• ENP 2.3: Shenandoah National Park: Plants and Animals
  05/11/2017
  Danielle talks with Ann and Rob Simpson, biologists and photographers, about their nature guides for the National Parks (0:40), the diverse ecosystem of Shenandoah National Park (4:14), wildflowers, orchids and threats to plants (12:10), birds (24:19), butterflies (35:15), wildlife (39:43), and the endemic Shenandoah Salamander found no where else in the world (46:35).
  
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  CATEGORY: Shenandoah
  

Resources

• Nature Guide books by Ann and Rob Simpson
  
• Shenandoah National Park Association
  
• Wildflowers in Shenandoah
  
• Illegal Wildflower Poaching
  
• (Wildflowers) Big Meadows’ Trails
  
• (Wildflowers) Sneed Farm Loop Trail
  
• (Wildflowers and Bird Watching) Mill Prong Trail
  
• (Bird watching) Hawksbill Trail
  
• (Bird Watching) Stoney Man Trail
  
• (Bird Watching) Limber Lost Trail
  
• (Bird Watching) South River Falls Trail at mile 62
  
• Peregrine Falcon
  
• Hoary Elfin Butterfly
  
• Bearberry on Millers Head trail (near Skyland)
  
• (Bearberry) Millers Head Trail
  
• Animals
  
• (Bears) Mathews Arms Campground
  
• (Bears) Loft Mountain Campground and Frasier Discovery Trail
  
• (Bears) Marys Rock Tunnel
  
• Bear Safety
  
• American Black Bears
  
• Shenandoah Salamander