Feed aggregator

Jody Stryker, a PhD candidate with Vermont EPSCoR, presented her doctoral dissertation defense on Monday, December 19, 2016. The defense, "Sediment Mobilization from Streambank Failures: Model Development and Climate Impact Studies," presented modeling information that helps to measure sediment mobilization in the Lake Champlain Basin.

Vermont EPSCoR member Andrew Schroth, PhD was appointed to the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) on December 14, 2016.


As a member of the TAC, Dr. Schroth's role includes presenting the Basin Program Steering Committee with technical information to be used in decision making, advising on emerging management issues, overseeing and facilitating technical aspects of implementation projects, and interpreting technical information such as monitoring program results to help determine the success or redirection of projects.


"I am pleased at the Lake Champlain Steering Committee's recent appointment of Dr. Schroth to the LCBP Technical Advisory Committee," said LCBP Executive Director Eric Howe. "Andrew will bring a welcome perspective to the LCBP's science-based committee with regards to in-lake and tributary monitoring projects, particularly for cutting-edge monitoring approaches to help us solve management problems associated with nutrient loading to and in Lake Champlain."


A professor at the University of Vermont (UVM) since 2012, Dr. Schroth's research focuses on nutrient and algal bloom dynamics within the Lake Champlain Basin.

The Outside Story: Carpenter Ants
Adirondack Almanack (press release) (blog)
Mention carpenter ants, and Declan McCabe, chair of the biology department at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, thinks about the time he got a lungful of formic acid. He had taken a class into the field to survey insects. He saw a huge ant ...

Graduate College | The Graduate College | The  UVM News

The Graduate College at the University of Vermont was formally established in 1952, though the first graduate degree had been awarded in 1807. Today, UVM ...

UVM staff, faculty slow to ditch solo commutes  Burlington Free Press

Court papers: Business 'guru' tried to take back land ahead of sale  The Daily News of Newburyport

On December 13, 2016 Professor Declan McCabe from Saint Michael's College and CWDD Research Technician Janel Roberge welcomed four High School Streams Project Teams in addition to seven educators from around Vermont to the Saint Mike's Campus for an annual Macroinvertebrate Identification Workshop. Educators got to learn more about the Macroinvertebrate App created by EPSCoR's own Declan McCabe as well as a chance to practice their macroinvertebrate identification skills. Participating High School Teams dedicated their time to picking, sorting, and in some cases identifying the macroinvertebrate samples they themselves collected earlier this year. Participants also enjoyed the photograph-capable microscope provided by Dr. McCabe.

Daily Star
REVEALED: Loch Ness Monster is 'an alien' – new theory on Scotland's mythical beast
Daily Star
Alan Betts, the director of a refrigeration company in Bradford, said he was bewildered by the strange glowing white shapes hovering over the loch and was unable to find a rational explanation for the strange picture. Loch Ness Monster GETTY. SIGHTING: ...

and more »

Graduate College | The Graduate College | The  UVM News

Making the lake great
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
The University of Vermont found “Vermonters rank water quality as a top public policy priority and are willing to pay to improve the health of Vermont's waterways,” according to survey data published in a report by the Vermont EPSCoR Adaptation to ...

and more »

Making the lake great
Rutland Herald
The University of Vermont found “Vermonters rank water quality as a top public policy priority and are willing to pay to improve the health of Vermont's waterways,” according to survey data published in a report by the Vermont EPSCoR Adaptation to ...

and more »

Who is Boye Lafayette De Mente? Attempts to reach purported ...  The Virginian-Pilot

BurlingtonFreePress.com
Outside Story: Carpenter ants play many roles
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Mention carpenter ants, and Declan McCabe, chair of the biology department at St. Michael's College in Colchester, thinks about the time he got a lungful of formic acid. He had taken a class into the field to survey insects. He saw a huge ant and ...

Madeline Bodin | The Outside Story: Carpenter ants
Bennington Banner (subscription)
Mention carpenter ants, and Declan McCabe, chair of the biology department at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, thinks about the time he got a lungful of formic acid. He had taken a class into the field to survey insects. He saw a huge ant ...

The Outside Story: Carpenter ants
Bennington Banner (subscription)
Mention carpenter ants, and Declan McCabe, chair of the biology department at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, thinks about the time he got a lungful of formic acid. He had taken a class into the field to survey insects. He saw a huge ant ...

Bells of Joy presents 33rd annual Christmas concert
Mountaintimes
Friday, Dec. 16 at 7:30 p.m.—RUTLAND—The Bells of Joy, directed by Karen James, will present its 33rd annual Christmas Concert on Friday, Dec. 16,7:30 p.m. in the chapel of the United Methodist Church. Inspired by the “Lessons and Carols Service ...

Vermont Birders Encouraged to Join Audubon Christmas Bird Count
vtdigger.org
This holiday season marks the 117th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a favorite tradition among Vermont's birding community. Birders in Vermont are encouraged to participate in the count, which is happening in Vermont from December 15 to January ...

and more »

Addison County Independent
Scientist explains how Lake Champlain became so polluted
Addison County Independent
ALBANS — There are six key factors over the course of history that brought Lake Champlain to the point of impairment and at which the state needed legislation to address water quality issues, according to Mike Winslow, a staff scientist for Lake ...

and more »

Herbal drug kratom faces uncertain legal future, despite public outpouring  PBS NewsHour

Kratom, a leafy-green herbal supplement used by an estimated 3 to 5 million Americans, has inspired tens of thousands of responses in a public comment ...

Herbal drug kratom faces uncertain legal future, despite public outpouring  PBS NewsHour

Kratom, a leafy-green herbal supplement used by an estimated 3 to 5 million Americans, has inspired tens of thousands of responses in a public comment ...