Jim Gibb, right, watches a volunteer help excavate a site at SERC. A group of scientists and volunteers gathered in July to take part in an archaeological dig at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. They worked in the sweltering heat to uncover dozens of artifacts right on the center's campus. The group is directed [...]
Wastewater Treatment Plant at PSU Researchers at Penn State University studied the effectiveness of wastewater treatment by tracking the fate of different contaminants. Their goal was to track the compounds through wastewater treatment and at the wells at their Living Filter, a place where treated water is sprayed to undergo additional filtration. The contaminants tracked were [...]
Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials and antibiotics is one of the most pressing public-health concerns around the world. Water systems are one of the major contributors to the spread of resistance, as improperly treated drinking water and wastewater can concentrate antibiotic and antimicrobial compounds while also carrying pathogens to and from human hosts. In the United States, [...]
The oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay recently ended, but this year oysters harvested in the Rappahannock River came from an unusual home. Some of the oysters they harvested were grown on gravel-sized stones that had been put in the river to provide an unconventional growing spot. Usually, baby oysters, or spat, are grown on old [...]
Pennsylvania State University has partnered with University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the USDA Agricultural Research Service to form the The Center for Integrated Multi-Scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions (Center for Nutrient Solutions or CNS for short). The project is funded under the EPA STAR program establishing “national centers for innovative and sustainable water research, incorporating a [...]
Fall will soon be here and as children get ready to head back to school, coastal residents brace for the annual hurricane season. Coastal storms threaten communities with high winds and inundation but in low-lying areas throughout our region, recurrent flooding has become a regular nuisance. In some areas, like Norfolk, Virginia, even high tides can [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeks services for technical assistance to support key Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes through two separate projects: 1) Assessing Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer Benefits 2) Preliminary State-Identified Healthy Watersheds Vulnerability Assessments for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Please see the attached Request for Proposals [...]
On June 1 of this year, six members of the CRC Board of Trustees and the CRC Director co-signed and mailed individually addressed letters to 54 members of Congress, explaining that they were writing "to seek [the Congressional delegate's] support for sustained federal investments in science that are critical to the protection and restoration of the [...]
Chesapeake Research Consortium is pleased to announce that its database of expertise in the Chesapeake research and management community is now live! Please check it out here.
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. The CRC Staffers, stationed at the Chesapeake Bay Program’s office in Annapolis, MD, provide coordination and administrative support and assistance on [...]
