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• When did European settlement come about and how did agriculture affect the land?
• Did buffalo actually roam the Blue Ridge?
• How environmentally friendly was the iron industry to the mountains?
• When and how did the chestnut blight ravage the mountains?
• How were the national park and Skyline Drive created?
• What threats are there to today’s forest?
• What will the forest look like in the future?
The presentation is sponsored by the Biodiversity Task Force of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection and is free. For more information on this and other programs, contact Pam Owen at (540) 317-1449 or Biodiversity@RLEP.org, or go to www.RLEP.org.
Jack Price is a Certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardener, Vice President of the Shenandoah National Park Association, and a Rappahannock County resident.
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