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Fish and Wildlife News Archive
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A glimpse of a future at Virginia Tech |
William E. Lavery Professor Kathleen Alexander and other Virginia Tech faculty and students welcomed minority high school students from Louisa County, Virginia, to campus for tours and discussions about their future academic and professional opportunities after completing high school. Eight of the students, along with their teachers, will join Alexander in Botswana, where she is merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development. |
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Apr 27, 2023
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Graduate wouldn't trade his CNRE experience for anything |
Transfer student Nathan Ferguson will graduate this spring from the College of Natural Resources and Environment, with dual majors in Wildlife Conservation and Fisheries Conservation with a human dimension's focus. "The level of involvement I've been able to get as an undergrad has been truly remarkable," said Ferguson. |
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Apr 26, 2023
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Students get their feet wet as biodiversity conservationists |
Students taking the biodiversity conservation minor capstone course have the opportunity to get out of the classroom and into the wetlands to do real-world conservation work. |
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Apr 19, 2023
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Class of 2023: Austin Holloway named Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment |
Holloway, a first-generation college student, had numerous field and research experiences, including building stream habitats and doing tagging for eastern hellbenders |
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Apr 18, 2023
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Wildlife experts investigate spread of ‘zombie deer disease’ |
Deer afflicted with chronic wasting disease — also frequently referred to as “zombie deer disease” — will appear abnormally thin, move sluggishly, and salivate excessively. The disease is contagious and always fatal. Virginia Tech wildlife health expert Luis Escobar will be leading a study of transmission of CWD among Virginia's white-tailed deer population. He talks about the disease, what the study will do and how it is being funded. |
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Apr 14, 2023
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Graduate students, mentors honored at annual Graduate Education Week awards reception |
The Graduate School recognized award-winning master's and doctoral degree students and faculty mentors at the annual event held during Graduate Education Week 2023. |
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Apr 12, 2023
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NASA grant to fund critical research on sea-level rise in Virginia |
A collaborative research team will seek to understand how rising sea levels will impact coastal communities, merging social science with geospatial information to help Virginia communities adapt to a changing landscape. |
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Mar 29, 2023
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President of Botswana's presentation on Virginia Tech's campus |
March 21, 2023 - His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President of Botswana, gives his public presentation, “Merging Conservation, Democracy, and Sustainable Development in Botswana,” in Squires Student Center. |
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Mar 28, 2023
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College of Natural Resources and Environment focused on infrastructure upgrades to power experiential learning and research |
Dean Paul Winistorfer recently illuminated how human, financial, and physical capital converge to create a culture of excellence in the college and championed the infrastructure improvements that are the keys to future success. |
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Mar 24, 2023
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Expanded perspectives give greater voice to invasive species working group |
The Invasive Species Working Group is crowdsourcing resources and expertise to tackle global invasion species that are reshaping ecosystems, disrupting economies, and causing disease, costing an estimated $1.3 trillion globally each year. |
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Mar 23, 2023
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Botswana president committed to conservation and sustainability |
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi visited the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus Tuesday. In meetings with university leadership and in a discussion in front of a packed ballroom, the mutually beneficial collaboration between Botswana and Virginia Tech was highlighted. |
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Mar 21, 2023
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President of Botswana visits Virginia Tech with message of conservation and partnership |
The president of the Republic of Botswana visited Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus on Tuesday, March 21. His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi accepted an invitation from Virginia Tech President Tim Sands to visit campus and gave a public presentation, “Merging Conservation, Democracy, and Sustainable Development in Botswana,” in Squires Student Center. |
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Mar 21, 2023
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Kathleen Alexander brings a One Health vision to conservation efforts in Botswana |
Alexander makes a global impact merging wildlife conservation with community health and economic development in Botswana. |
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Mar 17, 2023
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Studying diseases in humans and wildlife |
Professor Kathleen Alexander's research in Botswana explores factors that influence the spread of diseases. Understanding how diseases infect and spread between humans and wildlife within the environment is crucial for public health on a global scale. |
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Mar 16, 2023
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President of Botswana to speak at Virginia Tech |
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi will deliver a public presentation on Tuesday and meet privately with Virginia Tech President Tim Sands. |
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Mar 15, 2023
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College of Natural Resources and Environment names new director of alumni relations |
Tara Nepper, previously assistant director of alumni relations in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, said she is excited to build bridges with an alumni base that is working to solve the critical challenges of today. |
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Mar 10, 2023
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A career built on science and service |
In April, Bill Hopkins will lead a roundtable discussion sponsored by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, where he will present a 30-year conservation plan for the species in Virginia that he authored in 2022. |
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Mar 06, 2023
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Luis Escobar receives NSF CAREER award to study disease transmission among wildlife and across geographic scales |
With the National Science Foundation award, Escobar will research the disease ecology and biogeography of hantavirus to better understand disease transmission between species and to humans. |
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Feb 27, 2023
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Sharks, spatial data, and a conservation success story |
Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and the Environment contribute to research aligning fisheries management with shark and ray conservation. |
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Jan 23, 2023
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First group of Presidential Postdoctoral Fellows selected |
The highly competitive program selected postdoctoral researchers who are working with Virginia Tech faculty mentors on projects ranging from rapid detection for foodborne pathogens to 5G to human energetics and obesity investigations. |
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Jan 19, 2023
