Chesapeake Bay Program Spring 2020 Update Chesapeake Bay Program releases 2018-19 Bay Barometer The 2018-19 Bay Barometer was released on March 25, with a decidedly different look and feel than in previous years. As only seven indicators had been updated in the past year (blue crab abundance, blue crab management, oysters, protected lands, public access, SAV and watershed [...]
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) is administered by the CRC and funded through a cooperative agreement with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Partnership – currently spanning the period 2016-2022. The CRC has had a long-standing role of administering all activities of STAC, an active committee with 38 members from academic and [...]
Tales from Teleworking 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. When we last visited with you in this newsletter, life was humming along just like it always [...]
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Spring 2020 Update Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project Leads Discuss Findings Primary investigators for projects that are part of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office's Oyster Reef Ecosystem Services Project met virtually in mid-April to talk through research findings. The group is also collaborating on sharing their research findings in a NOAA Fisheries [...]
C-StREAM Welcomes New Cohort of Summer Fellows The Chesapeake Student Recruitment, Early Advisement, and Mentoring (C-StREAM) program is focused on recruiting, advising, and mentoring talented college students, particularly from groups typically underrepresented in the sciences, to pursue careers in environmental research, protection and restoration. This time of year, CRC Staff and partners busily prepare to welcome a new cohort of summer fellows eager [...]
ChesCRS20 will be held as a Virtual Symposium This event is organized through the Steering Committee of the Chesapeake Community Modeling Program and is supported through a cooperative agreement between the Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) and the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO). Additional co-sponsors are welcome! Interested parties are encouraged to contact the CRC Executive Director at CRC-Director@chesapeake.org. The bi-annual Chesapeake [...]
