Virginia Tech Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation

04/15/2026

02/10/2026

Giving Day is right around the corner!

We’re looking for Giving Day Ambassadors to help spread the word and amplify the impact of Giving Day across our community.

Interested in signing up? Learn more and join us at givingday.vt.edu

02/03/2026

We know her as one of the rock stars of CNRE and the Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. But did you know she's a California native who was in elementary school when she set herself on a course for a career helping big cats? Read more about the inestimable Marcella Kelly.

A professor for more than two decades, Kelly struggled to find her calling in college, but a course in wildlife, fish and conservation biology has ultimately led to her becoming one of the world’s top experts in conservation efforts for jaguars, pumas, ocelots, and other big cats.

11/14/2025

10/09/2025

Whatever you did this summer, it's a safe bet FWC student Olivia Bledsoe had a wilder time. She was one of four women who spent 80 days paddling from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay.
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This Virginia Tech student embarked on a 1,300-mile journey from Lake Superior to the Hudson Bay to bring awareness to proposed harmful mining operations in wilderness areas along the U.S.-Canada border and to encourage females to participate in paddle sports.

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09/10/2025

Assistant Professor Beth Nyboer and students have been working with indigenous people around the Great Lakes to learn about their communication and management of sea lamprey eels.

Assistant Professor Beth Nyboer was awarded a grant to study how communication around sea lamprey management and control takes place between state authorities and Indigenous communities to identify communication practices and support systems.

08/01/2025

Morgan Delgado, who graduated with a degree in wildlife conservation, is working on a year-long internship with the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado as she works on a masters degree at the University of Denver.

When the opportunity to spend a year as Geographic Information System (GIS) interns with the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office arose, both Maggie Carmody and Morgan Delgado couldn’t say no

07/17/2025

CNRE mascot and guest greeter, Truffles, a western hognose snake, reminds us that today is World Snake Day. 🐍💚 Truffles is celebrating the day and sporting new skin, having molted last week. Virginia is home to 32 native snake species, and only three are venomous. Most snakes you encounter are harmless—and beneficial! Truffles will be the first to tell you that snakes help the environment by controlling rodent populations throughout the state.

07/02/2025

Virginia Tech joined a global research team that tracked more than 100 species and identified ocean hotspots critical for protecting threatened marine megafauna that fall beyond current conservation zones.