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Effects of Land Cover and Riparian Buffers on Coldwater Fish Assemblages in Upper South Fork New River Headwater Streams
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)Riparian vegetation is an essential component of a stream ecosystem. Riparian buffers reduce runoff contamination, improve bank stability, and produce shading that regulates the water temperature for many organisms that ... -
Middle Fork New River Restoration Prioritization Plan
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)The Middle Fork Greenway is an emerging multi-use greenway connecting the towns of Blowing Rock and Boone along the Middle Fork New River in Watauga County, NC. We developed a comprehensive River Restoration Prioritization ... -
Unlocking New Insights into Riverscapes with Drone-based Laser Scanners
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)Measurement of physical characteristics across space and time is essential for research and management of aquatic ecosystems. Physical parameters help us quantify and understand channel morphology, aquatic and riparian ... -
Fish, Fishing, and Ecosystem Services and Dysfunctions in the New River
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)This paper reviews the selected ecosystem services provided by New River to riverside communities. I also highlight threats to sustaining these services and dysfunctions and possibilities for restoration. A framework of ... -
Mucking Around with Aquatic Plants in Claytor Lake: What Have We Learned?
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)Aquatic vegetation is an important habitat component in southern reservoirs, but native vegetation in these important fisheries is often displaced by unwanted non-native species, creating less desirable habitat conditions. ... -
Back to the Future: The TIA Alliance as a Student Recruitment Tool
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)Future natural resource management success depends on a workforce of well-trained, motivated, and relevant conservation professionals. Today’s high school students need to ‘rub elbows’ with inspirational natural resource ... -
The New River Grant Trail: From 5ML to 5 Liters
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-12)This presentation is designed to show the connection between native habitat restoration and the funding that is necessary to make the projects happen. The BASS Nation of Virginia with a partnership between Virginia Department ... -
Program Overview, New River Symposium 2019
(New River Symposium, 2019-04-11)A program overview for the New River Symposium held April 11-12, 2019, at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. -
Service Learning on the River: Educating for Sustainability in the NRV
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)The New River is influenced by a variety of pressures ranging from economic development and attendant environmental impacts, to changing community expectations and choices, to infrastructure investments by local government. ... -
Natural history, threats, and current research related to Candy Darter (Etheostoma osburni) in Virginia
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)The candy darter (Etheostoma osburni) is a small riffle-dwelling, non-game fish species endemic to the New River drainage in Virginia and West Virginia. It is narrowly restricted to medium-size streams with cold-cool ... -
Community and Sustainability Along the New River
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)In 2016, students at Appalachian State University partnered with the New River Conservancy (NRC) on a series of projects designed to celebrate the NRC’s 40th anniversary and to highlight current issues in the upper New ... -
The National Park Service in Southern West Virginia
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)The National Park Service manages three units in southern West Virginia, New River Gorge National River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, and Bluestone National Scenic River. All three units were designated for their ... -
ReNew the New: An Approach for Regional River Clean-ups on the New River
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)In August 2016, the New River Valley successfully held its first regional river clean-up event in Radford, called “Fall into the New.” Four hundred volunteers and representatives from Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski ... -
Marker-assisted restoration of native New River walleye
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)Walleye (Sander vitreus) is an important game fish in the Upper New River, with March and April walleye fishing effort from Buck Dam to Claytor Lake increasing from 49 to 66% of total fishing effort between 2007 and 2016. ... -
Eastern Hellbender
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)Program will include a presentation about the natural history of the Eastern Hellbender. Following will be a discussion about the baseline study results concerning the Eastern Hellbender's population in the South Fork New ... -
The Stroubles Creek Watershed: History of Development and Chronicles of Research
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)Dr. Younos launched the Stroubles Creek Watershed Initiative in 1999. The major goal of the Initiative was to provide research, educational, and service-learning opportunities to Virginia Tech students. A secondary goal ... -
Watauga High School Rain Garden—A Community Partnership
(New River Symposium, 2017-05-16)Ongoing urban development in the Town of Boone has meant increasing coverage of pavement and other impervious surfaces. Local tributaries of the South Fork New River, like Hardin Creek, show symptoms of “urban stream ... -
Heal: An Experience Report
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)For over ten years I have been learning about life with a son who experiences Post- Traumatic Stress. My experiences with both the roadblocks and the resources from my adventure into this realm of the unknown have led me ... -
Race and/or Reconciliation : Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Veterans in Society
(Virginia Tech, 2016)The Veterans in Society (ViS) research group is proud to present the proceedings of the Third Conference on Veterans in Society: Race and/or Reconciliation, with papers that represent a wide range of research and community ... -
Veteran Status and Work in Deadly Civilian Jobs: Are Veterans More Likely to Be Employed in High-Risk Occupations than Nonveterans?
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)The demand for workers in high-risk occupations is growing, as is the number of service members transitioning from military to civilian jobs. This paper will address whether veterans are more likely to hold physically ...
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