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Gov. Ralph Northam announced the winners of the 2021 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Awards this week at the virtual Environment Virginia Symposium.
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William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech, has been selected to receive a 2021 Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Dominion Energy.
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Just five decades ago, Elliott Island on Maryland’s Eastern Shore was a global hotspot for avid birders who wanted to add the diminutive eastern black rail to their life lists.
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Infamous for its legendary Blue Ridge Mountains, rugged landscapes, and a lot of wildlife, the state of Virginia is a utopia.
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A future with better crop yields and enhanced environmental stewardship may be realized sooner than later, as the nation’s innovative agriculturalists step up to embrace the challenge.
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The House voted today to pass the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill championed by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) to address the $12 billion maintenance backlog at National Park Service sites.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, people are beginning to understand, at a very personal level, the ways in which infectious diseases can devastate life. But disease outbreaks are not confined to just humans or to life on land.
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Bees, butterflies, birds, bats and many other wildlife species play a critical role in providing food, fiber, fuel and medicine for the global population.
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The U.S. Senate passed the Great American Outdoors Act, a bill championed by Sen. Mark Warner that would address the $12 billion maintenance backlog at National Park Service sites.
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April is National Invasive Plant, Pest and Disease Awareness Month.
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