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Weather stations promote a range of study at Roanoke schools , articleWanting to find the best locations within the city of Roanoke, Va., for growing gardens sparked the idea to install weather stations.
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State launches wildlife conflict helpline , articleDeer are unwelcome visitors to residential gardens.
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Humans-wildlife-ecosystems in balance , articleKathleen Alexander’s multidimensional research impacts Botswana and beyond. Wildlife and infectious disease expert a vital leader with Botswana’s communities, tribal chiefs, and government officials.
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Birds and windows: a deadly dilemma , articleThe study has identified the worst of the corporate center’s buildings and narrowed it to specific sides of those buildings to target for treatment.
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Wildlife graduate student finds camera traps an effective tool for studying Africa wildlife communities , articleWhen most people think of Africa, they picture sprawling savannahs and big cats stalking through tall grasses. But with predator populations in Africa declining by as much as 80 percent, the image of that landscape is changing. To help protect it, researchers are finding new ways to understand animal populations.
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Geography teacher training academy tours mining towns , articleStewart Scales led an excursion for 20 high school teachers to two mining communities in far Southwest Virginia — Appalachia and Big Stone Gap, Scales’ hometown.
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Furthering geospatial education , articleTo meet the ever-increasing demand for geospatial technology professionals in the public and private sectors, the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program continues its effort to educate community college and high school faculty members in this evolving field of study.
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College partnership with Forest Service leverages sustainability efforts , articleThrough cooperative agreements, the Forest Service provides vehicles, equipment, time, and expertise in mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students across campus.
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College partners with Blacksburg Children's Museum to showcase geospatial technology, weather , articleVisitors to the Blacksburg Children’s Museum now have a view of where they are in space and time thanks to an interactive geospatial exhibit with a wall-sized satellite image of the region and historical images of past decades.
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Alumnus rallies riparian restoration support for Stroubles Creek , articleTom Saxton has planted a legacy made of trees, clean water, volunteerism, and science that will continue to grow and inspire for years to come.
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Virginia now ranks third for big trees, program earns award , articleVirginia moved up to third place on the 2017 American Forests Champion Trees national register, with 74 national champion trees.
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Wiseman leads Virginia Big Tree Program , articleEric Wiseman, associate professor of urban forestry and arboriculture, has been named coordinator of the Virginia Big Tree Program.
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Serving community and the arts , articleAs a service-learning project, students in Professor Robert Bush’s Senior Seminar in Forest Products Marketing and Management built an outdoor “theater” for the Blacksburg New School.
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Munsell awarded $1.4 million for agroforestry projects , articleAssociate Professor and Extension Specialist John Munsell has been awarded a total of $1.4 million to expand uses of agroforestry to enhance farm and forest production while achieving strategic conservation goals.
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Brian Strahm launches collaborative effort with New Zealand’s forest industry , articleAssociate Professor Brian Strahm spent six months in New Zealand partnering with scientists to develop ways to improve forest productivity without negative environmental impacts.
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