Targeting Resources to Accelerate Chesapeake Bay Restoration In 2014, the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outlined dozens of outcomes organized under ten goals for the health and protection of the watershed Many of the outcomes are meant to be realized by 2025. With this deadline approaching fast and seeing various degrees of success so far, [...]
September 2022 A Note from the Moderator “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Randy K. Rowel, Director of the Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) Program The August CRC Roundtable webinar focused on sharing a framework for growth [...]
September 2022 A Note from the Moderator “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Randy K. Rowel, Director of the Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) Program The August CRC Roundtable webinar focused on sharing a framework for growth [...]
A Framework for Growth in Internships Randy K. Rowel, Director of the Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) program at the Chesapeake Research Consortium, moderated the webinar featuring two students who just completed a summer research experience with the C-StREAM program. Anna He, Duke University student and [...]
Listening and Learning: Achieving Environmental Wins Through Convening September marks the two year anniversary of the first CRC Roundtable. When establishing this platform, one of CRC’s priorities was to create a space where all people could gather and have an open, honest discussion. To celebrate the Roundtable’s birthday, we’re taking a look at lessons [...]
A Framework for Growth in Internships Getting started in the science and environmental restoration workforce can be a daunting and twisting path. Internships help young scientists experience and better understand what a career in the geosciences might look like, but beyond research experience, are we giving interns the soft skills they need to succeed on [...]
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 [...]
Beating the Heat: Heat Islands and the Importance of Trees The term "heat island” refers to an area that is significantly warmer than its surroundings, generally due to human activities. The temperature difference between the heat island and surrounding areas is usually larger at night than during the day, and is most noticeable during [...]
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 [...]