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Andrew Ickes joins College of Natural Resources and Environment as assistant dean of advancement |
A 2011 alumnus, Ickes brings an extensive background in fundraising and development to the role. |
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Dec 19, 2022
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Wildlife Viewing Club spotlights future career opportunities for local elementary school students |
Graduate students from the College of Natural Resources and Environment are preparing the next generation of conservationists by teaching local elementary students about wildlife and engaging them in hands-on learning experiences. |
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Dec 02, 2022
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A snapshot of native wildlife research |
Professor Marcella Kelly in the College of Natural Resources and Environment and undergraduate students in The Wildlife Society at Virginia Tech conduct research on native wildlife around Mountain Lake. Each fall, students place non-invasive camera traps (motion-triggered digital cameras) on trails and use the recorded images to study bear, coyote, and bobcat populations. |
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Nov 30, 2022
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Virginia Tech experts tapped to explore the impact of gold mining in Virginia |
William Hopkins and Robert Bodnar were part of a technical team that recommended that the Virginia General Assembly and state agencies update state laws and regulations to protect against the potential environmental and health impacts of gold mining. |
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Nov 28, 2022
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Virginia Tech researchers will investigate how bird feeding influences humans and birds |
Ashley Dayer of the College of Natural Resources and Environment and Dana Hawley of the College of Science are leading a multifaceted project funded by the National Science Foundation to study the effects of bird feeding. |
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Nov 15, 2022
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Global Change Center expands commitment to innovative graduate education |
With membership spanning 20 institutions across the United States and Canada, Virginia Tech's Global Change Center joined ANGLES, a network of higher education professionals dedicated to graduate student leadership development centered in sustainability, environmental, and societal issues. |
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Nov 14, 2022
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Confronting barriers in conservation |
Graduate student Sharon Dorsey studies the federally endangered piping plover, which nest on barrier islands in New York. The beaches where she conducts research were once segregated. Dorsey shares her experience as a researcher and a racial minority in the field of conservation. |
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Oct 13, 2022
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Fralin Life Sciences Institute sponsors inaugural Infectious Disease Symposium |
The Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Anthropod-Borne Pathogens will host the symposium on Friday, Oct. 7, with keynote speakers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes for Health, and One Health Institute. |
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Oct 05, 2022
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CNRE’s Advising Center: A one-stop shop for recruitment, advising, and employment |
The College of Natural Resources and Environment’s 8-year-old Advising Center is making a significant impact in setting students up for success in college and future careers. |
Date:
Oct 03, 2022
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Studying vampire bats to predict the next pandemic |
Supported by the National Science Foundation, the team will examine how geography, population traits, and climate change affect the spread of infectious disease from vampire bats to other species, and propose new models for predicting when and where wildlife virus transmission might occur in the future. |
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Sep 26, 2022
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Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tours flourish in the commonwealth |
Virginia forest landowners are invited to participate in fall networking and educational tours to learn more about sustainably managing natural resources. |
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Sep 15, 2022
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Dean Stauffer honored with emeritus status |
A member of the Virginia Tech community since 1983, Stauffer made significant contributions to bird conservation through his work in the United States, Mexico, and South America, focusing on habitat requirements of migratory birds as well as grouse and quail. |
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Sep 12, 2022
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Trying out potential careers from packaging to conservation |
Students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are getting a head start on career success through summer internships. |
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Aug 18, 2022
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Four new faculty members join the College of Natural Resources and Environment |
The new faculty are Haldre Rogers and Elizabeth "Beth" Nyboer in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Junghwan Kim in the Department of Geography, and Eduardo Molina in the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. |
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Aug 15, 2022
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Six grants from the Office of Undergraduate Research create new work and learning opportunities for students |
The grants created a range of opportunities for students, from exploring the video game Minecraft as a teaching tool to creating training materials for researchers working with marginalized communities. More than 70 undergrads participated, with the aim that faculty will be able to scale up programs to include more in the future. |
Date:
Aug 05, 2022
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Summer research projects empower wildlife conservation students to make an impact in their field |
Students in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are making new and helpful discoveries about pinesnakes, green salamanders, and minnows. |
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Aug 01, 2022
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Six faculty win seed funding for new projects |
The Junior Faculty Program from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science is one example of ways the university's investment institutes help build new research programs and nurture collaboration. |
Date:
Jul 01, 2022
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High-tech exhibits wow Smithsonian visitors at the third ACCelerate Festival |
Twelve ACC schools showed off Interactive projects at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History during the festival of creativity and innovation organized by Virginia Tech's Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology. |
Date:
Apr 19, 2022
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Some roots take hold: Forestry and conservation families continue to shape their legacies at Virginia Tech |
Current Hokies Caleb Turner and Lily Martin are part of their family legacies in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment. |
Date:
Mar 29, 2022
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Taking pulse: Researcher addresses knowledge gaps in shark and ray research |
Francesco Ferretti, an assistant professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, polled an international team of scientists and practitioners to take a pulse of the greatest issues that are present in shark research, marine conservation, and fisheries science. |
Date:
Mar 09, 2022
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Finding paths and breaking down barriers: Stories celebrating women in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment |
The College of Natural Resources and Environment is celebrating 100 years of women at Virginia Tech by sharing the stories of three women in the college — a student, a professor, and an alumna — who are finding their paths and leading the way for others in their fields. |
Date:
Feb 09, 2022
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Small gifts lead to big impacts: Unique effort supports learning and spurs classroom innovation |
