Garlic Mustard Pesto: Recipe For Defeating Invasive Species?
You’ve probably seen it in your garden, along roadways, just about everywhere: Garlic Mustard. It’s an invasive plant that stealthily out-competes native species, threatening the diversity of forests...
View ArticleVaNews: Wildlife Habitats in the News
A government agency has moved to protect thousands of square miles of ocean bottom habitat – including areas off the Virginia coast – from damage by commercial fishing operations.....and a thriving elk...
View ArticleLead Bullets Poison Wildlife
The nation’s eagle population has made a comeback, rising from a low of 417 breeding pairs in 1963 to more than 7,000 pairs in 2005. Here in Virginia, there are more than 700 nesting eagles, but as...
View ArticleBug Appetit
The fourth annual “Bug fest” is Saturday, 10/17 at Virginia Tech. It’s not an ‘infestation’… It’s a chance for the entomology department to celebrate insects of all kinds.. But this year, Bug FEST...
View ArticleSpotting Eagles: Counting Along the Rappahannock
Bald eagles are a more common sight in Virginia, but a decade after being delisted as endangered, biologists are still keeping a close watch on their numbers and on new threats.
View ArticleWildlife Academy to Instruct the Public
The Wildlife Center of Virginia has trained thousands of people over the years at its high-tech veterinary clinic in Waynesboro, and now the center is branching out – offering to train animal lovers...
View ArticleJames River Health Grade Improves But More Work To Do
The health of the James River watershed continues to improve and is significantly better than it was ten years ago. That new assessment was released Thursday morning by the James River Association.
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