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Study explores connections between land management, water quality, and human response in lake catchments

July 3, 2018

As many of us prepare to travel to lakes and other bodies of water this summer for relaxation and recreation, now is the perfect time to consider what we can do to help protect the lakes we love.

Scientists have long studied the ecological impact of humans on lakes, but a new study led by researchers at Virginia Tech explores how those ecological impacts can cycle back to affect humans. The study, published in the journal ...

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Conservation, Faculty Spotlight, News, Water

A place of contradiction: A student’s reflection from the VT Ecuador Study Abroad Trip

STUDENT REFLECTIONS FROM THE 2018 VT ECUADOR STUDY ABROAD TRIP

Written by Mark Feinberg, Undergraduate Student in the Water: Resources, Policy and Management Program within the College of Natural Resources

This trip has been the best experience in nature that I have ever had. We have visited places with the most amazing wildlife and food. In the highlands of the Andes, for example, we went to a lodge that had hundreds of hummingbirds. They would even land on you if you ...

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Biodiversity, Blog, Conservation, Undergraduate Experiential Learning

William Hopkins receives Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding achievement in ornithology

From VT News

BY KRISTA TIMNEY | MAY 23, 2018

William Hopkins, professor of wildlife in the College of Natural Resources and Environment, received the 2018 Mitchell A. Byrd Award for outstanding scientific achievement in ornithology from the Virginia Society of Ornithology.

Hopkins, who directs the Global Change Center, housed in Virginia ...

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Owner’s connection to the land plays a major role in conservation efforts

From VT News

BY KRISTA TIMNEY | MAY 21, 2018

Some say location is everything, but when it comes to land conservation and management, it’s a landowner’s involvement and interest in working the land that matter more than residing on the property.

This finding is the result of a recent study led by Michael Sorice, associate professor of conservation social science, ...

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Conservation, News, Research

Ground Zero of Amphibian ‘Apocalypse’ Finally Found

From National Geographic

BY MICHAEL GRESHKO | MAY 10, 2018

Many of the world’s amphibians are staring down an existential threat: an ancient skin-eating fungus that ...

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Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation

Neonicotinoids, or neonics, will be banned for outdoor use in Europe thanks to environmental concerns

From National Geographic

BY STEPHEN LEAHY | APRIL 27, 2018

The European Union plans to ban the world’s most widely used insecticides in an effort to protect bees and other valuable pollinator insects.

The ban, approved by member countries Friday, targets insecticide compounds known as neonicotinoids (also called neonics for short). The ban ...

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Conservation, News, Sustainable Agriculture

Personal outreach to landowners is vital to conservation program success

From VT News

April 5, 2018 | 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.

Engaging private landowners in conservation and sustaining that interest is critically important, particularly in the eastern United States, where more than 80 percent of land is privately owned. Outreach ...

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Conservation, New Publications, News, Outreach

Human-centered design is key to forming partnerships for large-scale conservation success

From VT News

March 22, 2018 | To recruit more fishers to help with marine conservation, cast a wider net.

This is the conclusion of a new study by Virginia Tech researchers who examined participation in a payment for ecosystem services program. The study modeled preferences of fishers in Chile in creating and monitoring marine protected areas inside their fishing management zones.

Lead author Michael Sorice, an associate professor of conservation social ...

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Accolades, Conservation, Ideas, New Publications, News

Using satellite data recently made public, conservationists may be able to manage the massive industry

From National Geographic

By Sarah Gibbens | February 22, 2018

How do you study the world’s more widespread predator? By spying from space.

When a team of researchers set out to see how prevalent industrial fishing was around the world—who was fishing where and when—they were met with a dearth of information.

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Blog, Conservation, Global Change, News, Water

Leandro Castello’s research explores links between deforestation and fisheries yields in the Amazon

From VT News:

The conversion of tropical forests to crop and pastureland has long been a concern for scientists, as forest loss can lead to decreased rainfall, increased droughts, and degraded freshwater ecosystems. A new study points to another unexpected consequence: changes in fish production.

The study, led by Leandro Castello, assistant professor of fisheries in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, explores how deforestation along the Amazon River floodplain affects fisheries yields. The study was published online Dec. ...