On the Road Road to Recovery: American Shad Restoration

• Shad Tagging Study

The largest of the anadromous herring (or "clupeids") in Virginia is the American shad, which once migrated westward in the James River to Covington and beyond. The magnitude and sheer number of fish involved in these great migrations astonished early Europeans such as Alexander Whitaker, who wrote in 1613, "The rivers abound with fish both small and great. The sea-fish come into our rivers in March… great ...

The cave has been off limits to people for a few years, and now, with the recent discovery that some bats in Hellohole Cave have white-nose syndrome, it's part of a field study into the deadly disease.
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Answering the Call: Virginia's Quail Recovery Initiative

The distinctive "Bob-White!" call of the quail is becoming just a memory for many rural Virginians. Quail populations in Virginia have declined 80% over the last 40 years. Along with the quail, many songbirds and other animals have also disappeared, due to the loss of the early successional habitat these animals need for food, shelter, and raising their young. Early successional habitat consisiting of native ...