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Visit life on the edge, at Assateague Island National Seashore - a barrier island ecosystem with habitats that show the environmental gradient from beach to bay.

Assateague Island National Seashore is located on the Atlantic coasts of Maryland and Virginia. Consisting of 48,000 acres of land and water, Assateague Island shows an ever-changing geography due to elemental forces of wind and waves. From ocean to bay, explore diverse habitats of sandy beaches, dunes, maritime forests, salt marshes and coastal bays for detecting and identifying invasive species on Assateague Island.

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