Release Date: 01-28-2008
Rachel K. Johnson will step down as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and director of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of Vermont, the University announced on Jan. 28. Before becoming dean in 2003, Johnson, a nutrition professor, was associate dean of the College for two years. Johnson will take a leave of absence beginning June 30 and returning to the University in July 2009. Full Story...
Release Date: 01-15-2008
When a batch of nursery stock in Vermont was infested with hemlock wooly adelgid; when climate change threatens Vermont's maple and foliage tourist industries; when a lawsuit settlement determined that Vermont will share $60 million from coal burning plants to mitigate acid rain damage to the state's forests 'who ya goinna call? Full Story...