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Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
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Article ItemNew environmental informatics major opens a world of opportunity , article
As efforts to manage natural resources grow increasingly reliant on computer-based approaches, the need for professionals trained in data gathering and knowledge integration has skyrocketed.
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Article ItemOnline community promotes forest farming , article
Virginia Tech is leading the effort to use the new online research-based learning network eXtension to promote forest farming — the cultivation of high-value specialty crops under a forest canopy.
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Article ItemCall to decrease salt introduction in fresh water to protect biodiversity , article
An international, multi-institutional team of researchers recommends ways that humans can protect fresh water from salts in an article in the journal Science.
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Article ItemMaster Naturalist program grant to enhance training curriculum , article
The Virginia Environmental Endowment announced awards of nearly $250,000 to protect and improve the region’s natural resources, including $20,000 for the Virginia Master Naturalist program.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech hosts Landsat Science Team meeting , article
Scientists from around the world gathered on campus when Virginia Tech hosted a meeting of the Landsat Science Team, who analyzes data collected by the succession of Landsat satellites that have orbited the Earth since 1972.
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Article ItemPopular wilderness area requires intensive management to remain natural , article
Approximately 250,000 annual visitors to Minnesota’s Boundary Waters have a significant impact on the campsites along the area’s 1,000 lakes in America’s most visited wilderness area.
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Article ItemGuillermo Trincado (’03, ’06) directs Chilean forest modeling effort , article
Guillermo Trincado (’03 M.S. statistics, ’06 Ph.D. forest biometrics) has been named director of Chile’s National Simulation Model Project.
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Article ItemSheng-I Yang earns Taiwanese government scholarship , article
Graduate student Sheng-I Yang of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, earned a scholarship from the Taiwanese government to help offset the costs of studying in the U.S.
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Article ItemVirginia Tech hosts regional tree climbing championship , article
Arborists from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia competed for top scores in climbing events that test their speed, agility, and safety.
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Article ItemSchoenholtz leads National Institutes for Water Resources , article
Across the nation, awareness of water as a critical, increasingly limited resource is seeping into public consciousness. With an eye toward the future of water, Professor Stephen Schoenholtz has been named president of the National Institutes for Water Resources.
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Article ItemDeveloping relationship with Brazilian university opens up opportunities , article
Brazil’s Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) signed a letter of intent with the college to facilitate future agreements for establishing an international exchange of faculty and students, research data, and development programs.
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Article ItemGraduate student developing Stadium Woods stewardship plan , article
Old-growth forests such as Virginia Tech’s 11.5-acre Stadium Woods are extremely rare, says master’s student Rodney Walters, who is developing a stewardship plan.
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Article ItemWorrell earns regional SAF award , article
Bill Worrell, Extension agent for Virginia’s Southwest District, received the Appalachian Society of American Foresters’ Volunteer Service Award.
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Article ItemMcGee receives award for GeoTEd work , article
Professor John McGee received the 2015 Distinguished Geospatial Education Partner Award from the National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence.
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Article ItemTree rings give new details to an old story , article
A team of graduate students uncovered new details of Virginia’s rich history through dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating.
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