
City of Staunton to begin vulture control efforts next week
The City of Staunton is working with the USDA wildlife services division of the to move an estimated 200 vultures roosting in residential areas.

The City of Staunton is working with the USDA wildlife services division of the to move an estimated 200 vultures roosting in residential areas.

It’s a popular holiday tune. “O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are thy branches.” But how do you keep the branches looking lovely all season long?

A partnership between Virginia Tech’s Global Change Center and Hollins University will pair distinguished undergraduate students with Virginia Tech professors for a summer of unique research opportunities.

More than half of America’s national parks are facing a grave threat: the ongoing presence and spread of invasive animal species.

Anyone who is a golf fanatic must visit the Augusta National Golf Club.

Volunteers are needed to plant 330 native trees and shrubs on a farm in Rockingham County the morning of Saturday, Dec. 7.

When you look out at your garden, what do you see? Is it an unkempt wilderness, with long grass and overgrown brush with the odd discarded piece of some plastic junk sticking out?

It is night in a Central American pine forest, and an ocelot is following a game trail.

Jane Corson-Lassiter has made a career of forging coalitions for natural resource management.

Shen-Valley Custom LLC plans to purchase manure injection units and will be offering their clients the opportunity to try manure injection at no additional cost.
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