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A student team surveyed invertebrates as indicators of stream quality as part of several efforts with the Stroubles Creek Coalition.

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HokieTalks : Sea levels are rising - Solutions for watermen and waterbirds

Donald Orth, center, guides students during a field session for his ichthyology course.

Donald J. Orth receives American Fisheries Society award for public outreach

Several College of Natural Resources and Environment administrators joined new faculty at orientation on Aug. 23. Pictured, left to right, front row: Anamaria Bukvic, assistant professor, Department of Geography; Qian Zhang, research associate, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; and Jennifer Russell, assistant professor, Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. Back row: Kevin Hamed, collegiate assistant professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation; Keith Goyne, associate dean, College of Natural Resources and Environment; Paul Winistorfer, dean, College of Natural Resources and Environment; J.P. Gannon, collegiate assistant professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation; Craig Ramseyer, assistant professor, Department of Geography; Holly Kindsvater, assistant professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation; and Julia Allen, assistant dean of advancement, College of Natural Resources and Environment. Not pictured: Francesco Ferretti, assistant professor, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, and Santosh Rijal, collegiate assistant professor, Department of Geography.

College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes eight new faculty members

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Terrestrial Mammal Ecology/Biologist
Dana Hawley, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science (left), and Bill Hopkins, director of the Global Change Center at Virginia Tech and professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment (right), are associate editors for the journal Functional Ecology and will manage some of the paper submissions for the study.

Professors take part in journal’s test for peer review bias in major international study

Northern long-eared bat

Abundance of abandoned mines may explain threatened bats' prevalence in WV

AMAZON FISH SPECIES AT RISK IF FIRES DESTROY RIVER HABITAT The fires burning through the Brazilian Amazon are a threat to the fish that rely on forest flooding to survive, raising fears the fish will be lost.

 Amazon fish species at risk if fires destroy river habitat

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Brandon Plunket & Clay Ferguson among winners for Shimano 'Varsity Program' scholarship. 

Photo: A female piping plover emits a high-pitched call to distract predators from her nest.Credit: Katie Walker

Who Liked Hurricane Sandy? These Tiny, Endangered Birds

Juvenile roseate tern begging at an adult. Photo credit: David Hollie.

The hunger games: Do fledged chicks beg honestly?

Researcher Don Orth and a huge catfish catch. Credit: Orth

Blue catfish on the move

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EVENTS

Oct 17th- EEB Seminar 

Cheetah conservation through human-wildlife conflict resolution

Laurie Marker

3:30-4:45pm |  Derring Hall 4069

Oct 24th
UG Fish & Wildlife Conservation Community Networking Program 

3:45-5:00pm |  Cheatham Student Lounge

Oct 24th- EEB Seminar Series

Neil Losin, National Geographic

3:30-4:45pm |  Derring Hall 4069

Oct 28th
VTAFS Meeting & Speaker  

Dr. Francesco Ferretti 
5:00pm |  317 B/C Cheatham Hall

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 Recognition Spotlights

2019 AFS Scholarship Winners accepting their awards

Congratulations to Sheila Harris, Alissa Ganser, and Katie McBaine on their wins at the 2019 Joint Meeting of the Virginia, Virginia Tech & West Virginia Chapters of the American Fisheries Society.  

photo of TWS award winners

Congratulations to all our presenters at the 2019 TWS State Conference! Hokies took home 7 of the 8 awards. Way to go, VTTWS! 

 

 

 

photo of Brian Case and Corbin Hilling

Congratulations to graduate students Brian Case and Corbin Hilling, who earned graduate research fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Virginia Sea Grant, respectively!