The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) is accepting presentation abstracts for the 2018 Chesapeake Community Research & Modeling Symposium (ChesRMS '18) through March 1, 2018. Advancing observational and modeling research to support Chesapeake Bay management and restoration is the theme for this year's symposium which will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, MD on June [...]
Nick DiPasquale led the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) for six and a half years, making him the second-longest serving director of the program. DiPasquale came on as Director in August 2011, and served in that role until this past December, when he retired. On why he was drawn to the position, he said, "it [...]
M. Grant Gross Jr., former director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium (1994 - 2001) has passed away. “Grant was a steady hand at the helm when it came to ocean science...he was instrumental in advancing ocean science in the U.S. He was cutting edge, and a fixture at the times. He also worked hard at getting minorities into [...]
Danny Kaufman to Assist CBP with Optimization Tool Development The CRC is pleased to welcome Dr. Danny Kaufman to the CRC team. Danny, who started work on the first of December 2017, is working as a Research Scientist to assist the Modeling Team of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership on developing optimization tools for the Bay watershed model, called the Chesapeake Assessment [...]
Our database is growing! Last year, we launched the Chesapeake Bay Expertise Database, a tool to connect Bay scientists. Anyone can use CBED to find collaborators, speakers, and mentors, as it is searchable by name, institution, expertise, research interests, and Chesapeake Bay management areas. There are currently 252 scientists enrolled in CBED, ranging across dozens of [...]
As per our web page, the CRC’s mission is to “encourage and facilitate collaborative research and education initiatives throughout the region and, from these activities, to inform the management community and effectively foster improved science-based management of the Chesapeake Bay and its watersheds.” For the scientists at our member institutions and, indeed, for scientists at any of the [...]
CRC’s Environmental Management Career Development Program works with the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership to offer three-year staff opportunities for science, management, and policy graduates as the partnership works to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. There are currently thirteen CRC Environmental Management Staffers supporting Chesapeake Bay Program. In November, CRC welcomed Mrs. Cuiyin Wu to the [...]
The 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium will take place June 12-14, 2018 at the Crowne Plaza Annapolis. We are currently taking proposals for special sessions! If you would be interested in leading a special session talk or discussion, please email a title and brief description to gina [at] chesapeakedata.com by November 30th. These sessions will [...]
Algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay, courtesy of VIMS The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) recently received three awards totaling $2.5 million over three years to study harmful algal blooms, or HABs, positioning VIMS as a major player in quantifying the negative effects of HABs. VIMS received two grants through NOAA's ECOHAB program that focuses on [...]
A photo from the demonstration project at the Horn Point Laboratory Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Oyster Hatchery are studying ways to cultivate oysters as efficiently as possible. Small marine creatures like barnacles and bryozoans often settle on oyster cages and prevent a clean flow of water [...]
