STAC has released Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: A Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response,otherwise known as the CESR report. A webpage has been created for the report where you can view background information, executive summary, and other supporting documents.
The Chesapeake Research Consortium 2022 Annual Report is now available for download. Take a look to learn about all we did last year!
Recent RFPs from CRC partners EPA Multiple Tributary Models: Request for Applications More info through EPA Region 3:https://www.epa.gov/grants/grants-your-region-information-specific-epa-region-3#current Direct link to the RFA: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-02/EPA-I-R3-CBP-23-02_Multiple%20Tributary%20Model_20230207_Final%20Clean.pdf RFA closes April 7th, 2023. EPA-R3-CBP-23-02: Chesapeake Bay Program Office Fiscal Year 2023 Request for Applications for Multiple Tributary Models for the Assessment of 2035 Climate Change Risk and Other Water [...]
Beating the Heat: Heat Islands and the Importance of Trees Lauren Huey, Communications Manager at Green Fin Studio, moderated the webinar and spoke with two expert speakers who discussed how increasing temperatures are overwhelming our local communities. Jeremy Hoffman, David and Jane Cohn Scientist, Science Museum of Virginia; and Peggy Van [...]
August 2022 A Note from the Moderator “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb Lauren Huey, Communications Manager at Green Fin Studio I had the honor of moderating the July CRC Roundtable webinar after almost two years of [...]
Community Science: Live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium Denice Wardrop, Executive Director of CRC, and Patrick Neale, Principal Investigator at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, moderated the webinar with two speakers engaged with participatory science. Alison Cawood, Citizen Science Coordinator at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and Julie Vastine, Director [...]
July 2022 Director's Corner “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – Dr. Seuss The June CRC Roundtable webinar was live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium, a new and exciting challenge for us! Our panelists were speakers and session chairs [...]
Chesapeake Community Research Symposium The Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2022 will take place both in-person at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland and virtually through Zoom from June 6-8. The title of this year’s symposium is Chesapeake Bay Restoration, Resilience, and Reflection: Progress and Future Challenges. In person attendees will be required to [...]
June 2022 Director's Corner “Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man.” - Gilbert F. White The May CRC Roundtable webinar was of special significance to CRC because it is out of tropical storm Agnes that we were born as a formal organization - we too [...]
Learning from Disaster: The Environmental Impacts and Lessons of Hurricane Agnes Denice Wardrop, executive director of CRC, and Tom Horton, Chesapeake Bay Writer and Professor at Salisbury University, moderated the webinar with two expert speakers who provided unique perspectives on the environmental impacts of flooding. Drew Dehoff, Susquehanna River Basin Commission; [...]
