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Wetland Creation Tool
Researchers from Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Tech (VT), and the University of Kentucky have created a software program that can help determine the best places and designs to create freshwater wetlands. The tool, called Wetbud, is free and easy to use for anyone, particularly engineers, scientists and regulators. It works by pooling data on water flows, slopes, evaporation, weather,...
Read MoreSTAC Visioning Workshop Report
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has used its modeling system as a planning tool to inform strategic management decisions and adaptation toward Bay restoration since the 1980s. This modeling system has been continually updated with improvements and advancements intended to keep pace with emerging science. However, it had been more than a decade since STAC convened a dedicated workshop to...
Read MoreSpotlight on Staffers: Emily Vazir
CRC’s Environmental Management Career Development Program works with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership to offer three-year staff opportunities for science, management, and policy graduates as the partnership works to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. There are currently thirteen CRC Environmental Management Staffers supporting Chesapeake Bay Program initiatives for various lengths of...
Read MoreChesapeake Bay Coastal Inventory
The Chesapeake Bay’s coastline in Virginia and Maryland stretches 11,885 miles long. Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) have spent almost 50 years mapping huge swaths of the coastline of the Bay, and they recently published the latest version online. The maps are capable of displaying features such as boat houses and marinas, critical habitat such as tidal...
Read MoreCall for C-StREAM Applicants
UPDATE 2/27/19: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW DUE MARCH 4TH AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION ARE DUE MARCH 11TH. As reported on our website and in our last newsletter, the CRC is now actively managing a Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C StREAM) program to promote the long-term mentorship for students from typically under-represented populations to find positions of...
Read MoreWinter 2019 Director’s Corner
February 11, 2019 Dear Colleagues, Please note two upcoming deadlines that are of special importance to CRC: (1) The March 1, 2019 deadline for current students at undergraduate programs to apply to our C-StREAM Fellowship program, which will support seven or eight students from typically under-represented populations to participate in summer research and management internship programs at or...
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