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New CBPO Director
The EPA announced on December 12th, 2018 that Dana Aunkst will serve as the next Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Some of the responsibilities of the office include meeting restoration goals for the Chesapeake watershed and developing strategies for connecting partners in Bay states. Aunkst previously worked at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection starting in 2002. He...
Read MoreCollaborative Bay Assessment
Investigators at CBPO Analyze Thirty Years of Water Quality Attainment Data Seven authors working with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership have recently published two papers describing their analysis of three decades of water quality criteria attainment data in the Chesapeake Bay. The authors — Qian Zhang (EPA-CBPO/UMCES), Rebecca R. Murphy (EPA-CBPO/UMCES), Richard Tian (EPA-CBPO),...
Read MoreVIMS Flood Resiliency
At the end of 2018, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an Executive Order that will increase the state’s resiliency to sea level rise and flooding. Executive Order Twenty Four specifically identifies the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), recommending that the Secretary of Natural Resources and newly-designated Chief Resilience Officer and current Secretary of Natural...
Read MoreCarl Cerco Seminar
Carl Cerco to Present at VIMS Seminar Series Carl Cerco, retired Research Hydrologist from the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, will give a seminar on Friday, March 22nd titled, “Ecosystem Modeking and Management in the Chesapeake Bay – A Thirty-Five Year Partnership.” Details: Friday March 22nd, 3pm in VIMS’ McHugh Auditorium, Watermen’s Hall,...
Read MoreUnderstanding Clam Decline
A team of researchers set out to understand the decline of soft-shell and razor clams in the Chesapeake Bay that has been ongoing since the 1970s. Scientists believe the decline could be due to habitat loss, predators, disease, recruitment, and environmental changes. A team of researchers looked at all of these factors by surveying the Chesapeake Bay over three years and using historical data...
Read MoreNew Books from UMCES Professor
Two new books bring together than 40 years of expertise on Chesapeake Bay Ecologist Vic Kennedy offers baselines for abundance in Chesapeake Bay and a survey of the diamond-backed terrapin Original press release written by Amy Pelinsky for the UMCES website Once described as an immense protein factory, the Chesapeake Bay—along with its fisheries and waterfowl harvests—has changed...
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