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University Herald
WIld Honeybees Are in Danger in U.S. Counties Most In Need
University Herald
"Until this study, we didn't have a national mapped picture about the status of wild bees and their impacts on pollination," study lead author Insu Koh, a researcher at the University of Vermont's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, said in a ...

Paris Climate Talks
Vermont Cynic
11, UVM professors Jennie Stevens, Lini Wollenburg and Asim Zia and sophomore Gina Fiorile will be attending COP 21 in Le Bourget, France. “The past week has been truly incredible,” said Fiorile, who is currently in Paris. Everyday provides new ideas ...

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BBC News
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuel
BBC News
"The pattern we show is consistent with the expansion of corn for ethanol, the reduction of areas around fields that weren't cultivated before," said senior author, Prof Taylor Ricketts from the University of Vermont. "They are going back into ...
Wild bees are least abundant where they're most needed, study saysLos Angeles Times
Wild Bees Declining In Major Agricultural Areas05:38Here And Now
What You Should Know About The Drastic Decline Of Wild BeesHuffington Post
Treehugger -Science News -Phys.Org
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Los Angeles Times
Wild bees are least abundant where they're most needed, study says
Los Angeles Times
“I think the reason why the Central Valley lights up so much is largely almonds," said study co-author Taylor Ricketts, a landscape ecologist at the University of Vermont. "It's a hugely valuable crop that's been expanding like crazy, and it's entirely ...
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuelBBC News
What You Should Know About The Drastic Decline Of Wild BeesHuffington Post
Wild Bees Declining In Major Agricultural Areas05:38Here And Now
The Guardian -Newsweek -Phys.Org
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Newsweek
Study Pinpoints Where Wild Bee Declines Will Most Affect Farmers
Newsweek
“What produces is a map of tiny square by tiny square, a prediction from this model about the abundance of bees,” says senior author Taylor Ricketts, a professor at the University of Vermont and director of its Gund Institute for Ecological Economics ...
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuelBBC News
Wild Bees Declining In Major Agricultural Areas05:38Here And Now
Wild bees are least abundant where they're most needed, study saysLos Angeles Times
Phys.Org -Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Science News
Number of wild bees drops where they're needed most
Science News
Ecologist Taylor Ricketts of the University of Vermont in Burlington and colleagues used land-use databases and input from bee experts to create a map of where wild bees were more and less abundant in the United States from 2008 to 2013. The scientists ...
US wild bee numbers decline as land is converted for biofuelBBC News
Wild bees are least abundant where they're most needed, study saysLos Angeles Times
What You Should Know About The Drastic Decline Of Wild BeesHuffington Post
Newsweek -Phys.Org
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Drummond Family Reveals Renovated McBirney Mansion  News On 6

It's a flurry of activity at the McBirney Mansion as the Drummonds are in a final push to get it finished before hosting 300 people for a charitable New Year's Eve ...

Stowe Today
Invasive zebra mussels not so troubling
Stowe Today
Declan McCabe teaches biology at St. Michael's College. His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide ...

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Mountaintimes
Under the water, December's peak leaf season
Mountaintimes
His work with student researchers on insect communities in the Champlain Basin is funded by Vermont EPSCoR's Grant EPS-1101317 from the National Science Foundation. The illustration for this column was drawn by Adelaide Tyrol. The Outside Story is ...

Mountaintimes
Under the water, December's peak leaf season
Mountaintimes
By Declan McCabe. By December, foliage season is long over for us humans, but it's peak season under the water. Last month, as the last bus of tourists departed for home, fallen leaves accumulated in our streams and rivers, starting a process that's ...

Bannister celebrates holiday with parade, Acton memorial | Local ...  SoMdNews.com

John Arthur Greene & Emily Behny to Lead North Carolina Theatre's Production of GREASE!  Broadway World

BurlingtonFreePress.com
Utility: Manure digester to reduce lake pollution
BurlingtonFreePress.com
ST. ALBANS - Vermont's largest utility says it's working with farmers to build a manure digester in St. Albans that will turn cow manure from three farms into electricity and reduce phosphorous pollution into Lake Champlain. Backers say the $8 million ...

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Hillary Clinton Asks Tech Companies to Help Thwart ISIS Online ...  The New York Times

In Vermont, Savoring Craft Beer (Without Selfies)  The New York Times

Like Riding a Bike? A Former Skier Returns to the Slopes ...  The New York Times

Cathedral Square awarded $100000 affordable housing grant
RealEstateRama (press release)
“Of the 30-units in this property, 28 will be tax credit units for seniors earning less than 60% of area median income (AMI) and two will be market rate”,” writes Miranda Lescaze, Cathedral Square's media contact. Equity from housing tax credits ...

December's peak leaf season underwater  BurlingtonFreePress.com

2016 Call for VT Space Grant/NASA EPSCoR Faculty Research Grants

Submission Deadline: Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 5:00 p.m.


The Vermont Space Grant / NASA EPSCoR Program is pleased to announce the 2016 Faculty Research Competition. Subject to the timely receipt of NASA funding, this competition will fund a limited number of Vermont faculty research projects that are strongly aligned with new and continuing NASA research priorities and technology needs. Investigators may wish to consult the current priorities within NASA's Mission Directorates (http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/missions/index.html).

Vermont Space Grant Consortium: Call for Proposals

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS FOR AY2016-2017

Submission Deadline: Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 5:00 p.m.

The Vermont Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is pleased to announce a competition for Graduate Research Assistantships for a twelve-month period consisting of the 2016-2017 Academic Year and the Summer of 2017. This competition is open to U.S. graduate students enrolled in M.S. and Ph.D. students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.