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Shenandoah National Park
Natural Resources Fact Sheets
 

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Fact Sheets (PDF)

Air Quality Monitoring
Air Resources Management
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Monitoring Program
Bear Issues and Management
Bird Monitoring
Brook Trout Genetics
Data Management
Environmental Planning and Compliance Overview
Exotic Fish Management
Exotic Plant Control Team Serves Shenandoah
Fisheries Monitoring Program
Forest Health and Air Quality
Forest Health and Exotic Vegetation
Forest Insects & Disease (Nonnative Species)
Forest Vegetation Monitoring
Geologic Resource Evaluation and Mapping
Hogcamp Branch Stream Stabilization Project
Invasive Exotic Plant Control
Invasive Exotic Plant Inventory
Landscape Management
Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Program Overview
Merck Project XL
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Natural and Social Science Program Overview
Natural History Collection
Natural Resource Inventories
Natural Resource Management Program Overview
Natural Resource Stewardship Activities Overview
Natural Resources Assessment
Oral Rabies Vaccination Program
Peregrine Falcon Restoration, Monitoring and Tracking
Pest Management
Protection of Plant Species of Economic Value
Rare Plant Monitoring
Resource Education and Information Transfer Overview
Rock Outcrop Management Project
Shenandoah Watershed Study
Spotlight Counts of Deer in the Big Meadows Area
Stream Protection -- Exotic Plant Control
Vegetation Mapping
VEPCO Mitigation Plan
White-tailed Deer Issues and Management

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Water stands in a pit, called an Opferkessel, in a boulder on Old Rag Mountain.  

Did You Know?
The small circular pits (Opferkessels) often found in the rocks of Shenandoah National Park’s cliffs and summits are formed by standing water.

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Last Updated: November 05, 2008 at 16:47 EST