
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 8, 1990                   TAG: 9003081836
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
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TECH DUO HONORED FOR ACID RAIN RESEARCH

Two members of the Virginia Tech entomology department have developed a new method to measure acid rain in the Shenandoah National Park.

Reese Voshell and Stephen Hiner designed a system for sampling park streams that uses aquatic insects as the indicators of environmental health.

Voshell, an associate professor, and Hiner, a lab specialist, were given certificates of appreciation by the Park Service - the first awards given outside the agency to academics.

The Tech researchers collected samples over two years to provide a starting point for further monitoring of the park's streams. A third year was required to compile the information and write a manual.

Voshell said there does not appear to be any dramatic effects from acid precipitation in the park compared with what has been found in the Northeastern United States.

- Staff report

by CNB