In this webinar presented by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, VWL’s Program Director Dr. Amy Johnson provides an overview of VWL research projects with case studies demonstrating how our program is working with community partners to co-develop programs that bridge the gap between science and conservation implementation. Dr. Johnson also highlights breakthrough findings from a social science study conducted by […]

Watch Conservationist and Naturalist Charlotte Lorick’s TEDx talk about how paying closer attention to plants in our local environment can lead to profound ecological benefits. Are we plant blind? Do we notice what’s growing in our backyards, along the roads, in our local parks? Plants are critical to the functioning of ecosystems and life on Earth and yet most of […]

Thank you for joining us on May 25th for our 2022 Emerging Scientist Lecture: “The Human Dimensions of Conservation: How Private Lands Conservation Research Impacts Behavior.” This webinar featured Rachael Green, Smithsonian Research Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant at the Dayer Human Dimensions Lab at Virginia Tech, as she shared new research exploring the human dimensions of private lands conservation. […]

Thank you for joining us on April 28, 2022 for the webinar: “Conserving Endangered Plants with Scientific Collections” with guest speaker Gary Krupnick, Ph.D., Head of the Plant Conservation Unit in Dept. of Botany at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Museum scientific collections are remarkable and irreplaceable sources of information about biodiversity and the history of life on Earth, […]

Thank you to those of you who attended this webinar on April 7, 2022. Featured speakers Celia Vuocolo, Private Lands Biologist with Quail Forever and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Sam Droege, Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey presented about the conservation threats and natural history of Virginia’s native bees, and what you can do to support them. […]

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 […]