Chesapeake Bay Activities Newsletter June 2020
The USGS provides research and monitoring to better understand and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Our technical reports and journal articles, which we translate into science summaries, provide the findings used by federal, state, and local decisionmakers to inform restoration and conservation decisions. Here are some recent highlights.
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Slightly smaller-than-average dead zone predicted for Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — June 16, 2020
Groundwater and the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Quarterly — Volume 19, Number 1 — June 2020
A cocktail of contaminants in Chesapeake waters
Chesapeake Bay Program — by Caitlyn Johnstone — June 12, 2020
Coronavirus victims include restoration, monitoring of Bay
Bay Journal — By Timothy B. Wheeler, Jeremy Cox & Karl Blankenship — June 3, 2020
USGS provides plenary and other talks at the Chesapeake Research Symposium
The Chesapeake Community Research Symposium is held every two years with a goal to “By bringing together managers, scientists, and stakeholders for a series of plenary talks, panel discussions, and special sessions, the 2020 Chesapeake Community Research Symposium will highlight recent progress, challenges and prospects for research, monitoring and modeling efforts that are used to guide management and restoration efforts in Chesapeake Bay.”
Local organizations celebrate Chesapeake Bay Awareness week
The Avenue News — By Kaitlin Kulich — June 4, 2020