Faculty Instructional Grants in the College of Natural Resources and Environment incorporate donor support to provide tools and technologies that enhance hands-on learning experiences across all departments. |
Date:
Feb 08, 2022
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Bones, feathers, and fins: How Virginia Tech’s natural history collection helps prepare the next generation of conservationists |
The Virginia Tech natural history collection gives wildlife conservation students hands-on experiences learning to identify animal species. |
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Dec 21, 2021
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Virginia Tech researcher tackles restoring the Florida Everglades with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
During the past century, the Florida Everglades has been facing habitat loss, declining biodiversity, and an ecological collapse. Jeff Walters, the Harold Bailey professor of biological sciences and Global Change Center affiliate, is working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to restore the Florida Everglades. |
Date:
Nov 23, 2021
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From camera traps to tank tracks: Hokies manage conservation work on military landscapes |
The Conservation Management Institute works with the military to protect threatened and endangered animals and plants while preserving critical conservation landscapes. |
Date:
Oct 20, 2021
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Kids’ Tech University registration opens on Oct. 18 |
Kids' Tech University aims to inspire the future generation of scientists by bridging the gap between kids and experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. |
Date:
Oct 07, 2021
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Training dogs for a cause |
Cassie Krause, a 2010 graduate of the College of Natural Resources and Environment, trains puppies to be service dogs for veterans with disabilities — a job that allows her to combine her love of animals and her desire to contribute to a greater cause. |
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Oct 06, 2021
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From hatchlings to loggerheads: A Hokie spends the summer aiding and rehabilitating sea turtles |
A student in the College of Natural Resources and Environment spent the summer helping threatened sea turtles in North Carolina. |
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Oct 04, 2021
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Propagating mussel power to purify Virginia's freshwater |
The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center at Virginia Tech is a cooperative research and propagation facility to restore and recover endangered freshwater mollusks in Virginia and adjacent states. |
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Aug 26, 2021
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Choosy lemurs choose sumac: how Hokie researchers are working to feed lemurs far from home |
Wildlife and forestry researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are answering the call to help feed residents of the Duke Lemur Center. |
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Aug 16, 2021
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College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes new faculty members |
Elizabeth Hunter has recently joined the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation and the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and Eranga Galappaththi will join the Department of Geography. |
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Aug 12, 2021
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College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes new director of alumni relations |
Gabrielle Mountain is tasked with planning, promoting, and executing alumni engagement programming to meet institutional advancement goals. |
Date:
Aug 03, 2021
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Hutton Program brings budding marine biologists to campus |
The Hutton Program, a pilot program partnering with the College of Natural Resources and Environment and the American Fisheries Society, is enlightening high-school students about career opportunities in fisheries professions through first-hand experience. |
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Jul 27, 2021
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Bear’s-eye view: Cameras on black bears provide research and outreach opportunities |
Researchers in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are gaining a closer look at our elusive neighbors by putting collars mounted with small video cameras on bears to record their day-to-day activities. |
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Jul 22, 2021
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From mollusks to mountaintops: Working with federal agencies to make strides in conservation science |
The College of Natural Resources and Environment partners with several federal agencies to serve Virginia and the nation while providing students with unique learning opportunities. |
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Jul 15, 2021
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Bear Cam View |
Researchers at Virginia Tech, led by Professor Marcella Kelly of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, have placed collars counted with cameras on black bears. The cameras are providing windows--like this video of a bear overturning rocks while foraging--into the day-to-day moments of a bear's life. |
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Jul 06, 2021
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Mongoose in the city: How landscape can impact disease transmission in Botswana |
Researchers are using genetic tools on banded mongooses to better understand how and why animal behavior changes in proximity to human development and how that change can impact infectious disease spread. |
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Jun 29, 2021
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Virginia Tech professor and Discovery Channel team up on a great white shark research expedition in the Mediterranean |
Led by Assistant Professor Francesco Ferretti, the team is seeking to become the first to tag a Mediterranean great white shark, one of the most endangered and least known white shark populations globally. |
Date:
Jun 15, 2021
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An amazing ecosystem engineer in Southwest Virginia |
<div><div>Faculty and students from the College of Natural Resources and Environment are gaining a better understanding of the bluehead chub and uncovering their secrets just may be the key to conservation efforts.</div></div> |
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Jun 03, 2021
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The amazing ecosystem engineer of Southwest Virginia: the bluehead chub |
Fish conservation and engineering researchers will use a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to decipher the nest-building secrets of the bluehead chub. |
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Jun 03, 2021
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Kathleen Alexander named William E. Lavery Professor |
Alexander, who has a robust research and outreach program based in Botswana, has garnered a significant international reputation as an expert in human and wildlife health. |
Date:
Jun 02, 2021
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Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellow investigates microplastics in local fish |
Virginia Tech senior and marine fish conservation major Gwyneth Martin is studying microplastics and their frequency in freshwater fish as part of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute’s Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship. |
Date:
May 25, 2021
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Freshwater salt pollution threatens ecosystem health and human water security |
One in eight people on the planet lack access to clean water, and drivers of freshwater salt pollution such as de-icers on roads and parking lots, water softeners, and wastewater and industrial discharges further threaten freshwater ecosystem health and human water security. Researchers from Virginia Tech have recently published their findings on salt pollution in Nature Sustainability. |
Date:
Apr 19, 2021
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Under her wing: Wildlife student applies experience to rehabilitating birds |
Wildlife conservation major Haley Olsen-Hodges, the staff naturalist at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center, brings extensive experience working with birds and other animals to the classroom. |
