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Forest Regeneration 2024
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Forest regeneration in the National Capital Region continues to slowly improve, especially in parks that manage their deer populations. A look at forest regeneration capacity based on monitoring data from 2024.

Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Pueblo of Acoma, NM
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In what is now the mesa-top Pueblo of Acoma, men with effeminate physical attributes or personal tendencies were known by many names including mujerado, qo-qoy-mo, and kokwina. They dressed and lived as women, had relationships with men, and fulfilled women's roles in the community. Much like today's queer culture, mujerados of Acoma appear to have experienced varied levels of cultural acceptance.

Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig
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Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig was a geologist, LGBTQ activist, environmentalist, and scientist who studied the geology of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Charles Bent
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Charles Bent, alongside his partner, Ceran St. Vrain, and younger brother, William Bent, established the Bent, St. Vrain, and Company along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833. This adobe-constructed trading post beside the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado was the first outpost between St. Louis, MO and Santa Fe, NM in its day. Charles and William's close association with Cheyenne and Arapaho nations enabled the company to prosper as a result of the buffalo robe trade.

Emancipation and the Quest for Freedom
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Although the abolition of slavery emerged as a dominant objective of the Union war effort, most Northerners embraced abolition as a practical measure rather than a moral cause. The war resolved legally and constitutionally the single most important moral question that afflicted the nascent republic, an issue that prevented the country from coalescing around a shared vision of freedom, equality, morality, and nationhood.

“Cracking the code” on mercury bioaccumulation
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Read the abstract and get the link to a published paper on a model to predict mercury risk park waterbodies: Kotalik, C.J. et al. 2025. Ecosystem drivers of freshwater mercury bioaccumulation are context-dependent: insights from continental-scale modeling. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07280

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Alexander Swift “Sandie” Pendleton
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Alexander "Sandie" Swift Pendleton was a Confederate staff officer during the Civil War. He served under several Confederate generals, including Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Jubal Early. Pendleton was killed following the Battle of Fisher's Hill during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Jubal Early
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Jubal Anderson Early was Confederate General during the Civil War. Although he did not initially support secession, he fought for his native state of Virginia. Early commanded the Confederate Army of the Valley during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. After the Civil War his speeches and writings helped promote the Lost Cause myth and white supremacy.

Stephen D. Ramseur
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The day after Stephen D. Ramseur celebrated his 27th birthday, he was promoted to the rank of Major General, becoming the youngest West Point graduate (class of 1860) in the Confederate Army to attain that rank. Ramseur was mortally wounded during the Battle of Cedar Creek.

The Civilian Experience in the Civil War
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After being mere spectators at the war's early battles, civilians both near and far from the battlefields became unwilling participants and victims of the war as its toll of blood and treasure grew year after year. In response to the hardships imposed upon their fellow citizens by the war, civilians on both sides mobilized to provide comfort, encouragement, and material, and began to expect that their government should do the same.

Project Profile: Managing Resilient Eastern Forests
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The National Park Service will improve the ecological health of eastern forests in 38 parks using an array of management techniques. The NPS has selected forest ecosystems of high ecological and cultural value across multiple parks from Virginia to Maine that are at greatest risk of forest loss due to chronic and interacting stressors.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Marie LeFevere Bailly
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Part Odawa and part French, the highly respected and traditionally skilled Marie “Mo-nee” Bailly lived through rapidly changing times; she experienced shifting control over the Northwest Territory and the detrimental effects of manifest destiny on Indigenous American peoples. She resolutely oversaw the family and homestead on the Little Calumet River for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, raising their children and grandchildren in an ever-foreign world.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Worthington Farm (Clifton) Cultural Landscape
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The Worthington Farm, also known as Clifton, is a component landscape of Monocacy National Battlefield. Located just west of the Thomas Farm and alongside the Monocacy River, the property's patchwork of fields and woodlands represents the agricultural landscape that was present here in 1800s. The Worthington House is the only building dating to the time of the Civil War Battle of Monocacy.

Carolina or Black-Capped Chickadee? Sometimes It’s a Hard Call
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Chickadees are some of the most common birds in the National Capital Region. Both Carolina chickadees and black-capped chickadees can be found in NCR parks. Learn more about these birds and how they're sometimes hard to tell apart.

Springing Up — Dryad’s Saddle
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Dryad's saddle is a large and unique fungi species that can be found across the National Capital Region. Learn more about where they can be found and how to recognize them.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Plan Like a Park Ranger 1-Day Itinerary Monocacy National Battlefield
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In addition to its role in the Civil War, Monocacy National Battlefield preserves and shares the stories of the many people who lived there, from Indigenous peoples, to enslaved Africans and European settlers. We have crafted an itinerary for a day trip to Monocacy, so that we can share this history with you and help you have a safe and fun trip.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Best Farm House
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The unusual architecture of the Best Farmhouse hints at its unexpected history. Built by French refugees fleeing the civil unrest of the French and Haitian Revolutions, the style is a mixture of French, Caribbean, and early Federal styles.

Antietam National Battlefield

Antietam National Cemetery
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Dedicated on September 17, 1867, the five year anniversary of the battle, the Antietam National Cemetery contains the remains of 4,700 Federal soldiers who were either killed or mortally wounded at the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy and other actions in Maryland.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Best Farm
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The quiet farm fields of the Best Farm hide deep stories of conflict and struggle. Originally known as L'Hermitage, the French-Caribbean family that sought freedom and safety here enslaved up to 90 people of African descent. During the Civil War, Union and Confederate armies took turns occupying the land; finally clashing here on July 9, 1864. This is tour stop 1 on the driving tour.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Gambrill Mill Picnic Area
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Located near the historic Gambrill Mill, the picnic area has picnic tables, a pond, and a meadow. Access to Bush Creek and the Monocacy River is a short walk away.