{"id":253,"date":"2016-05-06T19:31:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology-new\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2025-02-14T14:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T19:39:17","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Subscribe to the Applied Ecology Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/24b5b5b34ad0\/nc-state-department-of-applied-ecology-newsletter\" class=\"btn ncst-block__button-link\" data-ncst-lightbox=\"false\" data-ua-cat=\"Button Block\" data-ua-action=\"Button Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/24b5b5b34ad0\/nc-state-department-of-applied-ecology-newsletter\"><span class=\"text\">Subscribe here<\/span><span class=\"arrow-indicator\">\n<svg class=\"wp-block-ncst-wolficon wolficon\" role=\"img\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-bold\" \/><\/svg>\n<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-labeled-section wp-block-ncst-automated-posts ncst-featured-content is-card-style layout-three-column\">\n  <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__background\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__container\">\n               <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__header\">\n                      <h2 class=\"ncst-labeled-section__heading\">DEPARTMENT NEWS<\/h2>\n                                <a\n              href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/all\/\"\n              class=\"ncst-labeled-section__link\"\n                              target=\"_blank\"\n                                            rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"\n                            data-ua-cat=\"Featured Content Block\" data-ua-action=\"Label Link Click\" data-ua-label=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/all\/\"\n            >All News<\/a>\n                  <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ncst-labeled-section__content\">\n        <a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/community-led-health-and-livelihood-programs-helped-protect-rainforests-during-the-pandemic\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/community-led-health-and-livelihood-programs-helped-protect-rainforests-during-the-pandemic\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101560\" \n            alt=\"A forest in West Kalimantan.\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/258325499081da46ec304k-e1784587253839.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Community-Led Health and Livelihood Programs Helped Protect Rainforests During the Pandemic<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">As COVID-19 disrupted rural economies, communities living near protected rainforests faced rising uncertainty about jobs, health and basic needs. A new study in The Lancet Planetary Health shows that when communities were supported by health and livelihood programs that they designed with local nongovernment organizations, both people and ecosystems were more resilient. \u201cBefore the <span class=nowrap>pandemic,&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/widely-used-method-for-assessing-stream-health-doesnt-work-very-well\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/widely-used-method-for-assessing-stream-health-doesnt-work-very-well\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101534\" \n            alt=\"photo shows an urban stream near a stormwater overflow pipe\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/mckenney-urban-stream-header.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Widely-Used Method for Assessing Stream Health Doesn\u2019t Work Very Well<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">A widely-used technique for assessing the health of freshwater streams is not effective at detecting a range of water quality <span class=nowrap>problems&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/bradford-awarded-prestigious-louisville-first-book-grant\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/bradford-awarded-prestigious-louisville-first-book-grant\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101525\" \n            alt=\"\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-scaled.jpeg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/07\/aminah-horizontal-headshot-1-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Bradford awarded prestigious Louisville First Book Grant<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Aminah Al-Attas Bradford has been awarded a First Book Grant by the Louisville Institute. Her book, Symbiotic Grace: Holobiont Theology in the Age of the Microbe, reconstructs Christian doctrine <span class=nowrap>through&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/qa-with-an-arctic-ecologist\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/qa-with-an-arctic-ecologist\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101497\" \n            alt=\"Matteo smiles at the camera\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-scaled.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/matteo-headshot-landscape-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Q&amp;A with an Arctic Ecologist<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Meet Matteo Petit Bon, a plant and ecosystem ecologist and the newest Applied Ecology faculty member. His research takes him to remote corners of the Northern Hemisphere, where conditions <span class=nowrap>are&hellip;&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/a-stinky-discovery-new-parasite-found-in-snake-scent-glands\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/a-stinky-discovery-new-parasite-found-in-snake-scent-glands\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101508\" \n            alt=\"a microscopic image of a brown\/gray parasite\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/06\/snake-parasite.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n          \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                          <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">A Stinky Discovery: New Parasite Found in Snake Scent Glands<\/h3>\n              \n\n      \t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\">Student researchers in the Sustainable Health Ecology Lab in the Department of Applied Ecology recently discovered a potentially new species of parasitic nematode in the scent glands of three snake <span class=nowrap>species.&nbsp;<span class=\"arrow-indicator\"><svg class=\"wolficon wolficon-arrow-right-light\" role=\"img\"  aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            \n            <use xlink:href=\"#wolficon-arrow-right-light\">\n        <\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/a>\n<a\n    class=\"ncst-content-card \"\n    href=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/how-higher-temperatures-can-benefit-or-devastate-bumble-bee-populations\/\"\n    data-ua-cat=\"Content Card\"\n    data-ua-action=\"Content Card Click\"\n    data-ua-label=https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/news\/how-higher-temperatures-can-benefit-or-devastate-bumble-bee-populations\/\n  >\n  \n\n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" \n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-101445\" \n            alt=\"photo shows a bumble bee resting on a yellow flower\" \n            src=\"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/applied-ecology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2026\/05\/youngsteadt-bee-header-1500.jpg\" \n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; 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