$1.7 million grant to fund Environmental Research Center
West Virginia is often the front line in the battle between competing concerns of economic development and environmental protection. A new research center at West Virginia University will try to help reconcile those seemingly incompatible interests.
WVU’s Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design has received $1.7 million from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish an Environmental Research Center. The WVU center, to be initially housed in WVU’s Davis College, will help formulate policy and promote economic development focused on a sustainable and productive natural environment.
“The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life for citizens of West Virginia and beyond,” said Jim Anderson, professor of wildlife and fisheries resources, associate director of the Natural Resource Analysis Center in the WVU Davis College, and the director of the Environmental Research Center.
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