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Apr 09, 2021
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Inspired by nature preserve, sophomore writes, illustrates, and publishes children's book for honors course |
Through words and illustrations, Amelia Schmidt strives to educate today’s youth on the importance of collaboration and preserving the environment through the publication of a children’s book. |
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Apr 06, 2021
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College’s Leadership Institute takes its winter trip on the (digital) road |
Instead of their traditional trip to Richmond and Washington, D.C., over winter break, the College of Natural Resources and Environment’s Leadership Institute students connected virtually with conservation leaders from around the country. |
Date:
Mar 23, 2021
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Biodiversity, fishing, and the environment: thinking globally to protect our oceans |
Researchers estimate that 90 percent of the ocean’s biodiversity could be preserved by strategically protecting just 21 percent of the ocean, and that protecting high-priority areas would have significant ramifications for critically endangered ocean species. |
Date:
Mar 17, 2021
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CNRE student finds great joy in helping wildlife |
Haley Olsen-Hodges, a wildlife conservation major at the College of Natural Resources and Environment, currently works with wildlife at the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center — an experience she wants to use as a jumping-off point to help wildlife on a much broader scale. |
Date:
Mar 11, 2021
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What can stream quality tell us about quality of life? |
Researchers are using stream quality data to find new insights into the interactions between the health of our natural spaces and human well-being. |
Date:
Mar 04, 2021
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Coffee for the birds: connecting bird-watchers with shade-grown coffee |
Researchers from Virginia Tech, Cornell University, and Columbia University examined ways to improve awareness of coffee grown in a way that protects bird habitat. |
Date:
Mar 02, 2021
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Pathways minors tackle the challenges of the future |
New minors in the College of Natural Resources and Environment target students interested in global natural resources challenges. |
Date:
Feb 12, 2021
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Three faculty members join the College of Natural Resources and Environment |
Willandia Chaves, Brett Jesmer, and Patrick Corey Green join the college’s faculty in the 2020-21 academic year. |
Date:
Jan 11, 2021
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College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes new director of inclusion and diversity |
The hiring of Maryam Kamran reflects the college’s commitment to fostering greater representation in the fields of natural and environmental sciences. |
Date:
Jan 07, 2021
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William Hopkins receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor |
Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources, has been selected to receive a 2021 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education and Dominion Power. |
Date:
Dec 11, 2020
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Leaping lemurs and hidden hellbenders: Class of 2020 graduates get up close to wildlife |
Giovanni Walters and Margot Breiner each got valuable hands-on experience outside the classroom while to completing their degrees in wildlife conservation. |
Date:
Dec 08, 2020
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College of Natural Resources and Environment dean shares vision of a dynamic future with the Board of Visitors |
Dean Paul M. Winistorfer, who believes the next five years will be the most dynamic in the history of the college, shared some of the programs and initiatives that give the college a distinctive competitive advantage among national peers. |
Date:
Nov 19, 2020
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The Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens announces team-building pilot grant awards |
Funded by the Fralin Life Sciences Institute and Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 10 interdisciplinary research teams were awarded team-building pilot grant awards to tackle some of these complex zoonotic and vector-borne emerging infectious disease problems. |
Date:
Nov 16, 2020
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What does the fox say to a puma? Predators form an unusual coexistence in the central Chilean Andes |
While pumas and foxes overlapped significantly where they lived and what time they were active, researchers found the predators had little overlap in what they were eating. |
Date:
Nov 12, 2020
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Virtual but still interactive: Kids' Tech University returns to Virginia Tech |
In a normal year, the program creates a "university feel" by including children in an interactive STEM sessions in a university classroom. But this year, the program will be hosted through Zoom and will mail packets of materials for hands-on activities. |
Date:
Oct 22, 2020
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Mammalogy Class Utilizes Outdoor Spaces To Study Carnivores |
Students in Professor Kevin Hamed's mammalogy class get an in-person look at identifying features of carnivorous mammals while utilizing outdoor spaces to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. |
Date:
Oct 21, 2020
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Wildlife courses, in-person and virtual, spark new energy during pandemic |
Interacting with Kevin Hamed, collegiate assistant professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, from a safe distance, makes all of the difference for Emma Weaver, a senior who is majoring in wildlife conservation. |
Date:
Oct 08, 2020
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Researchers co-locate to Steger Hall at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle infectious diseases and rapid environmental change |
The Fralin Life Sciences Institute is co-locating researchers from across three colleges at Virginia Tech to Steger Hall to make an impact at the interface of infectious disease and the environment. |
Date:
Aug 27, 2020
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Collaboration with U.S. Air Force helps restore, protect endangered salamander |
Reticulated flatwoods salamander larvae successfully developed after being placed into two ponds in Florida where the species hadn’t been seen in over a decade. |
Date:
Aug 25, 2020
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One fish, two fish: merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements |
During the inaugural “Fish and Ships” workshop researchers brainstormed ways to merge different data sets to address critical questions about human impacts on ocean biodiversity and sustainability. |
Date:
Aug 19, 2020
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Animal Model Research for Veterinarians Ph.D. training program awarded NIH grant |
The Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine is among a relatively small group of veterinary colleges awarded a T32 grant to train post-D.V.M. veterinarians in biomedical research. |
Date:
Aug 11, 2020
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William Hopkins named associate executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute |
In his new role, Hopkins will assist Matt Hulver, executive director, and his leadership team as they develop and implement the vision and strategic directions for the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle grand life science challenges at the interface of the environment and the human condition. |
Date:
Aug 11, 2020
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Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens to tackle infectious diseases |
The center will be administratively established as an institute-level center in the Fralin Life Science Institute and will include faculty participants from at least seven colleges and more than 25 departments on campus. |
Date:
Jul 27, 2020
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Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths |
New research suggests that Bacille Calmette-Guérin, a tuberculosis vaccine routinely given to children in countries with high tuberculosis rates, might play a significant role in mitigating mortality rates from COVID-19. |
Date:
Jul 10, 2020
