops 7,800    
  1 picnic galleria 6,200    
  Container 2,300    
  Subtotal   76,800  
         
  Nature Trails:      
 

Community Creek

26,000    
 

Chorro Trail

12,000    
  Culture Trails      
 

Lakin Trail

13,000    
 

Xaman Trial

17,000    
 

Nohol Trail

19,000    
 

Chikin Trail

11,500    
  Interpretations for trails 910,600    
  Subtotal   1,009,100  
         
  Consolidation of Structures And Interpretation      
 

Tzunu'un house complex

529,000    
 

Zotz Na Corbelled Arch

152,000    
 

Xamanaj at Lec

83,000    
 

Jobo

191,000    
 

Axcanan

42,000    
 

Looter's Trenches

475,000    
 

General support

353,000    
  Subtotal   1,825,000  
         
  Explorations and discovery -10 yrs      
 

Mapping and topog

205,000    
 

Monuments detail

333,000    
 

Chronology development

585,000    
 

Access evaluation

182,000    
 

Ecological interpretations

493,000    
  Subtotal   1,798,000  
         
Support Equipment      
  Water pump 700    
  2 Portable Gas Generator 5 HP 1050    
  Trimmer Mower 700    
  Weeder 50    
  Archaeological      
  Archaeological Equipment 2,600    
  Subtotal   5,100  
         
Interpretive& Educational Materials      
  Maps and flyers of El Pilar 5,500    
  Web site (www.marc.ucsb.edu ) 34,000    
  Trial Guides 3,600    
  Teo's Way 7,000    
  Posters and Postcard 16,000    
  Community Creek Trail book 11,000    
  Tzunu'un Forest Garden Guide 19,000    
  El Pilar Trial Guide 32,000    
  Subtotal   128,100  
         
  GRAND TOTAL   4, 842,100  
         

~Table of Contents~

Executive Summary | Under the Canopy | Towards Formal Protection | An Expanding Network | Parallel Paths in the Maya Forest | Creating El Pilar | The El Pilar Experience and Tourism Potential | Investments at El Pilar | What Lies Ahead: Resilience with Challenges | Acknowledgments

~ Appendices~

Appendix I: Draft El Pilar Management Plan | Appendix II: CoCEP Members | Appendix III: Ten Years Asset Building of El Pilar | Appendix IV: Collaborative Team Organization | Appendix V: Timelines of El Pilar | Appendix VI: A History of the Reserve Development | Appendix VII: Acronyms | Appendix VIII: Statutory Instrument for El Pilar | Bibliography