January 2022 Director's Corner Welcome to a new format of the Director’s Corner and of Streamlines! Over the last year, we have enjoyed building a space for collective musing, vexing, and connecting via our webinar series (Roundtable) and the expanded readership of this newsletter. What we hoped would happen has, indeed, [...]
PFAS in the Chesapeake Bay Region The December CRC Roundtable webinar focused on what we currently know about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), what we need to know, and how the Bay states and EPA are tackling the issue. PFAS, also known as forever chemicals, have been used in the U.S. [...]
Field Technician Internship Project Description: The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) and Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) seek a summer intern for late May through mid-August 2024 (12 weeks) to assist with NCBO’s field-based science and observation efforts. The Chesapeake Bay is a dynamic ecosystem with highly variable environmental conditions. In order [...]
Environmental Literacy Internship—Climate Change Curriculum Project Description: The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) and Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) seek a summer intern for late May through mid-August 2024 (12 weeks) to work with the Environmental Literacy and Partnerships branch (EL&P). The EL&P branch, in part, encourages and supports K-12 education in [...]
Call for Special Session Proposals Deadline - December 8, 2021 We are excited to announce a call for special session proposals for the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2022! It is our sincere hope that you will consider putting together a proposal for a session OR workshop activity. All topics that fall within the [...]
Alien Invaders in the Chesapeake Bay From plants to insects to fish, it is estimated that there are more than 200 known or possible invasive species in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These species, whether introduced accidentally or purposefully, can cause irreparable harm to native species in the region by competing for [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is administered by the CRC and funded through a cooperative agreement with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership – currently spanning the period 2016-2022. The CRC has had a long-standing role of administering all activities of STAC, an active committee with 38 members from academic [...]
November 2021 Director's Corner in·va·sive /inˈvāsiv/ adjective (especially of plants or a disease) tending to spread prolifically and undesirably or harmfully. To most people, the operative and memorable terms in the above definition are “undesirably” or “harmfully”. If we are considering one species at a time, we have time to reflect [...]
Emerging Contaminants in the Bay From antibacterial soaps to sunscreen, chemicals are found in every facet of our daily life. Chemicals that make up our personal care products, pharmaceuticals, cleaning supplies, and cookware are often thought of as beneficial, especially to our quality of life. The downside, however, is that these [...]
October 2021 Director's Corner My husband and I recently joined my daughter and her husband for a day of flyfishing on Yellow Breeches, a beautiful limestone and well-known trout stream in south-central Pennsylvania. It was a remarkable Fall Day; the air was dry, the sky blue and clear, a slight breeze [...]
