2020 | Hidden Rivers Film Screening & Stakeholder Panel
IGC Capstone Project | Interfaces of Global Change
Planning an Outreach Focused Capstone: Hidden Rivers Film Screening & Stakeholder Panel
Student Members:
- Chloe Moore, Biological Sciences
- Sam Silknetter, Biological Sciences
Faculty Mentors:
- Dr. Jacob Barney, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Dr. Meryl Mims, Biological Sciences
IGC Fellows organized and hosted a community screening event for the documentary Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia, a Freshwaters Illustrated production. The event was free and open to the public, and held at The Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Directly following the film, the event featured a Q&A discussion with a panel of local experts and community stakeholders representing: the New River Land Trust, the New River Conservancy, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Tech Fish and Wildlife Department, a local member of the North American Fishes Association, as well a representative from Freshwaters Illustrated who helped to create the documentary film.
The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP provides PhD students with a unique intellectual focus and training.
Each IGC Fellow gains depth in their specific scientific area of expertise (e.g. biology or engineering), while simultaneously gaining breadth in the multifaceted realm of global change and the science-policy interface.
