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Oysters on Alternative Substrate
The oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay recently ended, but this year oysters harvested in the Rappahannock River came from an unusual home. Some of the oysters they harvested were grown on gravel-sized stones that had been put in the river to provide an unconventional growing spot. Usually, baby oysters, or spat, are grown on old oyster shells, and watermen have long thought that this was the...
Read MoreReducing Nutrient Pollution
Pennsylvania State University has partnered with University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the USDA Agricultural Research Service to form the The Center for Integrated Multi-Scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions (Center for Nutrient Solutions or CNS for short). The project is funded under the EPA STAR program establishing “national centers for innovative and sustainable water research, incorporating...
Read MoreNew Virginia Center tackles coastal flooding
Fall will soon be here and as children get ready to head back to school, coastal residents brace for the annual hurricane season. Coastal storms threaten communities with high winds and inundation but in low-lying areas throughout our region, recurrent flooding has become a regular nuisance. In some areas, like Norfolk, Virginia, even high tides can flood streets and homes. As sea levels...
Read MoreRFP for Riparian Buffers
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks services for technical assistance to support key Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes through two separate projects: 1) Assessing Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Benefits 2) Preliminary State-Identified Healthy Watersheds Vulnerability Assessments for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed...
Read MoreCRC Board Contacts Congress Reps
On June 1 of this year, six members of the CRC Board of Trustees and the CRC Director co-signed and mailed individually addressed letters to 54 members of Congress, explaining that they were writing “to seek [the Congressional delegate’s] support for sustained federal investments in science that are critical to the protection and restoration of the regional environment, and to its...
Read MoreCBED is Live!
Chesapeake Research Consortium is pleased to announce that its database of expertise in the Chesapeake research and management community is now live! Please check it out here.
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