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Virginia Tech researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals |
As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans or to life on land. |
Date:
Jun 18, 2020
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Natural resources faculty use innovation and engagement to adapt to new online education space |
“We want to encourage [our students] that we’ll all get through this, so 30 years from now they’ll be telling their kids about the time when they had to watch their professor stumbling around in a creek trying to catch a fish.” |
Date:
Jun 10, 2020
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Seed funding for junior faculty launches new projects |
Awards from the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science support new interdisciplinary projects, ranging from wireless charging for unmanned vehicles to the effects of microplastics on fish. |
Date:
Apr 27, 2020
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Banded mongoose study reveals how behavior and landscape interactions influence the spread of infectious disease |
Researchers observed banded mongoose in several different environments in Botswana, gaining insight into the spread of a novel tuberculosis pathogen that is transmitted through olfactory communication behaviors. |
Date:
Mar 12, 2020
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Canceled: Innovative conservationist and business entrepreneur to present public lecture in Blacksburg on March 20 |
Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, a fourth-generation beekeeper and founder and CEO of Bee Downtown, is featured as part of the public Distinguished Lecture Series, which brings some of the world’s leading scholars to Blacksburg to discuss critical environmental and societal issues in an open forum. |
Date:
Mar 10, 2020
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ComSciCon returns to Virginia Tech |
On Feb. 27 and 28, graduate students and communicators came together to strengthen their science communication abilities at the second annual ComSciCon–Virginia Tech. |
Date:
Mar 05, 2020
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2022
- Artificial Intelligence for Shark Conservation
- Dean Stauffer honored with emeritus status
- Four new faculty members join the College of Natural Resources and Environment
- Trying out potential careers from packaging to conservation
- Virginia Tech Wildlife Students Research at the Blue Ridge Discovery Center
- Six grants from the Office of Undergraduate Research create new work and learning opportunities for students
- A Tale Of Two Parks And The Bats Within Them
- Call and Castaneda-Guzman receive VA Sea Grant Fellowships
- Researchers studying how human food scraps contribute to diseases in ecosystems
- Finding paths and breaking down barriers: Stories celebrating women in Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment
- Some roots take hold: Forestry and conservation families continue to shape their legacies at Virginia Tech
- Discovering the hidden world of freshwater mussels with immersive technology
- Taking pulse: Researcher addresses knowledge gaps in shark and ray research | VTx | Virginia Tech
- CNRE Museum collection seeks to expand to broaden students hands-on learning experiences
- Bones, feathers, and fins: How Virginia Tech’s natural history collection helps prepare the next generation of conservationists
- COVID-19 infections among deer populations risk wildlife conservation efforts, says wildlife epidemiologist
- Exploring The Impacts Of Fisheries On Blue Sharks
2021
- Aquatic center works to restore imperiled freshwater mussels | State and Regional News | richmond.com
- From hatchlings to loggerheads: A Hokie spends the summer aiding and rehabilitating sea turtles
- WVTF.ORG:Fresh Water Mussels to Aid River Clean-Up
- Virginia Tech Tuesday: Swimming with the sharks: Virginia Tech Professor reveals insight to great whites in the Mediterranean Sea
- From camera traps to tank tracks: Hokies manage conservation work on military landscapes
- VT professor spends month on Mediterranean Sea searching for sharks
- Six interdisciplinary research teams announced as 2022 ISCE Scholars
- Hutton Program brings budding marine biologists to campus
- From mollusks to mountaintops: Working with federal agencies to make strides in conservation science
- NSF: How landscape can affect disease transmission
- Biodiversity, fishing, and the environment: thinking globally to protect our oceans
- William Hopkins receives Virginia’s highest faculty honor
- Graduate Education Week honors outstanding master's and doctoral degree students
- What can stream quality tell us about quality of life
- Shark Populations Are Crashing, With a ‘Very Small Window’ to Avert Disaster
- Mucking About
- People in Developing Countries Eat Less Bushmeat as They Migrate from Rural to Urban Areas
2020
- Leaping lemurs and hidden hellbenders: Class of 2020 graduates get up close to wildlife
- What does the fox say to a puma? Predators form an unusual coexistence in the central Chilean Andes
- Wildlife courses, in-person and virtual, spark new energy during pandemic
- Mammalogy Class Utilizes Outdoor Spaces To Study Carnivores
- Student voices helping to highlight importance of inclusion in the sciences at Virginia Tech
- Researchers co-locate to Steger Hall at the Fralin Life Sciences Institute to tackle infectious diseases and rapid environmental change
- One fish, two fish: merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements
- Mass Die-Offs of Marine Mammals Are on the Rise
- Alaska’s salmon are getting smaller, affecting people and ecosystems
- William Hopkins named associate executive director of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute
- Preliminary study suggests tuberculosis vaccine may be limiting COVID-19 deaths
- Word from the Smokies: The Obscure Tale of the Appalachian Cottontail
- Of love of lemur
- Mass die-offs in marine mammals are accelerating, and climate change will only make it worse
- Shorebird group helps relocate Royal Turns at the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion
- Virginia Tech researchers study catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
- Can a salamander find salvation in San Antonio?
- Sydney Hope recognized for Outstanding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Dissertation Award
- American Scientist: Data collection during social distancing
- Where predators are scarce, mongoose may transmit more disease
- Antonio Zoo Successfully Breeds One of World's Most Endangered Species
- Tracking white-tailed deer movements during Hurricane Irma
- Virginia Tech’s Luis Escobar contributes to international report on health and climate change
- Virginia project raises concerns about seabirds
- Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
- New research finds ranchers consider diverse factors in managing their land
2019
- Emmanuel Frimpong talks about his research in maintaining biodiversity and conservation of rare species
- Florida's Shorebirds Saw a Big Breeding Bump After Hurricane Michael
- Virginia Tech student releases recuperated hawk back into wild
- Global Change Center partners with Hollins University to promote undergraduate research opportunities
- You spot a land-crawling “Frankenfish,” now what?
- Hokies help Cooper's hawk spread its wings and fly
- Field course gives students up-close look at tracking, studying wildlife
- Virginia researcher wants to turn nest-building fish into rock stars
- HokieTalks : Sea levels are rising - Solutions for watermen and waterbirds
- Donald J. Orth receives American Fisheries Society award for public outreach
- The Human Dimensions of Birdwatchers: Insights for Wildlife Managers
- Amazon fish species at risk if fires destroy river habitat
- Professors take part in journal’s test for peer review bias in major international study
- Abundance of abandoned mines may explain threatened bats' prevalence in WV
- College of Natural Resources and Environment welcomes eight new faculty members
- Making connections: Farmers, meet hellbenders
- VT Shorebird Program to coordinate efforts to survey potential breeding locations for the spoon billed sandpiper
- Isotopes in poop show where secretive jaguars hunt
- For some populations, hurricanes actually help
- Tunnel project runs into trouble: Terns. Lots of them
- VT learning in Botswana-Student experiences
- The hunger games: Do fledged chicks beg honestly?
- Who Liked Hurricane Sandy? These Tiny, Endangered Birds
- Leaving no stone unturned' at the Ninth Eastern Hellbender Symposium
- Piping plovers benefited from Hurricane Sandy
- Ed Jones named chair of national Cooperative Extension leadership committee within APLU
- In Virginia and Wisconsin, a new look at saving freshwater mussels: Could disease be a culprit in massive die-offs?
