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New Study Identifies Opportunities to Improve Manure Recycling Amid Rising Fertilizer Costs

April 8, 2026
A groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science published in Nature Food demonstrates that livestock manure represents a largely underused domestic resource for improving agricultural resilience.

UMCES Research Finds Climate Change and Species Declines Are Reshaping Communities of Migrating Birds

January 20, 2026
A new study published in Global Change Biology advances our knowledge about migratory bird communities and confirms shifts in the bird species we see together during migration; information that could change how conservationists protect migratory bird species.

Philanthropic Coalition Renews Major Investment in Appalachian Laboratory Science for Second Year

December 12, 2025
In 2024, a group of donors committed to advancing environmental conservation in the central Appalachians created a transformational solution: the Appalachian Laboratory Investor Network, or TALIN. Now, in year 2, TALIN has funded two new research projects focused on forest conservation and management.

UMCES Appalachian Laboratory hosts annual undergraduate internship program

November 11, 2025
Each summer, the Appalachian Laboratory Summer Undergraduate Internship Program hosts five to eight students from local universities and colleges for full-time, paid experiences in research and science communication. The summer 2026 application opens Monday, November 24, and can be found at www.umces.edu/al/internships.

Matthew Kline named 2025 winner of the Richard Johnson Environmental Education Award

September 23, 2025
The Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science recently named Matthew Kline, science teacher at Mount Savage Middle School, as the 2025 winner of the Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award.

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