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CBP Fall ’19 Update
Chesapeake Bay Program Fall 2019 Update Manokin River Chosen as Final Oyster Restoration Site The Chesapeake Bay Program is pleased to announce that the Manokin River has been selected as the tenth Chesapeake Bay tributary for large-scale oyster reef restoration. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement calls for the restoration of the native oyster population in 10 tributaries by...
Read MoreContaminants in the Bay
UMBC Researcher Leads Landmark Study on Contaminants in the Chesapeake While many studies have looked at particular contaminants of emerging concern in local rivers and small watersheds, few researchers have looked at multiple contaminants in the larger Chesapeake Bay watershed. Dr. Lee Blaney of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) led a team of researchers in quantifying...
Read MoreSummer NCBO Update
In June, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (“Fisheries GIT”) held their biannual meeting at UMCES’ Horn Point Lab in Cambridge, Maryland. The meeting focused on the outlook for blue crabs this season, fish and habitat research progress updates, and new opportunities related to oyster restoration. The Fisheries GIT is a group of federal (NOAA...
Read MoreVibrio & Climate Change
Climate change and the Spread of Diseases in the Bay Scientists have long predicted that warmer temperatures caused by climate change will create optimal conditions for disease-causing bacteria to spread, even in the Chesapeake Bay. Long-time University of Maryland researcher and Johns Hopkins lecturer Rita Colwell has been studying Vibrio bacteria since the 60’s, and has found that...
Read MoreScience Pubs
ODU’s Science Pubs Bring Research to the Masses What better way to make science accessible than by talking about it over a beer? Researchers from Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk have been giving informal talks at breweries across the region for 4 years now, covering everything from climate change to mental health. “A curious mind is all you need,” said Amy...
Read MoreErosion Research
Penn State Researchers Find Central Pennsylvania Farmland Resilient to Erosion Central Pennsylvania farmland may not erode as quickly as expected due to geology and land-use history, according to Penn State researchers. “Land-use history and the underlying geology go hand-in-hand,” said Perri Silverhart, a master’s student in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State. “The places where...
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