Learning from Disaster: The Environmental Impacts and Lessons of Hurricane Agnes Hurricane Agnes was a formative event in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The scale of the devastation was unparalleled and caused the Bay community to take a long look at business as usual and determine how we could better prepare for extreme events. The [...]
April 2022 Director's Corner “The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing." - Edward Tufte This month’s CRC Roundtable focused on the way that “seeing and showing”, via storytelling in words and photographs, furthers our intentions and actions towards [...]
Bringing the Bay Home: The Role of Photography and Writing in the Restoration Effort Denice Wardrop, executive director of CRC, moderated the webinar with two expert speakers who provided inspiring perspectives on the role of photography and writing in the restoration efforts. Dave Harp, a photographer who currently has a virtual [...]
CRC’s 50-Year-Long Role in Developing Environmental Leaders Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) was born out of environmental challenges to the Chesapeake Bay. It rose from the havoc that Hurricane Agnes left behind to chart a path towards filling knowledge gaps and prioritizing informed decision-making throughout the Bay community. Part of this process has been creating [...]
Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2022 The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program is excited to convene the 2022 edition of our biennial symposium. Please join us June 6-8, 2002 for Chesapeake Community Research Symposium 2022 in Annapolis, Maryland and online. Visit the website for more information and to submit a presentation abstract.
Aligning Behavior for the Bay Denice Wardrop, executive director of CRC, moderated the webinar with two expert speakers who provided new perspectives that continued January’s discussion on incorporating social science into the Bay restoration effort. Amanda Guthrie, PhD student at the Center for Coastal Resource Management (CCRM), Virginia Institute of Marine [...]
March 2022 Director's Corner “Everything is connected to everything else - somehow, someway.” February’s CRC Roundtable continued last month’s conversation about the human dimension of Chesapeake Bay restoration with a focus on human relationships and collective impact. While we have made significant progress in improving the health of the Bay, the [...]
Bringing the Bay Home: The Role of Photography and Writing in the Restoration Effort Communication experts know that facts often do little to persuade; it is stories and emotions that change minds and win people over. Through photography, poetry, prose, murals, sculpture, song, and more, artists are able to reach people in a way [...]
Aligning Behavior for the Bay Of the 18 million people in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, no two are the same. Each person has their own beliefs, concerns, and motivations. Acknowledging this, how do we align social behavior, community sustainability, and the wider Bay restoration effort to achieve the best outcome for all? We [...]
Behavior and the Bay: The Human Dimension of Chesapeake Bay Restoration Denice Wardrop, executive director of CRC, moderated the webinar with three expert speakers that provided a unique perspective on integrating social science into the restoration effort and briefly summarized some ongoing efforts focusing on what they've learned and what's next: [...]
