{"id":1214,"date":"2025-12-05T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T17:24:42","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/uri-professor-receives-nsf-career-award-for-study-of-southern-ocean-predator\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/sarah-kienle-preferred-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/sarah-kienle-preferred-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/sarah-kienle-preferred-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/uri-professor-receives-nsf-career-award-for-study-of-southern-ocean-predator\/\">URI professor receives NSF CAREER Award for study of Southern Ocean predator<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant professor Sarah Kienle was selected for a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, one of the nation's top awards for early-career faculty, for her work studying the female leopard seal.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/target-12\/ri-homeowners-already-suffering-due-to-sea-level-rise-sen-whitehouse-says\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/RI-flooding-2100-with-sourcing-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/RI-flooding-2100-with-sourcing-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/RI-flooding-2100-with-sourcing-1-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/target-12\/ri-homeowners-already-suffering-due-to-sea-level-rise-sen-whitehouse-says\/\">RI homeowners already suffering due to sea-level rise, Sen. Whitehouse says<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Some Rhode Island properties \nespecially those along the coast, may be underwater within 30 years according to Rhode Island\u2019s STORMTOOLS website, which is hosted by URI's Environmental Data Center.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wpri.com\/target-12\/parts-of-barrington-will-be-underwater-by-2035-sea-level-data-shows\/\">Parts of Barrington will be underwater by 2035, sea-level data shows<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI's Environmental Data Center manages an ArcGIS Server that is getting a lot of use as people concerned about climate impacts in Rhode Island explore STORMTOOLS. STORMTOOLS helps Rhode Islanders assess their risk from coastal inundation. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecori.org\/natural-resources\/2021\/12\/20\/statewide-search-for-one-of-rhode-islands-rarest-turtles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/URITurtle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI student, Chloe Johnson, holding a wood turrle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/URITurtle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/URITurtle-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecori.org\/natural-resources\/2021\/12\/20\/statewide-search-for-one-of-rhode-islands-rarest-turtles\">Statewide search is on for one of RI&#8217;s rarest turtles<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">NRS graduate student, Chloe Johnson, is surveying the state to identify local populations of one of the rarest turtles in RI--the wood turtle--and the habitats they use.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/uri-headed-to-national-soil-judging-competition\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/2021-regional-team-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Photo of members of URI&#039;s 2021 Soil Judging team who competed in the the Divisional contest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/2021-regional-team-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/2021-regional-team-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/uri-headed-to-national-soil-judging-competition\/\">URI headed to National Soil Judging Competition<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI soil judging team won first place in the Division 1 Soil Judging Competition, earing a trip to the National Soil Judging Competition in Ohio in April of 2022. URI students competed against 63 students representing 8 schools on their ability to describe, classify and interpret soil profiles; hand texture soils; and identify soil [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/an-avian-affection\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Wing-Measurement-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Peter Paton measures the wing of a tufted titmouse and assesses the condition of its flight feathers.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Wing-Measurement-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Wing-Measurement-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/spring-2021\/an-avian-affection\/\">Avian Affection<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI faculty and URI\u2019s Kingston Wildlife Research Station have been the starting point for many who\u2019ve made careers out of their love of birds.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/tracking\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Laken-Ganoe-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"NRS doctoral student Laken Ganoe explaining her fisher project in a video by RI-DEM\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Laken-Ganoe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Laken-Ganoe-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/tracking\/\">Tracking fishers in R.I.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In this video produced by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Natural Resources Science doctoral student Laken Ganoe, talks about a three-year project to capture and track fishers throughout western Rhode Island.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/new-online-graduate-certificate-programs-at-uri-can-boost-skills-for-natural-resource-environment-professionals\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/GIS-card-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"An aerial shot of wetlands showing a multicolored patch where sensing equipment has differentiated the landscape.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/GIS-card-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/GIS-card-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/new-online-graduate-certificate-programs-at-uri-can-boost-skills-for-natural-resource-environment-professionals\/\">New online graduate certificate programs for natural resource professionals<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI\u2019s College of the Environment and Life Sciences is launching three online graduate certificate programs in 2021 to help professionals working in natural resource and environmental fields improve their skills and expertise.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/uri-scientists-investigate-distribution-of-muskrats-beavers-otters-in-rhode-island\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Crockett-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"URI graduate student John Crockett examines chewed sticks while conducting a survey for muskrats, beavers and river otters in western Rhode Island.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Crockett-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2064\/Crockett-scaled-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/uri-scientists-investigate-distribution-of-muskrats-beavers-otters-in-rhode-island\/\">URI scientists investigate distribution of muskrats, beavers, otters in R.I.<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Traveling via kayak, graduate student John Crockett will be scouring lakes, ponds and wetlands over the next three years to search for signs of the three semi-aquatic mammals.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1217,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions\/1217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}