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CBP Modeling Workgroup Update
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Modeling Workgroup has just completed several years of active model development in support of the CBP partnership’s 2017 Midpoint Assessment. The Midpoint Assessment applies the newly developed Phase 6 Suite of Modeling Tools in support of managing the historic 2010 TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The different phases of CBP...
Read MoreBaltimore County Stream Renamed
Baltimore County Stream Renamed in Honor of Reds Wolman Thanks to efforts by Johns Hopkins University alumni, faculty and former faculty, and other prominent geomorphologists and hydrologists from throughout the nation, and with the gracious endorsement of Baltimore County Councilman Wade Kach, a unanimous vote of the Baltimore County Council, and supporting letters from U.S. Senators Barbara...
Read MoreSpring 2018 Director’s Corner
Dear colleagues, As winter weather quickly turns to summer (what ever happened to spring?), many of us are celebrating longer daylight hours, the beginning of crab season, the end of classes, the graduation of students, the relaunching of boats, and the application of the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Modeling System. Well, some of those things are more celebratory for some of us than others … but you...
Read MoreIntroduction to C-StREAM
Chipping away at the “Green Ceiling” – Pilot Summer for Chesapeake StREAM Program The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) and Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) have consistently used their partnership to drive a shared objective to help train and develop the next generation of research scientists, educators and managers. In this regard, there have been ongoing conversations among the CRC Board of...
Read MoreFarming & Climate Change
Researchers at Virginia Tech recently published a paper in “Science of the Total Environment” discussing how agricultural conservation practices (CPs) can mitigate the impacts of climate change on water quality. Scientists Moges Wagena and Zachary Easton chose to study the effects of climate change and the effectiveness of CPs in the Susquehanna River Basin, the largest source of...
Read MoreOyster Reef Ecosystem Services
Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project Principal Investigators Meet, Collaborate The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office’s Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services project—including NCBO field work, NCBO-funded research by academic institutions, and computer modeling—is exploring the ecosystem benefits that restored oyster reefs provide. Throughout the years in which institutions have received funding for their...
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