CHALLENGE GRANT EXTENDED! Our would-be benefactor has generously offered to extend the “Challenge Grant” that she offered to help us raise the remaining capital to fully fund the historic High Tor acquisition. We now have until January 31, 2019, to raise $20,000. As a reminder of how a challenge grant works, the generous donor will […]
Category Archives: Research News
2018 Wildlife Tech Application is up!
The Mianus River Gorge is currently accepting applications from the Class of 2020 for our Wildlife Technician Program (WTP). The WTP provides an opportunity for high school students to design, implement, and evaluate multi-year studies in the field of ecology within the framework of the Science Research in the High School curriculum. The WTP is part […]
CISE Students Wrap Up at the Gorge
2018 College Internship in Suburban Ecology (CISE) students wrap up at Mianus River Gorge Each summer, Mianus River Gorge offers a highly sought-after internship for undergraduate college students with an interest in ecology. Under the tutelage of MRG staff scientists and graduate research assistants, the interns contribute to the Gorge’s on-going research in and around […]
Zach Gajewski
2016 RAP Award Virginia Tech – Ph.D. Candidate Distribution and risk of chytrid fungus in amphibian communities Candidate Zach Gajewski, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech, was awarded the 2016 Research Assistantship Program grant to conduct his research on the distribution of the pathogenic chytrid fungus that affects frogs and other amphibians. This fungus is […]
Gotham Coyote Project Update
In a new phase of Gotham Coyote Project, researchers are piloting satellite telemetry in the Bronx. Visit MRG’s media page or click here to read an article in amNewYork about coyotes fitted with radio collars as part of a joint effort by the Gotham Coyote Project and the New York City Parks Department.
MRG Welcomes 2018 Summer Interns
Welcome to our College Internship in Suburban Ecology (CISE) Summer Interns Amandine Tooth completed her degree in applied animal biology at the University of British Columbia. She will be starting graduate studies in the fall in Sweden where she will be studying animal ecology. Amandine will be dedicated to helping with the annual deer survey […]
Application period for 2018 RAP grant now open
The application periods for our 2018 Research Assistantship Program (RAP) for graduate students has begun. Each year, MRG awards a RAP grant to fund a graduate-level study that investigates environmental challenges in urban and suburban ecosystems. RAP students are awarded a grant of $5,000/yr for two (Master’s) or three (Doctoral) years. More info and the […]
Applications for 2018 Summer Interns
The application periods for our 2018 College Internship in Suburban Ecology (CISE) for undergrads has begun. The CISE program offers summer or semester internships to college students and recent graduates who are interested in learning about the unique challenges facing urban/suburban natural resource managers. Through a variety of research and land management projects, interns are […]
CUNY TV Science & U
CUNY TV Science & U! Season 7/Episode 5: January 2018 “There are a few New York City residents that didn’t come by plane, train, or automobile, they just walked here. Carol Anne Riddell discovers coyotes living in the city and what biologists have been able to learn from their DNA.” Chris Nagy, Ph.D., is featured in […]
2017 Wildlife Tech Application is up!
The Mianus River Gorge is currently accepting applications from the Class of 2020 for our Wildlife Technician Program (WTP). The WTP provides an opportunity for high school students to design, implement, and evaluate multi-year studies in the field of ecology within the framework of the Science Research in the High School curriculum. The WTP is part […]