Rare opportunity to see endangered species at Autumn Conservation Festival
Photo: (Click on thumbnail for fullsize version.) A red panda at the Conservation and Research Center. (Photo by Jessie Cohen)
The National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center and Friends of the National Zoo will hold their annual Autumn Conservation Festival Oct. 3-4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A rare clouded leopard cub born earlier this year at the Conservation and Research Center. (Photo by Mehgan Murphy)
This is the only time of the year that the 3,200-acre research center for endangered wildlife and habitats, located in Front Royal, Va., is open to the public. CRC runs one of the world’s most extensive programs on conservation biology research and focuses on topics such as ecology monitoring, animal reproduction, nutrition and genetic diversity. Facilities at the Conservation and Research Center include a global mapping laboratory, a veterinary clinic and several field stations and ecology-monitoring areas.
Visitors can talk one-on-one with world-famous scientists, explore the tools and technology used to understand animals and their habitats and get a sneak peak at a few of CRC’s endangered animals. The festival also features kid-friendly activities including a play and scavenger hunt.
A $30 car pass, which covers up to six people, is required for admission and can be purchased online or at the Front Royal/Warren County Visitor’s Center, located at 414 E. Main St. in Front Royal.
Enthralled visitors talk with a scientist at the 2007 Autum Conservation Festival. (Photo by Mehgan Murphy)
Visit the National Zoo’s Web site for more details or call (202) 633-3068. The National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center is located at 1500 Remount Road, just off of Route 522 in Front Royal, Va.
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Posted: 29 September 2009
I’m sorry you missed the CRC open house, but e-Torch is not a once-a- month newspaper whose content remains static; new posts are added on an almost daily basis, so it pays to bookmark the site and check it frequently. If you want to be alerted every time a new item is posted, you can subscribe to the RSS feed (orange button at top right of home page.) Many e-mail programs, including MS Outlook, offer RSS feed readers. You can learn more at http://www.whatisrss.com/
Let me get this straight. We went to etorch to save time and money. So an article about an event that is only held once a year is written (29 Sep)5 days before and distributed (7 Oct) 5 days after the event (3/4 Oct).
Good thing I was only looking forward to it for weeks and weeks instead of months and months otherwise I’d be disappointed and suspect somebody of incompetence.