for New Puerto Rican Parrot Aviary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The
endangered Puerto Rican Parrot will soon have a new facility to
aid in its recovery. Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and its partners, will break ground and begin construction of a
new aviary. About one acre at the Caribbean National Forest
(commonly known as El Yunque) will be used to relocate
operations from an old military installation to a state-of-the-
art facility at a cost of roughly $2.5 million. The facility
will have a nursery, hospital, hurricane room, kitchen and
outdoor cages. Congress appropriated $1.7 million to build the
aviary. Additional funds will come from private donations and
other partners. As part of their continued partnership with the
Service, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Parrot
International and other organizations are working to raise the
necessary funds. The Service is working closely with the Puerto
Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and the
U.S. Forest Service to bolster the c