On April 30th, 2021, Virginia Water Center Intern Abby Spotswood interviewed Dr. Shannon Bell to discuss issues surrounding environmental justice. Dr. Bell is an associate professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech and a faculty affiliate of the Appalachian Studies Program, Women’s & Gender Studies Program, ASPECT, and the Center for Coastal Studies at Virginia Tech. Her research…
The fiscal year 2021 Water Resources Research Act Program request for applications was released late last week. It includes three grant programs: National Competitive Grants (104g) – Funding Opportunity Number (FON) G21AS00518 Aquatic Invasive Species Competitive Grants – Funding Opportunity Number (FON) G21AS00520. These grants are only for work taking place…
Virginia Water Center Intern Abby Spotswood interviewed Dr. Mike Ellerbrock on February 19, 2021 to discuss Environmental Justice issues. Dr. Ellerbrock has been working in this field for over 20 years. He is a professor of agricultural and applied economics at Virginia Tech. Dr. Ellerbrock served as a member on…
The Virginia Water Center would like to welcome our new Statewide Advisory Board members! Our new members are: Patrick Calvert – Senior Policy and Campaigns Manager, Virginia Conservation Network Lazaro Gonzalez – Director of EHS and Facilities Operations, Micron Technology Dr. Edwin Martinez Martinez – State Conservationist, USDA Natural Resources…
The Virginia Water Center welcomes Aaron Price as our new intern! Aaron is a Crop and Soil Environmental Science major, and is planning to use his internship to work on better understanding the science of riparian buffers and sharing that information with land managers. From Aaron: “I am a transfer…
New minors in the College of Natural Resources and Environment target students interested in global natural resources challenges In an article written for Virginia Tech by David Fleming, new minors in the College of Natural Resources and Environment are featured. Among the new minors is Blue Planet, which focuses on water policy and science and…
Save the date: Virginia Water Monitoring Council 2021 Conference will be on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Hybrid event planned: Participate either on-line or in-person* Henrico County Training Center, 7701 East Parham Road, Henrico, VA 23228 More information will be provided closer to the event via the Council’s weekly announcements and…
We would like to welcome Abby Spotswood as our new Water Center intern! Abby is a junior, majoring in Environmental Resource Management. She has a strong passion for environmental stewardship, protection, and conservation. She is pursuing a career in environmental consulting. Abby will be working to complete a semester long…
From the Appalachian Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay, the watersheds of the Virginias are all unique and understanding your watershed’s history can be key in being a part of its future. By Cassidy Quistorff Cianciolo Everyone lives in a watershed. Simply put, it’s the land that drains to a common…
Water Center faculty Stephen Schoenholtz and Daniel McLaughlin are part of a team that received a seed grant from the Global Change Center(GCC)! The project is titled “Salty carbon: Testing the consequences of freshwater salinization on stream food web dynamics and ecosystem metabolism.” The investigators also include Dr. Erin Hotchkiss (Biological Sciences) and Dr….
