BLACKSBURG, Va., Aug. 24, 2010 – Thomas R. Fox of Christiansburg, Va., professor of forestry in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for research and teaching at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
Organic Gardening: Urban Forestry and Your Home. How homeowners can improve tree canopy. In 1969, Walter Cronkite announced on the CBS Evening News that Chattanooga, TN was the most polluted city in the United States. It was a harsh national indictment of a city already plagued by a faltering economy and racial tension, but it ultimately prompted the newly-founded EPA to allocate billions of dollars into downtown redevelopment. Part of the urban renaissance that followed over the next 30 years involved planting some 10,000 trees in the downtown area...
Atlanta, GA—The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) honored families and distinguished members of the forestry community during the 2010 National Forest Landowners Conference, June 2-4, in Stevenson, Washington. The family with the most members present at the 2010 National Forest Landowners Conference, the Land family originally of Melvin, Alabama with nine family members present, was recognized. Family members included Dorothy Gunn of Waynesboro, Mississippi; Mary Alva and Bob Seymour of Leavenworth, Kansas; Anthony, Meredith, Amelia, and Alice Lang of Lawrence, Kansas; and Jackie and Harry Haney of Austin, Texas.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that Tom Tidwell will serve as the new Chief for the U.S. Forest Service.
Veneman appoints new members to National Urban And Community Forestry Advisory Council
J. Michael Kelly will replace Gregory N. Brown September 1st.
CONTACT: Lynn Davis(540) 231-6157 -- davisl@vt.edu -- Senior Vice President and Provost Mark McNamee announced Wednesday that Winistorfer, who currently heads the college's Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, will assume the duties of dean on Aug. 1, when Mike Kelly steps down after serving the college with great distinction as dean for the past five years.
BLACKSBUG, Va., Feb. 17, 2006 -- Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and the Virginia Cooperative Extension recently appointed Matt Yancey of Elkton, Va., to the position of forestry and natural resources extension agent for the Northwest District.
BLACKSBUG, Va., Feb. 17, 2006 -- Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and the Virginia Cooperative Extension recently appointed Matt Yancey of Elkton, Va., to the position of forestry and natural resources extension agent for the Northwest District.
Holly Ober has joined the University of Florida as an Extension Specialist, Wildlife in Forests and Assistant Professor -- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
