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Category: Natural resource management

sallie's crying tree today
June 12, 2014 Black Appalachia / Natural resource management / Slaves / Virginia

Finding Strength and Solace in a Tree

The Crying Tree, in Marion, VA, joins 2 other historic VA trees that powerfully tell the story of African Americans under slavery in America.

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hemlock tree with wooly adelgid eggs on it
May 6, 2014 Forestry / Natural resource management

Researchers Track “Gray Ghosts” Across the Southern Appalachians

Researchers & land managers focus on the hemlock woolly adelgid’s casualties using high-tech tools to follow the footprints of lost tree life.

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aerial of reedy river in greenville sc
January 6, 2014 Natural resource management / South Carolina

Flow Chart — a look at how Greenville, SC’s Reedy River shaped that city

The Reedy River put Greenville on the map—and, like its meandering currents and rushing falls, is the centerpiece for its rise, fall, and triumphant rise again.

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Slonakers walking hayfields
November 1, 2013 Historic preservation / Natural resource management / West Virginia

Book Review: ‘Listening to the Land’

‘Listening to the Land’ uses story to raise awareness of the changing nature and related issues of WV’s Cacapon and Lost River Valley.

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Diagram of a karst groundwater system
September 3, 2013 Caves and spelunking / Natural resource management

Many are in the Dark about Importance of Caves to Water Quality

Virginia has only one person who is a karst protection specialist, but his efforts help safeguard the water supply of millions regionally.

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    May 19, 2017
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    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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