| Institution: | US Geological Survey (USGS) |
| Department: | Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO), Environment and Natural Resources, Geography |
| Expertise: | Land Use, GIS, Healthy Watersheds |
| Chesapeake Management Areas: | Healthy Watersheds, Land Conservation |
| Research interests: | Mapping and modeling land use change in the Chesapeake bay, maintains datasets related to protected lands and federal lands, research related to infill and redevelopment, mapping and modeling healthy watersheds and vulnerability. |
| Email: | rthompson@chesapeakebay.net |
