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Center for Natural Resources and Decision Support transitions leadership , articleScott Klopfer has been named director of CeNRADS, succeeding Stephen Prisley, who accepted a position with the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.
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Habitat model to help protect piping plover , articleDoctoral student Katherina Gieder has created a model combining sea-level rise, shoreline change, geomorphology features, and piping plover nesting habitat suitability to help managers protect the birds.
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Scientists tap trees' evolutionary databanks to discover environment adaptation strategies , articleResearchers have been using the gene function of a small, simple, model plant to learn about and sequence hundreds of tree genomes for decades. However, a research team recently developed a new strategy to learn about trees’ genetics.
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Formaldehyde emissions challenge wood-based composites industry , articleWood-based composites are used to make American homes and many of the wood-based items in them. These composites, often made from wood fibers, chips, and flakes, are versatile and useful, and they make timber resources more sustainable.
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Wentzel studies black bears with the Fralin SURF program , articleLindsay Wentzel, a junior double majoring in wildlife conservation and fish conservation, worked with a team that studied black bears for evidence of pseudopregnancy.
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Community livelihoods depend upon accurate wildlife estimates , articleEvidence of wildlife passage, such as tracks, scat, fur, and disturbed surroundings, is a more accurate tool for assessing wildlife conservation status than actual encounters with animals, according to an international team of scientists.
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Saving the Amazon , articleScientists take a multi-faceted approach to sustaining the Amazon’s biodiversity.
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Call to decrease salt introduction in fresh water to protect biodiversity , articleAn 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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Popular wilderness area requires intensive management to remain natural , articleApproximately 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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Research calls for enhancing long-term benefits of Farm Bill programs , articleMany landowners rely on conservation incentive programs to make improvements that also benefit the environment and society as a whole.
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Study on New River trotlines reveals changing traditions in fishing , articleWhile the popularity of fishing for smallmouth bass is on the rise in Virginia’s New River, the decades-old practice of fishing for catfish using trotlines is fading, according to a recent study.
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Graduate student's research reveals new, troubling threats to Madagascar's wildlife , articleHabitat degradation and deforestation, recognized as principal threats to wildlife globally, have especially destructive implications on the island nation of Madagascar — four out of five of its plant and animal species are found nowhere else in the world.
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Students selected as undergraduate research ambassadors , articleAlexandra Flevarakis and Ryan Mowrey from the college have been selected in a competitive search as ambassadors for Virginia Tech's Office of Undergraduate Research for the 2016-17 academic year.
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PINEMAP scientists work toward sustainably managing southern pine plantations , articleVirginia Tech is one of 11 southeastern land-grant universities that conduct research, education, and outreach as part of the Pine Integrated Network: Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation Project (PINEMAP).
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Forestry geneticists developing hardy biomass trees , articleAssociate Professor Amy Brunner is using a $1.4 million grant to investigate the genetic regulatory networks that will allow an important bioenergy crop to be bred to grow in marginal soils and climates.
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