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Hill Bank Field Station |
| Name: | Hill Bank Field Station | |||
| Address: | New River lagoon | |||
| City/Town/Village: | Hill Bank | District: Orange Walk | Country: Belize | |
| Phone: | 501 227 5616 | Fax: | Phone #2: | |
| Website: |  Hill Bank Field Station |
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| Description: | Located on the bank of the New River Lagoon, the Hill Bank Field Station was established in 1996 as a research base for sustainable forest management and specialized tourism which incorporates research activities into the visitor's forest experience. The Hill Bank site is an important historical site, having served as logging camp as far back as the 1700s. Established by British buccaneers and African slaves, the camp served as a center for Mahogany harvesting for over 300 years. Trees were extracted and then pulled from the forest, initially by oxen and later by train, to the lagoon where they were off loaded, chained together and floated downstream to Belize City for processing. The industry was labor intensive and it is estimated that during the 1950's over 400 men, women and children lived at Hill Bank. Records suggest that by the end of the 1970's over 7,000 trees were extracted annually, compared to 400 in the early days. By 1982,the Mahogany supply was depleted; and, Hill Bank was abandoned. Today Hill Bank functions as a working conservation field station, established to ensure the protection and wise management of the Rio Bravo. During your stay at Hill Bank, you will learn more about the forested ecosystems of the Rio Bravo and Programme for Belize's innovative conservation management practices. You will become a part of the field station community and participate in a variety of forest conservation activities. The Hill Bank experience also brings to life the architecture and artifacts of this historic logging camp such as quaint, wooden buildings, antique steam engines and railroad tracks. Hill Bank's Caza Balanza dormitory sleeps 30 visitors and features: 100% solar powered energy composting toilets, a rain water collection system a gray water recycling program Unwind every evening on your veranda overlooking the calm and peaceful New River Lagoon. |
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