- Deirdre Conroy named 2019 Outstanding Senior for the College of Natural Resources and Environment
- Check out this video on the new pathways to sustainability minor associated with the CNRE
- Erin Heller and Sydney Hope receive Sigma Xi Awards for 2019
- VHCC students dissect non-native fish to study habitat changes
- Virginia Tech students examine Mill Mountain's animal species
- Coastal@VT researchers lead Kids’ Tech University session about sea level rise
- Brian Murphy honored with emeritus status
- Virginia Tech’s 36th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 27
- Researchers study people who feed birds in their backyards with implications for bird conservation
- Botswana president and first lady visit Centre for Conservation of African Resources
- Grad students host first communication science conference
- Road Salt and its impacts on groundwater and well water
2018
- Alumnus helps kids explore freshwater streams and rivers by getting their feet wet 12/18
- Students reflect on lessons learned during study abroad in Ecuador 11/18
- Surface water and flood dynamics increase vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate change 11/18
- Coastal@VT hosted Rotating Resilience Roundtables to address issues of coastal resilience in Virginia 11/18
- Meet the maverick mayor of Glen Lyn in new Save Our Towns season 10/18
- Researchers study water’s role in antibiotic resistance emergence and dissemination in Africa 10/18
- Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study parental care in eastern hellbender salamanders 10/18
- Professor appointed chair for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee 10/18
- Fifteen students awarded Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowships 10/18
- HHMI Inclusive Excellence Program welcomes new cohort 10/18
- Philadelphia Zoo CREW’s high school students get ‘hands-on’ with wildlife 9 /18
- Land use and pollution shift female-to-male ratios in snapping turtles, raising conservation concerns 9/18
- Virginia Tech researchers host international meeting on mange in wildlife 8/18
- Teresa Martinez receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/18
- Any changes to the Endangered Species Act will likely be undone, says Virginia Tech expert 7/18
- Researcher: 2018 Farm Bill policies could undermine farm conservation efforts 7/18
- Fish and wildlife graduate students receive research fellowships 6/18
- Associate Professor Sarah Karpanty receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award 6/18
- Wildlife conservation student receives 2018 Udall Scholarship 5/18
- William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology 5/18
- Experience hands-on learning in the Great Smoky Mountains 4/18
- 2018 Graduate School Diversity Scholars share their work on Reading Day 4/18
- Outreach enhances landowners' views of conservation programs 4/18
- The James River blues: Are blue catfish a cause or symptom of bay health? 4/18
- Virginia Tech's 35th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 28 4/18
- How cheetahs outsmart lions and hyenas 4/18
- Video: Graduating student Chanz Hopkins helps others while pursuing his dream 4/18
- Graduate School celebrates students and mentors at annual awards dinner 4/18
- Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success 4/18
- Bay Invaders: The Blue Catfish Fishery 3/18
- Engineered Sandbars Don't Measure Up for Nesting Plovers 1/18
- JWM: Hungry ghost crabs may haunt plover nests 2/18
- A case for conserving common species 2/18
- Fish sticks: declining Amazon fish 2/18
- For a banded mongoose in northern Botswana, communicating with family can be deadly 1/18
- How do you track a secretive hawk? Follow the isotopes 1/18
- Rock salt is getting into groundwater and wells, study finds 1/18
2017
- New research explores links between deforestation and fisheries yields in the Amazon 12/17
- Tech wildlife students up their "game" at annual dinner 12/17
- PBS: Amazonian fish need tropical forests to survive 12/17
- The 'Camera Trap Queen' Who Shares Remote Wildlife With the World 12/17
- How do you track a secretive hawk? Follow the isotopes 12/17
- Rock salt is getting into groundwater and wells, study finds 11/17
- Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants 11/17
- Virginia Tech researchers explore causes of land cover change in African savannas 11/17
- Dean Stauffer honored with Wildlife Society award for teaching excellence10/17
- Even small amounts of oil made birds near Deepwater Horizon sick, Virginia Tech researchers say 10/17
- Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia 10/17
- Mixing of farmed fish and their wild relatives could have adverse impacts on environment, Virginia Tech researcher says10/17
- Let's Get Science Out of the Lab Into The Communities with Dr. Kathy Alexander 10/17
- Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia 10/17
- Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education 9/17
- Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia10/11
- Student raises money to improve isolated Ecuadorean community's access to education 9/11
- Nat Geo: See Rescued Lions and Tigers Re-Learn How to Hunt 9/11
- George C. Palmer named 2017 SEAFWA Fisheries Biologist of the Year 9/17
- Steve McMullin of Virginia Tech becomes President of the American Fisheries Society 9/17
- Conservation Management Institute realigns to maximize funding and research opportunities 8/17
- Virginia Tech professor raises awareness about animal biotechnology and fisheries genetics 8/17
- Virginia Tech study searches for candy darter as endangered species status reviewed 8/17
- Future of coastal marshes lies in the hands of private property owners 8/17
- GMO salmon caught in U.S. regulatory net, but Canadians have eaten 5 tons 8/17
- Research calls for enhancing long-term benefits of Farm Bill program 7/17
- Camera-trap research paves the way for global monitoring networks 6/17
- Virginia Tech awarded grant to commit to diversity, inclusion for success in science education 6/17
- Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service target students for future conservation careers 6/17
- Washington Post: Blue catfish are destroying the Chesapeake Bay. Congress isn't helping 6/17
- Bad mothers and why they make a difference to cheetah survival 6/17
- Sydney Hope receives NSF GROW travel award 6/17
- Stormwater retention ponds may not protect surface waters from road salt contamination 6/17
- Coffee Break with a Scientist: Dr. Ashley Dayer 5/17
- Studying the human dimensions of CRP participation5/17
- Professor William Hopkins receives Graduate School's outstanding mentor award5/17
- Nonnative catfish not primary driver of American shad declines in James River5/17
- Ally Moser named College of Natural Resources and Environment 2017 Outstanding Senior4/17
- Marcella Kelly receives Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 4/17
- Dean Stauffer receives William E. Wine Award for Teaching Excellence4/17
