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Mike Aust spent 35 years teaching forestry to thousands of undergraduates and advised dozens of grad students. He reflects on his career. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Mike Aust, the popular professor of forest resources and environmental conservation who retired in December, has been conferred the title of professor emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. news.vt.edu/articles/2025/…

Registration is open the inaugural John F. Hosner Distinguished Lecture. Speaker Kathryn Fernholz will present “Forests and Wood, Our Superpower,” on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 5:30 p.m., Commonwealth Ballroom in Squires Student Center. A reception will follow. news.vt.edu/notices/cnre-h…

CNRE's Eric Wiseman @vtarborist and his team were honored with the L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research by the International Society of Arboriculture. Their study, Urban Forestry 2020, shed light on the need for a well-defined professional identity in urban forestry.

Jessica Showalter, who is finishing her degree in forestry, won the Phi Kappa Phi honor society medallion for fall 2024 graduates. The medallion is presented to the graduating senior in each college with the highest grade point average. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

Tune in to the Weather Channel on Friday at 8:40 a.m. to see a live interview with FREC Asst Prof Carrie Fearer about the devastating effects of catastrophic weather events on forests. Hurricane Helene ravaged the southern Appalachians, bringing into focus the resources lost.

FREC Asst. Prof. Carrie Fearer joined the Curious Conversations podcast to discuss forest health in the wake of natural disasters. She explained how storms and disturbances affect forest ecosystems. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

We have a position open on the FREC faculty for an assistant professor of silviculture. @GeoLatinas @ESWNtweets @NABGSocial @BLACKandSTEM @AGU_H3S @IUFRO frec.vt.edu/announcements/…

Asst. Prof Carrie Fearer’s forest health class studied blight resistant hybrid chestnut trees in a grove planned to restore the native species after its near-eradication last century. news.vt.edu/videos/k/2024/…

Paul Winistorfer, dean of the #VirginiaTech College of Natural Resources and Environment, announced his retirement, effective fall 2025. Winistorfer has served as @vt_cnre's dean since 2009. brnw.ch/21wN1OD

Emma Thompson, who earned a M.S. degree in Forestry in 2019, was appointed s conservation and stewardship director for the North Branch Land Trust in northeastern Pennsylvania. paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2024/08/north-…

The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation is seeking a candidates for an assistant professor in Global Change Ecology. @GeoLatinas @ESWNtweets @NABGSocial @BLACKandSTEM @AGU_H3S @IUFRO careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/j…

Senior Extension agent Adam Downing shares his reflections on more than 20 years of service connecting forestry knowledge to communities and citizens in Virginia, and what drives him forward today. 🌳🏢🌳🏗️🌳Read his story at: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

The John F. Hosner Distinguished Lecture Endownment will bring leading voices to CNRE while celebrating the legacy of the college's honorary founding dean. Read the story at: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

Quinn Thomas is now a full professor in the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, a promotion approved by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors. Michelle Prysby and Jen Gagnon have been elevated to senior extension specialists.

Last week, our NC State CNR Extension team traveled to Reynolds Homestead in VA to collaborate with VA Tech's CNRE Extension team. What an awesome meeting with our fellow natural resources neighbors! @VACoopExt @vt_cnre @NCStateCNR @NCExtension @NCExtTourism

Carrie Fearer @VTFREC has received a research award from the @VT_DataScience to research fir tree resistance to balsam woolly adelgid, an invasive pest that is impacting the forests of southwest Virginia. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…

University Distinguished Professor Harold Burkhart @vt_frec, shown here teaching a course in 2007, is remembered as a pillar of modern forestry research, celebrated for a 50 year career of breakthrough research and teaching excellence.🌳🌲#TBT

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Abagail Megna ’21 @VTFREC is pursuing a career in urban environmental planning as an environmental scientist, where she works with government agencies to ensure environmental compliance on infrastructure projects. 🌳🏢🌳🏗️🌳 Read her story at: news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…