December 2022 Director's Corner This is a special Streamline (our last of the year) during a special year (CRC’s 50th anniversary), and so a bit of reflection seems appropriate. The Roundtable/Streamline topics took us on a journey, and a short recounting of that journey illuminates a seasonality to our thinking and [...]
Targeting Resources to Accelerate Chesapeake Bay Restoration Denice Wardrop,Executive Director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium, moderated the webinar featuring two experts from USGS. Scott Phillips, Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Coordinator for the USGS, and John Wolf, Assistant Director, Land Change Research, Hydrologic Transport and Response, USGS, gave an overview of tools [...]
November 2022 Director's Corner While considerable progress has been made in meeting the goals of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, a significant challenge remains and the October CRC Roundtable webinar tackled the timely question of how to accelerate progress and attain more success. The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement outlined 10 goals with [...]
Listening and Learning: Achieving Environmental Wins Through Convening Denice Wardrop, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Research Consortium, moderated the webinar featuring two experts on collaborative efforts and environmental facilitation. Michele Drostin, Delmarva Land and Litter Collaborative (DLLC), and Allyson Gibson, Lancaster Clean Water Partners, shared their experiences building trust and forward movement in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
