Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research
Ecological Research on a High-Speed Landscape: Developing a predictive understanding of how long-term change and short-term disturbance control the dynamic nature of coastal barrier landscapes.
VCR/LTER doctoral student Victoria Long is featured in a story on the LTER Network web site at: https://lternet.edu/stories/lter-road-trip-a-changing-landscape-along-virginias-eastern-shore/
Information on the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates program is now available at https://at.virginia.edu/2u00VsP. The 10-week program begins the first week of June. REUs are provided a stipend plus on-site lodging and research support administered through the University of Virginia. Students need to be undergraduates with at least an additional semester of schoolwork to be completed prior to graduation. The application is available at: https://bit.ly/2QPc20P
The Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research project received renewed funding from the National Science Foundation in 2018.
UVA Today has the story at: https://news.virginia.edu/content/nsf-renews-three-decade-coastal-research-program-67-million-grant
The LTER Network has published a remembrance of Bruce Hayden who led the VCR/LTER from 1994-2000.
https://lternet.edu/stories/bruce-hayden-a-remarkable-scientist-leader-and-educator/
A new NOAA blog features the Surface Elevation Tables operated by the VCR/LTER. View the blog at: https://blog.response.restoration.noaa.gov/coastal-resiliency-set-future
UVA Today has a new story about ABCRC Site Director Cora Johnston at:
https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-new-coastal-research-center-director-comes-home-her-dream-career
A piece by WVTF radio’s Beverly D’Angelo discusses how the seagrass restoration within the Virginia Coast Reserve might serve as a model for world-wide efforts. You can read and listen at: http://wvtf.org/post/virginias-efforts-restore-seaside-grasses-may-be-worldwide-model. Featured are interviews with Bo Lusk from The Nature Conservancy and Cora Johnston from the VCR/LTER & ABCRC.
A new video featuring VCR/LTER researcher Laura Moore and her students is available. See: https://endeavors.unc.edu/keepers-of-our-coast/
Effective April 9, 2018, Dr. Cora A. Johnston has taken on the role of Site Director for the Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center. She will also direct the Education and Outreach programs, with assistance from Donna Fauber.
Cora is a coastal ecologist, who recently completed a post-doctoral research appointment at the University of California – Santa Barbara. She comes to us with an impressive combination of collaborative and leadership skills, ecological research experience, and training in STEM education and outreach.
Cora grew up on the Eastern Shore, and so has a strong sense of place for the ecosystems and people of the region.