HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park has closed two rock climbing areas at Maryland Heights after a pair of peregrine falcons was spotted building a nest on the cliff face.
All climbing routes on the Gully and Sign Wall sections of the cliff will remain closed until mid-August. Other climbing sections of the cliff face remain open.
Park chief of resource management Mia Parsons tells The Journal (https://bit.ly/1GD1gjR ) that peregrine falcons haven’t been seen nesting in Harpers Ferry since 1952.
The park began a program in 2000 to reintroduce peregrine falcons to the area, in partnership with the Dominion Center for Conservation Biology.
Parsons says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will monitor the falcons from a distance.
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Information from: The Journal, https://journal-news.net/
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