Wild Food List; Wild Ginger.MP4

Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on May 9th, 2010 | 0 comments

This is not the ginger you buy in the store, its a plant found in th Appalachia. It needs some "TLC" before you can eat it. The long wooody rhizome has to be boiled with lots of sugar until it bocomes soft. Thgen it can be eaten as a candy. The root can also be powdered and used in place of comercial ginger. The Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants says that this plant contains a chemical that may cause cancer however, The Peterson Field Guide to Wild Edible Plants has no such warning. So, if you wish to use Wild Ginger I recomend that you do some reading and then use your own best judgement. Remember, always get a second opinion.

Tags: outdoors, West, food, reliance, suvival

Wildlife and Fisheries Resources

Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on May 8th, 2010 | 0 comments

This video is a spotlight on the Wildlife and Fisheries Program I created for my job with the Division of Forestry and Natural Resources at West Virginia University.

Tags: wildlife, resources, and, Fisheries

Waterside Gardens & Wildlife Habitat

Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on May 7th, 2010 | 0 comments

The gardens and wildlife habitat of historic Waterside (ca. 1791) on Big Walker Creek in Giles County, Virginia.

Tags: history, appalachia, historic, Gardens, pearisburg

Living With Black Bears in Virginia

Posted by Susan in Virginia Wildlife on May 6th, 2010 | 0 comments

Black bears are becoming an increasingly common sight in Virginia—bears now live in almost every county! We are fortunate to have a healthy and sustainable population of these animals in the Commonwealth. But even as our black bear population grows and expands, at the same time, residential areas are encroaching into the forested lands and habitats used by bears and other wildlife, thus increasing the chances for bear/human interaction or conflicts. Let's all do our part to help manage black bears by watching this video and learning how to live with bears in Virginia.

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