Hellbender salamander faces water quality woes
Virginia Tech professor William "Bill" Hopkins studies the eastern hellbender salamander and how environmental disasters like Hurricane Helene's floodwaters and anthropogenic factors affect the survival of the species. Undergraduate researchers and alumni from the College of Natural Resources and Environment help facilitate the study in partnership with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.
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