Ya’axché is the co-manager of the Bladen Nature Reserve which is adjacent to the Columbia River Forest Reserve (CRFR). Ya’axché says it has supported surveillance patrols in the CRFR alongside key government and non-government partners. The mission was to investigate illegal activities in the Bladen Nature Reserve, Columbia River Forest Reserve, and surrounding areas along the Belize–Guatemala border and the Adjacency Zone. Ya’axché says the patrol documented extensive illegal logging operations deep within the Columbia River Forest Reserve. He said they are actually encouraged to come across and are being told, “‘Ey, see that land over there?