Barro Colorado Nature Monument Established

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Summary

The Barro Colorado Nature Monument, a biological preserve of more than 13,000 acres adjoining the Panama Canal and Gatun Lake, is established under the custodianship of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Subject

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "S. Dillon Ripley Chronology"

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

1979

Topic

  • New Programs
  • Ecology
  • Barro Colorado Island (Panama)
  • Nature conservation

Place

  • Barro Colorado Nature Monument (Panama)
  • Panama

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