Green floater freshwater mussel at risk of endangerment; Virginia at center of saving them
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has found that the green floater, a freshwater mussel found in 10 states including Virginia is likely to become endangered.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has found that the green floater, a freshwater mussel found in 10 states including Virginia is likely to become endangered.
The Virginia Department of Forestry is partnering with three Virginia nurseries to launch a new pilot program featuring discounts on native trees and shrubs.
Applications are now open for the 75th annual Camp Woods and Wildlife to be held June 19-23 at the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox.
A Virginia General Assembly workgroup was appointed in 2021 to study problems associated with free-roaming cats.
A new study found that the annual economic impact of Virginia’s agriculture and forestry sectors increased by nearly 7 percent since similar research was conducted in 2016.
Might there be gold in Virginia’s hills? The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is working towards the answer.

A team of researchers at Virginia Tech with specialties related to birds are flying high these days after receiving some news that ultimately could lead to certain social changes for humans and biological ones for their feathery friends.
Climate change and rising temperatures increase the risk of spreading infectious disease.

The public’s assistance is requested by the Wildlife Center of Virginia in naming a non-releasable Eastern Ratsnake.
The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation was awarded a $20,000 grant from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation last year to transport summer camp participants in northern Virginia to nearby Virginia State Parks.
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