Emerging Scientist Lecture: Recognizing and Restoring Virginia’s Northern Piedmont Grasslands

Join Virginia Working Landscapes’ Graduate Research Fellow Jordan Coscia as she reveals preliminary findings from her research on recognizing and restoring Virginia’s Northern Piedmont Grasslands.

Jordan, a PhD student at Virginia Tech and VWL Graduate Research Fellow, is conducting research on the impacts of grassland establishment and management on native plant communities. In addition, Jordan is building collaborations with partners across Virginia to better understand the distribution and health of remnant native grasslands, contributing to the advancement of knowledge in eastern grassland restoration and conservation.