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Lecture: Finding New Species in the Nation’s Capital: The George Washington Memorial Parkway All-taxa Biodiversity Inventory
August 27, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Brent Steury, Natural Resources Manager, National Park Service
Join Brent as he summarizes 11 years of biodiversity inventory efforts from a National Park near the Nation’s Capital. Highlights of these efforts include the documentation of 5,395 species, 100 species new to the flora or fauna of Virginia, 7 species new to the District of Columbia, 3 species new to North America, at least 71 species new to science, 106 species state listed for rarity, 3 federally threatened species, and 58 peer reviewed journal articles published in the last 11 years.
– See more at: https://www.usbg.gov/events/2016/05/21/lecture-finding-new-species-nations-capital-george-washington-memorial-parkway-all#sthash.wukMGqJH.dpuf
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