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 [...]
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 [...]
Community Science: Live from the Chesapeake Community Research Symposium Citizen science has undergone a rebranding as it has expanded in popularity; it is now often referred to as “community science” to be more inclusive. However you put it, community science is more than just a feel-good way of getting the general public involved in [...]
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; [...]
Note from the Moderator Melissa Fagan, CRC’s Environmental Management Career Development Program Coordinator This month is full of milestones, one of them being that April’s CRC Roundtable webinar was the 20th we’ve hosted! In the context of celebrating milestones - this year we are celebrating CRC’s 50th anniversary AND the webinar [...]
CRC’s 50-Year-Long Role in Developing Environmental Leaders Melissa Fagan, the Environmental Management Career Development Program Coordinator of CRC, moderated the webinar with three alumni speakers who provided insight on their experiences as previous staffers. Kevin Schabow, Office of Habitat Conservation, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office; Julie Hester, Civic Engagement, The Keith Campbell [...]
