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UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation gets name change The school is now named The School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences March 17, 2021 | 6:00am EDT Terrell “Red” Baker speaks during a ceremony that announced the renaming of the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences on Monday, March 15, 2021. It was formerly called the School of Forest Resources and Conservation. Baker, the school directo...

IMAGE: Gretchen Hansen “The rate of increase in air temperature has accelerated in recent decades, and this increase in air temperature will affect the thermal habitat for fishes across the region,” Wagner said. “Temperatures are projected to continue increasing across the Midwest — with the greatest increases in average temperature expected in northern areas — so we wanted to know what was happening with walleye populations in the upper Midwest.” Using data provided by the Minnesot...

March 13, 2021 03/13/2021 10:30 am PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — An alliance of environmental education centers in the region is looking to fill paid summer fellowship positions. Across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, there are 23 Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River environmental education centers. Some nearby include Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philly, the Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, the...

Friday, March 5, 2021 - 1:25 pm POTSDAM -- Clarkson University will receive more than $200,000 dollars from the National Science Foundation for their Aquatic Sciences, Engineering, and Technology Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Program. "As a member of the Education and Labor Committee, I am always especially excited to announce grants that will help our North Country schools, colleges, and universities succeed. This grant from the National Science Foundation wi...

IMAGE: Gretchen Hansen “The rate of increase in air temperature has accelerated in recent decades, and this increase in air temperature will affect the thermal habitat for fishes across the region,” Wagner said. “Temperatures are projected to continue increasing across the Midwest – with the greatest increases in average temperature expected in northern areas – so we wanted to know what was happening with walleye populations in the upper Midwest.” Using data provided by the Minnesot...

Monday, February 15 through Friday, February 26 Batesville Intermediate School Scholastic Book Fair – The BIS Scholastic Book Fair will be held Monday, Feb. 15 through Friday, Feb. 26. Monday, February 22 Batesville Memorial Public Library – Mother Goose on the Loose at 10 a.m. for children under the age of three. Join Mrs. Dickey for stories, music and dance at Batesville Memorial Public Library. Register for the fun at ebatesville.com/events. Batesville Memorial Public Library – Make It...

Posted February 2nd, 2021 for Hydro Quebec The Wirescan being deployed to inspect a structure (ASI), a division of ASI Group Ltd., a globally recognized company in underwater inspection, maintenance, and repair, and Hydro-Québec (HQ), the leading electricity provider in Canada and one of the largest hydropower producers in the world, have signed an agreement for the commercialization of WireScan . This unique and patented technology, developed by the Hydro-Québec research and ...

New research found little evidence that herring and mackerel were responsible for salmon decline. 

Dancing with the whales Share CLOSE Brydes whales hunt in open water not far from the scientific research ship, attracting seabirds to join. [Photo/Xinhua] In waters off Weizhou Island, Beihai, in South Chinas Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a group of experts have become acquainted with the whales. They use small boats every day to track and record the traces of the Brydes whale. Composed by scientists, videographers, fishermen and volunteers from Guangxi Academy of Sci...

Laguna Beach Local News By Rita Robinson, Special to the Laguna Beach Independent   A petition asking the California Fish and Game Commission to allow the volunteer removal of Sargassum, aka “devil weed,” which is invading the giant kelp forests along the Laguna Beach coastline, was denied last month. The request was submitted by marine biologist Nancy Caruso, who was instrumental in replanting 25 acres of kelp off Laguna Beach starting in 2002. Within the following 12 years, that grew to ...