A Scientist Walks into a Distillery: Seaside Shellfish Stories at the Copper Fox Distillery!
Join VIMS at the Copper Fox Distillery in Williamsburg as Director of VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory in Wachapreague, Dr. Richard Snyder, celebrates the importance of shellfish in our region. Oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops have a rich cultural, economic, and scientific history in coastal Virginia, from the native Americans to modern aquaculture. Dr. Snyder, originally […]
Woodland Stewardship Network Conference
Join this 3-hour webinar to learn about Woodland Stewardship Networks, an approach to advancing forest stewardship and active management among private forest landowners by focusing outreach and assistance to “Networks” of neighboring properties. The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay piloted the approach in 2017 and has since assisted scores of landowners in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and […]
PFAS, Sociodemographic Factors and Implications for Communities and Environmental Justice
As awareness continues to grow around the negative health effects from exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), researchers are working to advance understanding of which communities are most at risk. People may be exposed to different types of PFAS through different routes of exposure including PFAS contaminated drinking water, workplaces, and even diet. In […]