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Catoctin Mountain Park Announces Deer Spotlight Surveys
10/29/07
National Park Service personnel will be conducting deer spotlight surveys during the evening from 6:45 pm to 10:00 pm the week of October 29, 2007. The purpose of the surveys is to obtain a current deer population density estimate for the park. All roads that are within or along the boundary of the park will be included in the survey. These roads include Park Central , Manahan, Foxville/Deerfield, and Quirauk School Roads as well as Route 77. Spotlighting will only take place on park property and will be conducted from a marked NPS vehicle.
If you have any questions concerning this program, please contact Biologist Rebecca Loncosky at
(301)416-0536.
Catoctin Mountain Park is one of 391 units administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The Park Visitor Center, located on State Route 77 three miles west of Thurmont, Maryland, is open daily from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. General information can be obtained by calling the Visitor Center at (301) 663-9388.
Correspondence should be addressed to: Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain Park, 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, MD 21788. Our website address is www.nps.gov/cato.
Media Contact:
Becky Loncosky (301) 416-0536
10/29/07
National Park Service personnel will be conducting deer spotlight surveys during the evening from 6:45 pm to 10:00 pm the week of October 29, 2007. The purpose of the surveys is to obtain a current deer population density estimate for the park. All roads that are within or along the boundary of the park will be included in the survey. These roads include Park Central , Manahan, Foxville/Deerfield, and Quirauk School Roads as well as Route 77. Spotlighting will only take place on park property and will be conducted from a marked NPS vehicle.
If you have any questions concerning this program, please contact Biologist Rebecca Loncosky at
(301)416-0536.
Catoctin Mountain Park is one of 391 units administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. The Park Visitor Center, located on State Route 77 three miles west of Thurmont, Maryland, is open daily from 10:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. General information can be obtained by calling the Visitor Center at (301) 663-9388.
Correspondence should be addressed to: Superintendent, Catoctin Mountain Park, 6602 Foxville Road, Thurmont, MD 21788. Our website address is www.nps.gov/cato.
Media Contact:
Becky Loncosky (301) 416-0536
