Extension, cooperatives hold annual Forestry and Wildlife Field Tours
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Virginia Cooperative Extension will hold their 43rd Annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tours starting Oct. 11.
Search Results for Wildlife Center of Virginia
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‘Virginia’s largest outdoor classroom’ educates, entertains
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Educational entertainment is a staple of the State Fair of Virginia, often called “Virginia’s largest outdoor classroom.”
DOI to treat 11,000 acres in Virginia this wildfire season
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The Department of the Interior has been working to implement preventative measures to limit the size and scope of wildfires, treat current wildfires already underway, and protect wildfire-prone areas to best safeguard people and their communities.
Help stop pests from invading Virginia
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services encourages the public to join the effort to stop the threat of invasive plants and pests in Virginia.
Virginia Tech researchers receive NSF grant to study the honey bee gut microbiome
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Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the host-microbiome-parasite interactions in the honey bee gut, with $750,000 coming to Virginia Tech.
10 Southwest Virginia economic development projects to receive pilot grants
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Gov. Ralph Northam and Congressman Morgan Griffith today announced 10 economic development projects selected for grant approval from the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Pilot program.
Virginia Tech researchers tackle the biological invasions crisis
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Biological invasions by non-native organisms are one of the most important aspects of rapid global change, costing the global economy greater than $1 trillion annually. Globally, biological invasions also decimate local flora and fauna, contribute to disease outbreaks and agricultural loss, and threaten human health.
Nominations now accepted for VDOF Camp Woods & Wildlife
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Nominations are open for Camp Woods & Wildlife, formerly known as Holiday Lake Forestry Camp. The 73rd annual camp will be held June 17-22 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.
Virginia Cooperative Extension ‘a necessity,’ funding needed
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“What do you do for a living?” can be a complicated question for a Virginia Cooperative Extension agent to answer succinctly.
Virginia Tech alumnus helps kids explore freshwater streams and rivers by getting their feet wet
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The best part of College of Natural Resources and Environment alumnus Craig Roghair’s outreach work is hearing the reactions of students when they first put on a wetsuit and mask, and duck their heads into a freshwater stream.
