VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE FISH
& WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT
RECEIVES EXCELLENCE AWARD
BLACKSBURG,
Va., June 24, 2004 - The National
Cooperative Research Unit (CRU)
Awards program has recognized
the Virginia Cooperative Fish
and Wildlife Research Unit for
outstanding achievements above
normal services of individual
research units. Faculty members,
in the unit are Paul Angermeir,
Michael Vaughan, and Richard
Neves.
The
Virginia Cooperative Fish and
Wildlife Research Unit of Virginia
Tech's College of Natural Resources
was selected for the CRU Excellence
Award for 2004. This award is
an acknowledgment of the Virginia
unit's demonstrated strength
in science productivity and
leadership with relevance to
the needs of state and federal
partners. The Virginia unit
is widely recognized for its
work and leadership in mussel
conservation, bear ecology,
and for techniques to assess
aquatic diversity.
The
Virginia unit has effectively
linked the academic programs
and capabilities of Virginia
Tech's College of Natural Resources
with important conservation
issues of regional and national
importance. In doing so, the
Virginia unit serves as a model
for cooperative partnerships
by which to address the information
needs of state, federal, and
non-government organizations.
The unit's federal scientists,
university affiliates, and graduate
students have published an average
of 14 papers per year for the
past five years, one of the
highest rates of sustained scientific
productivity in the Cooperative
Research Unit program.
The
College of Natural Resources
at Virginia Tech consistently
ranks among the top five programs
of its kind in the nation. Faculty
members stress both the technical
and human elements of natural
resources and instill in students
a sense of stewardship and land-use
ethics. Areas of studies include
environmental resource management,
fisheries and wildlife sciences,
forestry, geospatial and environmental
analysis, natural resource recreation,
urban forestry, wood science
and forest products, geography,
and international development.
