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Prairie dogs disperse when all close kin have disappeared

March 7, 2013
Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory--a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any other species. This is according to a new study published in Science by behavioral ecologist John Hoogland, Professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Appalachian Laboratory.

Appalachian Laboratory seeks Marylanders to participate in American chestnut restoration project

March 1, 2013
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science's Appalachian Laboratory and the American Chestnut Foundation are working with western Maryland residents to "crack the code" to re-establish American chestnut trees.

Horn Point Laboratory Graduate Student Wins Coveted Fellowship

February 6, 2013
Jennifer Bosch, a doctoral student at Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, will spend a year as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship recipient at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) headquarters in Silver Spring, MD.

Reclaim the Chesapeake Bay

February 4, 2013
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has joined partners from state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and advocacy groups to kickoff Maryland’s Reclaim the Bay public awareness effort.

Appalachian Laboratory team receives NSF grant to predict how trees will adapt to rapid climate change

January 24, 2013
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has joined partners from state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, academic institutions and advocacy groups to kickoff Maryland’s Reclaim the Bay public awareness effort.

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