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The restoration of peregrine falcons in parks is a team effort involving not just park staff, but other agencies, researchers, park visitors, friends groups and other organizations, volunteers, interns, and others who wish to see peregrines soar across park skies. A few examples include: The Friends of Big Bend National Park have raised funds they donated to the park for a peregrine falcon project. The Peregrine Fund has worked with parks, such as Yellowstone National Park and New River Gorge National River, on peregrine falcon restoration projects. A multi-agency project called FalconTrak represents the largest peregrine tracking study ever attempted in the East (with reintroduced "anatum" peregrines). Along with the National Park Service, the FalconTrak partners include Dominion, Center for Conservation Biology at William and Mary, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, US Fish and Wildlife Service, NASA - Wallops Island, NorthStar Science and Technology, and the Virginia Department of Transportation. To learn more about this fascinating project visit the FalconTrak website at http://www.dgif.state.va.us/wildlife/falcontrak/index.html At Golden Gate National Recreation Area volunteers are recruited to work with park scientists to protect the peregrine falcon. At Acadia National Park Environmental Education Interns present programs for grades 3-5 on topics that include peregrine falcons. |