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The Virginia Department of Forestry has recognized the family of Douglas D.R. Palmore as Century Forest Landowners for 120 years of ownership of their Powhatan County property.
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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.
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Load your pack with power tools or a sledgehammer. Hike up Virginia’s highest peak, in Grayson Highlands. Get to work setting up and anchoring a weather monitoring station. Then maybe enjoy the view.
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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.
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Ten miles outside the town of Halifax, more than a thousand acres of land, known as Pleasant Grove, will be protected in perpetuity with an open space easement held by the Virginia Department of Forestry.
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A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech’s Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known frogs in North America.
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Judge C. Ridley Bain, Harriet Bain Duck and James Richard Duck have partnered with the Virginia Department of Forestry to ensure their property on the Nottoway River is conserved forever through an open-space easement.
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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.
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A group of conservation organizations today asked a federal judge to block the start of harmful seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean, a precursor to offshore drilling, until the case can be fully heard in court.
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According to recent reports from concerned residents, there may be a pack of wild coyotes roaming around the streets of downtown Charlottesville.
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