How cheetahs outsmart lions and hyenas
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Cheetahs in Serengeti National Park adopt different strategies while eating to deal with threats from top predators, such as lions or hyenas.
Search Results for wildlife
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Staunton named Tree City USA for 22nd year
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Staunton has once again been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the 22nd year the City has earned this award, thanks to its efforts to make the care and planting of trees a priority.
How to be bear aware
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Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wants you to keep bears wild. Virginia is home to a healthy population of black bears – one of our biggest conservation success stories.
How not to get bored while on a hunting trip
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Hunting trips are meant to be a relief, a getaway from the hustle and bustle of daily life and its schedules. To some people, hunting as a sport or an activity might appear excessive, and cruel, but it is known that in moderation, hunting is actually sometimes useful for the regeneration and restoration of equilibrium in wildlife.
Shenandoah National Park celebrates National Park Week
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Shenandoah National Park will host special events to celebrate National Park Week from April 21 to April 29, 2018. Entrance fees will be waived at all National Park Service sites, including Shenandoah, on April 21.
Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success
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Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows that private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management on their land.
Careers that make a positive difference to the world
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When you switch on the news or look online there always seems to be a profusion of bad news stories, and that’s not just in Virginia but right across the globe. There’s an old saying that has a lot of truth to it: if you want to change the world, first change yourself.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation opposes extended tree cutting for Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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After Atlantic Coast Pipeline construction began in Virginia with cutting thousands of trees, on March 16 the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality issued ACP a notice of violation for illegal work along streams and wetlands.
Health risks for rain jacket, waterproof boots?
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Just when I finally purged my kitchen of non-stick cookware due to the risks posed by Teflon, I now learn that my rain jacket and waterproof boots are also putting my health at risk from exposure to similar “hydrophobic” chemicals. What’s a concerned outdoors person to do about staying dry and comfortable on a rainy hike?
Chesapeake Conservancy thanks Congress for federal funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration
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The Chesapeake Conservancy is thanking Congress for supporting continued success in restoring and conserving the Chesapeake Bay.
