July 14, 2021 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.) The Virginia Water Monitoring Council (VWMC), Choose Clean Water Coalition (CCWC), and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) are pleased to provide a FREE webinar highlighting successes in managing urban stormwater. This webinar will include a panel discussion on ways to address…
Congratulation to Jacob Shemer for receiving the 2021-2022 AWRA Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarship! Jacob Shemer is an undergraduate majoring in Water: Resources, Policy, and Management in the Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment. The AWRA Richard A. Herbert Memorial Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students studying the field of water resources. The…
Congratulations to the Virginia Tech American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Student Chapter! The group was selected as the 2021 winner of the N. Earl Spangenberg Outstanding Student Chapter Award! The AWRA Student Chapter received the award for activities that further AWRA’s objectives and include clean-up events, a stream bank restoration project, Adventures…
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…
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…
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…
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….
The Virginia Water Center’s Luke Juran was featured in the Virginia Tech Daily News today in an article titled “The human dimensions of water.” The article, written by David Fleming, discusses Juran’s research in India, his work with undergraduate researchers at Virginia Tech, and water science kits for students. Excerpt below: “For Associate Professor Luke…
