conservation

New River Conservancy Executive Director Andrew Downs says conserving the land will safeguard water quality and increase access for recreational activities.

The City of Greensboro has signed on to a national effort to help protect monarch butterflies. City officials, along with Mayor Nancy Vaughan, have signed…

A new multimedia exhibition at Greensboro's GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art highlights environmental stewardship with a focus on water. "H20" will…

The North Carolina Zoo has announced the birth of five critically endangered American red wolves. The litter of new pups includes three males and two…

A local conservation group has completed a land deal that protects an urban swath of farmland in Winston-Salem. The Piedmont Land Conservancy this week…

A new study led by Duke University says focusing conservation efforts on the right places – but not all places – is key to protecting endangered species.…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, otherwise known as drones, are aircraft piloted by remote control or programmed to follow a flight path using GPS as a guide. They can be as small as a book or as large as a commercial airliner. From toys to weapons, they are filling a range of niches, including research and conservation efforts.We spoke with Max Messinger, Founder of Linn Aerospace and Research Fellow with Wake Forest University Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. He has spent the past several years developing, building, and flying a variety of drones to monitor the health of the Peruvian Amazon rainforests.

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