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Shenandoah National Park will hold the second in a summer series of Field Study Seminars on Saturday, July 24.
This seminar, titled Habitat Islands,” will focus on the various threats to the habitat of plants and animals in the Blue Ridge area, including urban sprawl and invasive exotic species, and also on different ways of dealing with these threats.
At the Smithsonian Institution’s Conservation and Research Center, seminar participants will see how scientists there use the latest technology to help species living “on the edge” make a comeback. Then participants will spend much of the day in the field, in different areas outside and inside Shenandoah National Park.
They will learn about the difficult decisions that landuse planners near the park must make and about the challenges that resource managers in Shenandoah National Park face as they protect plant and animal populations in the park.
During the course of the day, hands-on activities will give participants an opportunity to explore these important issues. Those who are landowners will learn practical methods to help species that visit or live in their backyards. All participants will explore ways to live in a
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