Tower Built at BCI
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PrintA 138-foot scaffolding tower is built on Barro Colorado Island to enable scientists to "study aspects of the rain forest environment above, below, and within the forest canopy."
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1977
Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)