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About our Newsletter | This Month in Conservation Science is a VWL newsletter designed to inform the public of the latest advances in land conservation science from researchers around the world. We will send these newsletters every 2nd Monday of each month. If you would like to receive these newsletters, sign up for our mailing list at the link below.

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This Month in Conservation Science | January 2023January 9, 2023
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This Month in Conservation Science | December 2022December 12, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | November 2022November 14, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | October 2022October 11, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | September 2022September 12, 2022
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The Piedmont Grassland Bird Initiative Undergoes an Exciting Name ChangeSeptember 9, 2022
Caption: From left to right: Celia Vuocolo, Private Lands Biologist (Quail Forever), October Greenfield, VGBI Co-Coordinator (The Piedmont Environmental Council), Jacob Gilley, Mid-Atlantic Sustainable Grazing Manager (American Farmland Trust), Amy Johnson, Program Director (Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes), and Justin Proctor, VGBI Coordinator (Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes). Photo by Hugh Kenny/PEC. We’ve renamed the Piedmont Grassland Bird Initiative! Now officially the […]
This Month in Conservation Science | August 2022August 8, 2022
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Join our Team! | Communications and Development AssistantJuly 21, 2022
We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a Communications and Development Assistant until August 15, 2022. Please see below for more details, and feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone who might be interested in applying. Communications and Development Assistant Location: Front Royal, VA Closing: August 15, 2022 Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL), a program of […]
This Month in Conservation Science | July 2022July 11, 2022
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Join our Team! | Smithsonian Environmental Justice Postdoctoral FellowJuly 1, 2022
We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a Smithsonian Environmental Justice Postdoctoral Fellow, starting on or before March 1, 2023. Please see below for more details, and feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone who might be interested in applying. Smithsonian Fellowships Focus on Climate Change and Environmental Justice Our planet faces unprecedented and […]
This Month in Conservation Science | June 2022June 13, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | May 2022May 9, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | April 2022April 11, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | March 2022March 14, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | February 2022February 14, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | January 2022January 10, 2022
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This Month in Conservation Science | December 2021December 13, 2021
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2021 Webinar | From Milkweed to Meadowlarks: How Private Land Stewards can Lead the Way in Biodiversity ConservationDecember 3, 2021
This webinar was held on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Led by VWL’s Program Manager, Charlotte Lorick, the presentation included an overview of relevant Virginia Working Landscape research findings, highlighted best management practices to support wildlife and biodiversity, and discussed how we can think of our backyards and managed spaces as habitats and ecosystems, no matter the size. A number of […]
This Month in Conservation Science | November 2021November 30, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | October 2021October 12, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | September 2021September 21, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | August 2021August 12, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | July 2021July 12, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | June 2021June 14, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | May 2021May 10, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | April 2021April 10, 2021
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2021 Webinar | Update on Spotted Lanternfly in VirginiaMarch 30, 2021
Webinar: Spot. Stomp. Slow the Spread. A Spotted Lanternfly Update for Virginia Presenter: Kyle Rhodes, Spotted Lanternfly Crew Supervisor, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Plant Industry Services Info: Join us to learn about the status of the spotted lanternfly in Virginia. Kyle Rhodes will provide background on how this pest is moving and what we can […]
This Month in Conservation Science | March 2021March 8, 2021
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2021 Webinar | VWL Annual MeetingMarch 2, 2021
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Virtual Annual Meeting. It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces and to share updates about our latest programs and research projects. For anyone interested in watching again or for those of you who were not able to join us, you can watch the recording at the link […]
This Month in Conservation Science | February 2021February 8, 2021
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This Month in Conservation Science | January 2021January 12, 2021
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Seeking Properties with River Access for Smithsonian StudyJanuary 11, 2021
VWL partners from the Smithsonian Working Land and Seascapes program are seeking access to properties with a stream or branch that connects to, or is on, the Rappahannock or Rapidan Rivers. They aim to place temperature loggers at various locations throughout the watershed from February to May 2021 in an effort to learn more about how water temperatures are impacting […]
A New Virginia “Birdscape”December 16, 2020
December 16, 2020 Over the last several months, Virginia Working Landscapes has been working with colleagues at the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) to designate the VWL survey region as an official ABC “BirdScape”. A BirdScape defines a focal area for conservation efforts, where partners can work together to address the issues affecting declining bird populations. Throughout […]
2020 Tedx Talk | “Bringing Back the Birds” by Dr. Amy JohnsonDecember 15, 2020
Watch VWL Program Director Amy Johnson’s TEDx Talk about how Virginia landowners and conservation scientists are working together to help reverse declines and bring birds back.
This Month in Conservation Science | December 2020December 14, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | November 2020November 9, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | October 2020October 13, 2020
This Month in Conservation Science | September 2020September 14, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | August 2020August 10, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | July 2020July 13, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | June 2020June 8, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | May 2020May 11, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | April 2020April 13, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | March 2020March 9, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | February 2020February 11, 2020
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This Month in Conservation Science | January 2020January 1, 2020
This Month in Conservation Science| December 2019December 1, 2019
This Month in Conservation Science | November 2019November 11, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | October 2019October 14, 2019
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New Smithsonian Research PublicationSeptember 19, 2019
Projecting Mammal Distributions in Response to Future Alternative Landscapes in a Rapidly Transitioning Region A new research paper out by colleagues at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute highlights how future human population growth and changes in land cover might affect mammal distributions in northern Virginia. VWL and eMammal citizen scientists contributed data to this project and we would like to thank […]
This Month in Conservation Science | September 2019September 9, 2019
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New VWL Research PublicationSeptember 6, 2019
Not All Birds Fly South for the Winter: Effects of grassland management on overwintering bird communities Based on years of data collection, VWL recently published a paper in the Journal of Wildlife Management that provides insight into the benefits of native warm-season grasses for over-wintering bird communities. Read the Publication
This Month in Conservation Science | August 2019August 12, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | July 2019July 8, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | June 2019June 10, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | April 2019April 8, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | March 2019March 11, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | February 2019February 11, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | January 2019January 14, 2019
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VWL REFLECTIONS | 2018 IN REVIEWJanuary 1, 2019
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This Month in Conservation Science | December 2018December 10, 2018
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This Month in Conservation Science | November 2018November 12, 2018
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This Month in Conservation Science | October 2018October 8, 2018
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