Conservation Management Institute

Digital tool allows public to see urban tree canopy coverage in neighborhoods

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The Urban Tree Canopy Mapper allows both professionals and average citizens to zoom in for views and create custom maps of the urban tree canopy in their communities.

University, landowners work to resurrect a vanishing bird in Catawba

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

With Virginia Tech's help, landowners near the 377-acre Catawba Sustainability Center help bring back the once-ubiquitous bobwhite.

College of Natural Resources and Environment partners with Primland for naturalist course

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

The Conservation Management Institute at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment is partnering with Primland, an outdoor resort in Meadows of Dan, Va., to offer a field course for beginning naturalists.

Conservation Management Institute instrumental in completing carbon offset project

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Virginia Tech's Conservation Management Institute has provided technical expertise for the world's first avoided planned deforestation project to receive certification under the requirements of the international Verified Carbon Standard.

Primland celebrates Virginia Tech partnership with Tree House to Trails weekend

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment and Primland, a 12,000-acre sporting retreat and resort near Meadows of Dan, Va., will roll out some of their partnership projects at a special Tree House to Trails celebration July 22-24.

University receives award to improve rural roads in Ethiopia

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The one-year, $159,000 grant was awarded to an agricultural and natural resource management program operated by Virginia Tech.

Photos: Golden Eagle Release

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:28:33 -0500

Virginia Tech college renamed to College of Natural Resources and Environment

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors approved at its recent meeting re-naming the College of Natural Resources as the College of Natural Resources and Environment.

Grants awarded for community-based energy research

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Office of the Vice President for Research has awarded three Community Action Grants for Energy Research to promote collaboration between Virginia Tech researchers and the community.

Scott D. Klopfer named Conservation Management Institute executive director

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources has named Scott D. Klopfer as executive director of the Conservation Management Institute (CMI).

Two professors awarded Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Awards

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech Professors Brian R. Murphy and James M. Dubinsky received this year's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award in recognition of their continued commitment to scholarship addressing higher education teaching and learning.

Citizen input sought on wood as an alternative energy source

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Wood could help solve the nation's energy woes. To look at some of the possibilities, the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources Virginia Cooperative Extension, and other key partners are holding two public meetings across the state to gain input from community leaders, planners, and economic development officers; forestry industry professionals and consultants; logging and vegetation management contractors; developers and builders; forest landowners; and interested citizens.

Brian Murphy receives Edward S. Diggs Teaching Scholar Award

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Brian Murphy of New Castle, Va., fisheries and wildlife science professor at Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources, has received a 2007 Edward S. Diggs Teaching Scholar Award. The award, established in 1992, honors outstanding teachers who make exceptional contributions that mutually benefit the classroom environment and the department's academic mission.

Conservation Management Institute encouraging farmers to plant switchgrass for fuels

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Over 50 experts on renewable electricity generation and related topics met Monday at the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research to discuss the possibility of starting a renewable energy initiative in Virginia that would pay farmers for switchgrass that would be used to co-fire with coal to produce electricity.

Conservation Management Institute, College of Natural Resources sponsor trip to Belize

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

The Conservation Management Institute and Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources are offering a natural resource education program in Belize, Central America, May 16-24.

Conservation Management Institute receives $400K

Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0400

Virginia Tech's Conservation Management Institute has been awarded $400,000 for the first year of a multi-year support contract to lead the Mid-Atlantic Information Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure.

Ukrainian urban ecologists visit Virginia Tech's Conservation Management Institute

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Conservation Management Institute (CMI) at Virginia Tech and Legacy International recently welcomed a visiting group of Ukrainian professionals. The group represented university professors, state agents, and businesses working in the field of environment, public health, land management, and environmental legislation from the Luhansk Region of the Ukraine.

Virginia Tech's Conservation Management Institute Develops National Database For CWD

Tue, 04 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0500

The issue is Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and the question is what to do about it. CWD, a fatal brain disease of white-tailed deer and elk, threatens wildlife management throughout the U.S.