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Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing ArtsAn audience enjoys a Pre-Performance Preview before an evening dance show.
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Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Animals
 
Red fox walking in the snow at the park.

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Red Fox

Several dozen mammals inhabit the park on a permanent or intermittent basis. Fox, ground-hogs, raccoons and numerous rodent species are resident. White-tail deer travel through the park as they move up and down the forested areas along Wolf Trap Creek, Old Courthouse Creek and Difficult Run. Beaver have intermittently resided along Wolf Trap Creek. The first systematic study of park mammals is currently on-going. A similar situation exists with reptiles and amphibians. While the park has much habitat conducive to reptiles and amphibians, including a number of acres of wetland as well as a two acre pond, they have yet to be systematically studied or documented. A project to do so is currently underway.

Deadication plaque for Cherry Trees  

Did You Know?
The Japanese Cherry Trees were presented as a gift from Japan to the United States. The 1912 planting ceremony for the trees included First Lady Helen Herron Taft and Vicountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador.
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Last Updated: July 28, 2006 at 14:40 EST