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Scenes from Team Science second workshop held in Virginia Beach on Mar 19, 2019.
Virginia Sea Grant is part of a multi-university collaboration to design and test training for Team Science. The training helps graduate researchers practice the communication and leadership skills needed for successful Team Science. (Photo by Aileen Devlin | Virginia Sea Grant)
To learn more about accommodations at Fairy Stone State Park, go to www.virginiastateparks.gov/fairy-stone
To learn more about accommodations at Fairy Stone State Park, go to www.virginiastateparks.gov/fairy-stone
Virginia Beach VA The park is where English colonists first landed in 1607. Native American canoes, Colonial settlers, 20th-century schooners and modern cargo ships have navigated the park's waterways. Its cypress swamps were a source of fresh water for merchant mariners, pirates and military ships during the War of 1812. Legend has it that Blackbeard hid in the Narrows area of the park, and interior waterways were used by Union and Confederate patrols during the Civil War. Built in part by an all African-American Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933-1940, the park is a National Natural Landmark and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
As Virginia's most-visited state park, it's an oasis within urban Virginia Beach. The park has 20 miles of trails and 1.5 miles of sandy Chesapeake Bay beach frontage. First Landing offers many recreational and educational activities and has many unusual habitats including bald cypress swamps, lagoons and maritime forest, as well as rare plants and wildlife.
To learn more about accommodations at Fairy Stone State Park, go to www.virginiastateparks.gov/fairy-stone