- Virginia Tech's 34th Annual Mudbass Classic Tournament takes place on April 294/17
- Man-Eating Lions Prey on People-New Evidence4/17
- Brian and Martha Murphy earn citizen conservation award for transforming farmland4/17
- Stroubles Creek Restoration Initiative prepping for tree planting 3/17
- Dean Stauffer: CIDER teacher of the week 3/17
- Doctoral Fellow studies impact of climate change, deforestation in Namibia 3/17
- Virginia Tech expert on WHO child mortality report: impacts 'are not restricted to the developing world' 3/17
- Moser studies rare cottontail for ACC Fellowship 2/17
- Defining an invasive species- not as straightforward as you would think 2/17
- Leandro Castello awarded Pew marine conservation fellowship 2/17
- Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas seeks volunteers to collect data 2/17
- Ashley Gramza begins role as new national bird conservation social science coordinator 2/17
2016
- Scientists are in a heated Twitter debate about the 'most beautiful spotted animal' 12/16
- Class of 2016: Cassidy Williams puts her passion for wildlife into practice 12/16
- Virginia Tech students host Annual Wild Game Dinner 12/16
- Jaguar spotting: A new wild cat may be roaming the United States 12/16
- Steve McMullin honored with emeritus status 11/16
- Sydney Hope participates in Franklin County High's "Moment of Science" 11/16
- Who eats faster, male or female cheetahs? 11/16
- Nemo found at Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center 10/16
- Mussels a sign of a healthy Powell River 10/16
- With Good Reason Radio:Wildlife in Bostwana 10/16
- Paul Angermeier co-edits textbook on reintroducing fish and wildlife populations 9/16
- Cutler: Town and gown work together here: Part 2 9/16
- Seashore plans science workshops to evaluate bird, turtle management 9/16
- Brett Jones, Donald Orth receive 2016 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 8/16
- Science News: When it comes to antimicrobial resistance, watch out for wildlife 8/16
- Students team with Ecuadorean tribes to learn most-effective plants for treating infection 8/16
- Fralin Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow investigates false pregnancy in black bears 7/16
- 2016 ACC Creativity and Innovation fellows hard at work this summer 7/16
- Black Bears Becoming Unusually Comfortable with People 7/16
- Virginia Tech expert says GMO bill approved by Congress is a good start but a better framework still needed 7/16
- Listen: Eric Hallerman discusses new GMO labeling with NewsRadio WINA 7/16
- Ear-stones provide clues to researchers studying migratory habits of Amazonian fish species 6/16
- Flying high for conservation: an Interfaces of Global Change fellow will use drones to help save lemurs 5/16
- On birds, behavior, and the power of observation 5/16
- Douglas Austen receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 5/16
- Six Virginia Tech undergraduate students awarded 2016 ACC Creativity and Innovation Fellowships 5/16
- Researcher tracks clues on mountain lion sightings in Great Smoky Mountains National Park 5/16
- Virginia Tech students to travel the Amazon 5/16
- Tuberculosis infection in mongoose driven by social communication behavior 5/16
- Virginia Tech researchers looking at value of native pollinators 5/16
- Congressman Morgan Griffith visits Virginia Tech's aviary 5/16
- Nature: Camera traps may aid conservation 5/16
- Bear Cubs Emerge from Virginia Dens 5/16
- Kathleen Alexander presents NSF funded human-wildlife interface projects on Capitol Hill 4/16
- NSF grant to send two undergraduates to study disease ecology in Africa 4/16
- Our culture does not take life, but promotes it 4/16
- Eric Hallerman advises FDA on approving world's first genetically modified animal 4/16
- Brandon Semel will use drones to help save lemurs in Madagascar 3/16
- Climate change, dams, deforestation a vicious cycle for Amazon rivers, lakes 3/16
- Listen to Associate Professor Kathy Alexander's talk about "One Health" on VoiceAmerica. 2/16
- Fish species, rural livelihoods threatened by new dams on world's largest rivers1/16
2015
- That Yellow-finned Minnow in Your Local Creek May Be One-of-a-kind 12/15
- Wild Cam: How Airplanes Ruffle Plover Feathers12/15
- Lyme-Carrying Ticks Could Be Hitching Rides on Birds 12/15
- In a First, the FDA Clears Genetically Modified Salmon for Eating--It Just Took 20 Years12/15
- The Atlantic: The woman who tweets cheetahs 11/15
- Don't Fear Bats; Fear Losing Them 10/15
- China's wetlands hurt by economic growth 10/15
- Putting the squeeze on trout: Study says that acid and warming waters could make life harder for trout 10/15
- Wildlife graduate student Sydney Hope investigates impact of environmental conditions on wood duck behavior10/15
- Limiting wildlife access to water resources in dryland African regions may reduce water quality 10/15
- Virginia Tech-led research to create model to predict waterborne disease risk9/15
- Can group-living wildlife species survive the spread of disease? 9/15
- Faculty members named American Fisheries Society inaugural Fellows9/15
- WSLS10:Virginia Tech opens new Aviary 9/15
- CollegiateTimes: To study a mockingbird 9/15
- Roanoke Time: New Virginia Tech research aviary is not just for the birds 9/15
- Virginia Tech showcases new research facility to enhance the study of birds 9/15
- Collegiate Times: New organization helps grieving students move forward 9/15
- Scientists show off their most adorable subjects with #CuteOff 9/15
- SmartNews: African wildlife may be acquiring antibiotic resistant bacteria from nearby humans 8/15
- Virginia Tech's natural resources and conservation program ranked No. 1 by USA Today College edition 8/15
- New Initiative Helps Saltwater Aquarium Industry 'Go Green' 8/15
- Virginia Tech scientists work to save the Amazon Rainforest and its biodiversity 8/15
- Doctoral student Anne Hilborn shares Serengeti field work and photos on Twitter 8/15
- Graduate student’s research reveals new, troubling threats to Madagascar’s wildlife 8/15
- Wildlife students win Steger Poetry Prizes 8/15
- Congressman Griffith visits mussel center 8/15
- DGIF winter meeting held at Virginia Tech 8/15
- Warren receives Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/15
- Schooled in fish: Jason Henderson head chef for Captain D’s 8/15
- Wildlife Society: Effective New Model for Predicting Shorebird Habitats 8/15
- Virginia Tech's natural resources and conservation program ranked No. 1 by USA Today College edition 8/15
- Preserving natural areas on campuses focus of Ecological Society of America sessions 8/15
- Habitat prediction model created to protect piping plovers 7/15
- Wildlife provide clues to the spread of antibiotic resistance in Africa 7/15
- The Hopkins Lab participates in NSF RET program 7/15
- Scientists work to help save the Amazon rainforest and its biodiversity 7/15
- Asia Murphy's research reveals new, troubling threats to Madagascar’s wildlife 7/15
- This fish has its own story 7/15
- University hatches science outreach partnership with Blacksburg High School 6/15
