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2006 Dept of Natural Resources and Environmental Science News, University of Nevada, Reno

 

 
Best practices, best science on display at Great Basin event
By John TrentThursday, December 21, 2006
Science crosses many different disciplines and is conducted by many different groups, but in order for it to work in the environmental arena, the lesson during the recent Workshop on Collaborative Watershed Management and Research in the Great Basin in Reno was simple. The event, hosted by CABNR, highlighted existing collaborative programs in order to increase awareness of current projects. Read more...

 
Scientists May Have Found Those Nabokov Baby Blues
Link To Mark Derr, The New York TimesTuesday, December 19, 2006
 
Sudeep Chandra and Zeb Hogan Two of the World Most Knowledgeable Fish Researchers
Link To Bill Brown, KTVN Channel 2Thursday, December 14, 2006
 
University students talk world water
By John TrentWednesday, November 15, 2006
At the University of Nevada, Reno, undergraduate and graduate students have taken the world water challenge seriously. They have held their own event since 2004, the Student World Water Forum, which has served to highlight students’ work on water-related issues. The third annual Student World Water Forum will be held on Nov. 16-17 and will feature a variety of presentations. Read more...

 
Hybrid Butterflies High in the Sierra
Link To Arthur Shapiro, UC Davis News & InformationWednesday, November 01, 2006
 
Walker named director for Environmental Sciences and Health Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
By John TrentWednesday, October 25, 2006
As director, Walker will oversee a program that includes 30 faculty members from several colleges within the University, the Desert Research Institute and the UNLV. The program’s goal, according to Walker, is to “attack research problems related to environmental science and health from different perspectives, to develop comprehensive and balanced ways to maintain environmental and human health.” Read more...

 
Younger generation helps Tahoe’s sister lake
Link To Kara Fox, Sierra SunMonday, October 23, 2006
 
CABNR, University faculty front and center at national conference
By John TrentTuesday, October 10, 2006
University faculty, and in particular, members of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (CABNR), were front and center during the Conservation of Wildlife Diversity in the Great Basin Conference. Read more...

 
Faculty and students work to help the Truckee River
By John TrentWednesday, September 27, 2006
Sudeep Chandra, an assistant professor of natural resources and environmental science, along with Joe Sullivan and the Nevada Department of Wildlife, are tracking movement of three types of trout -- Lahontan cutthroat, brown and rainbow -- along the Truckee. Read more...

 
One of the University’s masters calls it quits
By John TrentFriday, September 08, 2006
 
Going, going, gone?
Link To Launce Rake, Las Vegas SunSaturday, September 02, 2006
 
Scientists eager to move into new Tahoe research center
Link To Lenita Poweers, Reno Gazett-JournalMonday, August 14, 2006
 
Officials dedicate plant materials center.
By Christy LattinThursday, August 10, 2006
A crowd of about 80 gathered under shade trees on the grounds of the Newlands Experimental Farm on Wednesday morning to witness the groundbreaking and official transfer of the farm from the University of Nevada's College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources to the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS will use the farm as its newest plant materials center, the 27th such center in the United States. Read more...

 
There's more to forest matter than meets the eye
Link To Leo Poppoff, Sierra SunWednesday, August 02, 2006
 
Nevada, National Geographic Society saving world’s largest fish
Link To Nevada NewsWednesday, July 19, 2006
 
Guinn appoints Geddes to state Board of Regents
Link To Reno Gazette-JournalThursday, June 22, 2006
 
Tyler finds that tsunami damage persists
Link To Nevada NewsTuesday, May 16, 2006
 
Collopy named director of Academy for the Environment
Link To Nevada NewsWednesday, April 19, 2006
 
Recognizing those who help plant SEEDS
Link To Nevada NewsTuesday, March 14, 2006
 
Former Dean Dale Bohmont dies
Link To Reno Gazette-JournalTuesday, March 07, 2006
 
College friends and alumni host Nevada Wine tasting and dinner March 10
By Bob ConradThursday, February 23, 2006
The Friends and Alumni of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources invite you for an event highlighting the College. The night will feature a tasting of Nevada Wine grown by College researchers at the University’s Valley Road Winery and Vineyard. In addition, we’re offering a barbecue catered by the College’s Wolf Pack Meats, a student-oriented educational facility. Read more...

 
Toxic mercury headed to state
Link To Las Vegas SunSunday, February 05, 2006
 
Unraveling the mysteries of the Truckee
Link To Nevada NewsWednesday, January 11, 2006
 

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