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Shenandoah National ParkBright orange shelf fungus growing out the trunk of a dead white pine tree.
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Shenandoah National Park
Falcon Nesting 2008
 
 
  • 2007-12-16 A falcon pair was photographed in Page County outside of Luray about a mile from Stony Man Mountain. Both the male and female were banded. This suggests that the banded male from the last two years may be courting a new female.
  • 2007-11-14 The male and the female adult were seen at the cliff site exhibiting pair bond behavior and nest defense.
  • 2008-Spring No nest activity was seen durring the Spring or Summer at the Stony Man Mountain nest sites.
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CCC enrollees collected native seed and raised plants in three nurseries in the park.  

Did You Know?
From 1933 to 1942 an estimated 10,000 boys and young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps planted hundreds of thousands of trees, shrubs, and native plants in Shenandoah National Park. Many of these were grown in three CCC plant nurseries from seeds collected within the park.
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Last Updated: September 02, 2008 at 10:23 EST