- Enlighten me: Piping plovers and coastal change 6/15
- Researchers explore fact and fiction of New River monster fish 6/15
- Robert Warren receives Gerald H. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 5/15
- Scientists across the nation address uncertainty in Marine & Coastal Resource Management 5/15
- Alexander receives 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Research 4/15
- Hopkins receives 2015 Alumni Award for Excellence in Research 4/15
- Ashley Lohr receives 2015 College of Natural Resources and Environment Outstanding Senior Award 4/15
- Students Bring High Energy to the TWS SE Conclave 3/15
- Volunteers count spring frog songs in the New River Valley 3/15
- Researchers Map Flying Squirrel Habitat 3/15
2014
- Emmanuel A. Frimpong named a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow 10/14
- Joel W. Snodgrass named head of Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation 9/14
- Giant Amazon fish extinct in many fishing communities, saved in others 9/14
- Grad student works to preserve endangered flying squirrels 9/14
- All for the birds: Mitchell Byrd remains a friend of the college 8/14
- Erin Poor receives Fulbright grant to study endangered Sumatran tigers7/14
- Researchers say rate of deforestation in Brazilian Amazon has declined 6/14
- Young scientist counts African predators to help save them 5/14
- Fish species benefit from multi-agency collaborations 5/14
- Scientists study Amazon to predict impact of climate change 5/14
- Research overturns assumption about mercury in the Arctic 5/14
- Nepalese Fulbright Scholar visits college 5/14
- Donald J. Orth receives 2014 William E. Wine Award 4/14
- Donald J. Orth receives 2014 Diggs Teaching Scholars Award 4/14
- Restoration biologist Jess Jones receives Rachel Carson Award 4/14
- Donald W. Linzey receives Virginia Museum of Natural History's Jefferson Medal 3/14
- Kelly recognized as a Global Conservation Leader 2/14
- Aspiring wildlife filmmaker wraps up as co-host of children's tv program 2/14
- Fisheries program opens doors for freshman 2/14
- Alumni Corner: Austen heads American Fisheries Society 2/14
- State launches wildlife conflict helpline 2/14
- Kelly recognized as a Global Conservation Leader 2/14
- Michael Moore receives NANFA Conservation Research Grant 2014 Award 2/14
- Black-footed ferret: Wild heart of the Great Plains 2/14
- China-U.S. laboratory dedicated to enhance mussel conservation, pearl production 1/14
- Hurricane Sandy may prove to be a blessing for the tiny piping plover 1/14
- Research overturns assumption about mercury in the Arctic 1/14
2013
- Marcella Kelly honored with Philadelphia Zoo's Global Conservation Leader Award12/13
- Alumni Awards for Excellence11/13
- Fraser Receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award11/13
- Schwarz Leads World Aquaculture Society11/13
- Alexander Continues Research at the Human-Wildlife Interface 11/13
- Conference Tackles the Challenge of Diversity in Natural Resources Careers 8/13
- Hubert Receives Cross Alumni Leadership Award 8/13
- Kendall an Environmental Excellence Award Finalist 8/13
- Three Students Take Home Writing Prizes 8/13
- Battle Presents at ACC Meeting of the Minds 8/13
- Jim Fraser receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology 7/13
- Wayne Hubert receives Gerald E. Cross Alumni Leadership Award 6/13
- University researchers find widespread but neglected disease as real health threat in Africa 5/13
- Potential to spark a global pandemic’: Wild animals in Botswana found resistant to antibiotics4/13
- Study shows human-wildlife microbe exchange and multidrug resistance in wildlife in protected areas in Africa 4/13
- Kathleen Alexander receives 2013 Alumni Award for Excellence in International Outreach 5/13
- Climate change likely to worsent threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana, arid African countries 3/13
- Virginia Tech hosts first TEDx Event 2/13
- Kathleen Alexander finds climate change likely to worsen public health threat of diarrheal disease in Botswana and other arid African countries 3/13
- First year experience program sets students on the right path 2/13
- Alumni Corner: John Loegering-Not Quite a Millionaire! 2/13
- Commencement Speaker- Katelin Shugart-Schmidt 2/13
- Generational changes will have a big impact on natural resource jobs 2/13
- Graduate students receive American Fisheries Society awards 1/13
2012
- TEDxTalks releases videos of presentations from inaugural TEDxVirginiaTech event 12/12
- Nearly buried, mussels get a helping hand 12/12
- Chinese Visitors Investigate Watershed Ecology 11/12
- Perkins Interviews Converted Poachers 11/12
- Undergraduates Explore Ecuadorian Jungle 11/12
- Students Help Return Animals to the Wild 11/12
- Summer Programs Offer Extraordinary Research Opportunities to Undergraduates 11/12
- Partners collaborate on largest release of endangered mussels in Powell River 10/12
- Undergraduate researchers study poison dart frogs and more in Ecuadorian jungle 9/12
- Can nature parks save biodiversity? 8/12
- Undergraduate students make their mark in fish and wildlife conservation research 8/12
- Student researchers take a walk on the 'wild' side 8/12
- Kathleen Alexander receives NIH grant to study effect of climate change on water-borne diseases 8/12
- Katelin Shugart-Schmidt named Graduate Woman of the Year 4/12
- Kathleen Alexander's work in Botswana attracts attention of U.S. ambassador 3/12
- Virginia Tech wildlife researchers explore DNA research to help save Nepal's Bengal tigers 3/12
- Buffalo bushmeat linked to brucellosis in Botswana 3/12
- Nowhere to hide: New study finds future of Sumatran tigers threatened by human disturbances 3/12
- Virginia Tech wildlife ecologist links severe declines in Everglades mammals with invasive pythons 1/12
- Kathleen Alexander receives NSF grant to research human-animal linkage in water quality 1/12
2010-2011
- Turtles, snakes, and the HokieBird visit Virginia Tech Open House 11/11
- Two Virginia Tech fisheries students earn NOAA scholarships 11/11
- Eric Hallerman educates policymakers on genetically engineered animals for food 8/11
- David L. Trauger receives science teaching award 6/11
- Leadership Institute students from College of Natural Resources and Environment take weeklong run with top officials 1/11
- Poor stream health imperils fish 12/10
- Five selected as 2010-11 ACC Undergraduate Research Scholars 11/10
- Virginia Tech gets $3.4 Million for Gulf oil spill study on plovers 11/10
- New TB pathogen discovered 10/10
- College of Natural Resources and Environment Launches Student Leadership Institute 9/10
- Virginia Tech Partners in Clinch River Endangered Mussel Release 9/10
- Dean F. Stauffer Selected as Associate Dean of Academic Programs 8/10
- University Recognizes Ronald J. Kendall with Alumni Leadership Award 7/10
- Researcher explores role of human behavior in infectious disease emergence 5/10
- Barbara Knuth Named Vice Provost and Dean of Cornell Graduate School 3/10