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Photography of Michael Geary, Virginia Tech Rescue Squad chief

Class of 2019: Michael Geary, dedicated Virginia Tech Rescue Squad chief

Deirdre Conroy. Photo credit: Christina Franusich.

Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment

Fisheries technician Chanz Hopkins (left), of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, talks to VHCC students Nathan Ferguson (center) and Kalin Davis explaining how the dace ear bone indicates the age of the fish.

VHCC students dissect non-native fish to study habitat changes

photograph of a seal

Species Are Going Extinct At An Unprecedented Rate — Here’s Why You Should Care

CNRE is front and center in this video produced by Virginia Tech Outreach and International Affairs

Check out this video on the new pathways to sustainability minor associated with the CNRE

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esearchers from Virginia Tech University detected the greatest concentration of migrating piping plovers ever seen at Cape Hatteras National Seashore/Chelsea Weithman

Key Migratory Stopover For Piping Plovers Discovered At Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Several of the graduate students who received awards at the Graduate School Awards Dinner gathered for a quick photo after the evening event.

Graduate students receive awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service

Virginia Tech students David Starzenski (second from left), Erin Sullivan (center), Dominique Negron (third from right) and (right) Katie Horn look for amphibians and reptiles in a plot off Star Trail on Mill Mountain on Wednesday. They are working in collaboration with Roanoke City Parks and Recreation and the Mill Mountain Zoo. Their work will feed into updates to the Mill Mountain Management Plan.

Virginia Tech students examine Mill Mountain's animal species

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Why Values & Identity Matter to Wildlife Conservation 
May 13 (M) | 3:30 pm | Fralin Auditorium
Dr.  Alia Dietsch 

 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!