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Summer 2019 Director’s Corner
August 11, 2019 Dear Colleagues, TRANSITION is a very definite theme this year here for both the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership and the CRC. Within the CRC and its cooperative programs with EPA and NOAA, 2019 has or will bring: A new CRC Director before the end of the year as yours truly steps down to make room for new blood and participate in other ways. (In that regard, our Board is...
Read MoreThe Odum Legacy
How One Family Shaped Bay Research: Tracking the Odum Lineage The Odum name has been largely synonymous with ecology for decades. Despite that, many younger scientists may not be fully aware of the Odum family’s tremendous contributions to the field of ecology and specifically, the implications of their research on how the Chesapeake Bay is managed. Brothers, Howard “H.T.” and Eugene...
Read MoreFairwinds to Rachel Dixon
Rachel Dixon, long-time coordinator for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) recently left CRC to pursue a PhD at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS). “My time at CRC and STAC encouraged me to remain within the region in some capacity, so thankfully I can keep working on issues pertaining to the Chesapeake Bay and its natural resources,” said Dixon....
Read MoreSummer C-StREAM Update
New and Continuing C-StREAM Fellows This summer, the CRC welcomed one continuing C-StREAM Felllow (Nick Coleman) and ten new interns, all of whom were introduced in in our May Newsletter. They have all been having a productive summer, spending time on boats, in the field, at computers, and in labs at locations around the watershed. All will have finished their summer programs by the...
Read MoreDirector’s Corner May 2019
Dear Colleagues, Ever since I first began work with the CRC in 2004 (as a research PI from a member institution and alternate Board Representative), I have gained increasing appreciation of the CRC’s importance to the CBP partnership. This importance derives not only from the science coordination, advisement, and career development work that it does through cooperative agreements with the EPA...
Read MoreSTAC Climate Resiliency
STAC Continues to Address Climate Resiliency Science Needs The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is administered by the CRC and funded through a cooperative agreement with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership – currently spanning the period 2016-2022. The CRC has had a long-standing role of administering all activities of STAC, an active...
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