ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to explain in detail some of the site management, conservation, and community involvement strategies regularly employed at Teyuna-Ciudad Perdida Archaeological Park in Colombia to face major weather events such as hurricanes. The Caribbean hurricane season runs from June through November every year, placing all stakeholders on high alert and forcing everyone to monitor daily weather patterns. When major hurricanes do come close to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, such as Hurricane Matthew did in 2016, institutions such as the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History, Global Heritage Fund, trekking agencies, guides, and local populations must come together to rapidly resolve and address damages and park closure. It is only through concerted efforts that these events may rapidly and successfully be addressed.
