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EESC News Roundup

EESC scientists are making headlines every day with their world-class scientific research and dedication to preserving our nation's national resources. Here is a roundup of the latest EESC media coverage. 

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EESC in the News: Wildlife of Poplar Island

EESC in the News: Wildlife of Poplar Island

By PBS.org

Outdoors Maryland, Dec. 2, 2025

Wildlife of Poplar Island

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EESC in the News: PFAS Found in Cape Cod Bass May Help Inform Public Health Decisions

EESC in the News: PFAS Found in Cape Cod Bass May Help Inform Public Health Decisions

By Sam Norton

FishSens Magazine October 20, 2025

Why are PFAS Found in Aquatic Environments Near Cape Cod?

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Massive new study says ospreys are thriving in some parts of the Chesapeake Bay – but not enough

Massive new study says ospreys are thriving in some parts of the Chesapeake Bay – but not enough

WHRO — by Katherine Hafner — October 2, 2025

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Fish fry: Maryland uses electrofishing to glimpse blue catfish invasion

Fish fry: Maryland uses electrofishing to glimpse blue catfish invasion

Maryland Matters — by Christine Condon — September 27, 2025

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EESC in the News: Scientists see trouble in the number of osprey chicks in the Chesapeake Bay

EESC in the News: Scientists see trouble in the number of osprey chicks in the Chesapeake Bay

By Pamela D'Angelo

September 4, 2025

WVTF - Virginia Public Radio

This summer, scientists concerned with a continuing decline of osprey chicks in the...

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EESC in the News: Back from the Brink: USGS "Sentinel Scientists" Perform Vital but Unseen Role in Bay Restoration

EESC in the News: Back from the Brink: USGS "Sentinel Scientists" Perform Vital but Unseen Role in Bay Restoration

By Lisa Caruso

August 25, 2025

Chesapeake Bay Foundation website

USGS's science is just as critical now, as the federal-state restoration partnership...

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EESC in the News: Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby Mixes Fishing, Fun, and Science

EESC in the News: Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Derby Mixes Fishing, Fun, and Science

By Sam Russo

WBOC News, July 19, 2025

The annual derby, organized by SU biological studies assistant professor Dr. Noah Bressman, encourages the removal...

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EESC in the News - Evaluating the Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza Virus in Priority Seaducks (Common Eider, Surf Scoter)

EESC in the News - Evaluating the Pathogenesis of Avian Influenza Virus in Priority Seaducks (Common Eider, Surf Scoter)

Sea Duck Joint Venture Website

August 11, 2025

The Sea Duck Joint Venture (SDJV), a conservation partnership under the North American Waterfowl...

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EESC in the News: Flow Photo Explorer: Studying Flows in the Penobscot River Basin

EESC in the News: Flow Photo Explorer: Studying Flows in the Penobscot River Basin

By Samantha Baxter, July 21, 2025

Environmental Monitor website

The flow dynamics of rivers and streams play an essential role in the chemical and...

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EESC in the News: Back from the Brink: DEC Announces New Collaborative Study Estimates Population of Hudson River Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon

EESC in the News: Back from the Brink: DEC Announces New Collaborative Study Estimates Population of Hudson River Endangered Shortnose Sturgeon

By the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

June 27, 2025

The DEC announced new research that estimates the population of...

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EESC in the News: The Legacy of Patuxent

EESC in the News: The Legacy of Patuxent

By Kayci Messerly and Dr. Mike Brasher

Ducks Unlimited Podcast, June 24, 2025

Ep. 689 - Science for a Changing World—The Legacy of Patuxent

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EESC in the News: PFAS in Blue Catfish

EESC in the News: PFAS in Blue Catfish

By Linnea Hoover

WMAR 2 News, June 23, 2025

USGS scientists analyze blue catfish and other species for PFAS contamination as Maryland promotes invasive...

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EESC in the News: Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

EESC in the News: Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

By Kayci Messerly and Dr. Mike Brasher

Ducks Unlimited Podcast, June 16, 2025

Ep. 686 - Bird Banding — Behind the Scenes at the Bird Banding Lab

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EESC in the News: Amphibian Declines

EESC in the News: Amphibian Declines

By Maryel Pryce and Oliver Butler

Associated Press, May 21, 2025

Habitat loss from development has caused more than a third of amphibian extinctions and...

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EESC in the News: Poplar Island

EESC in the News: Poplar Island

PBS, April 20, 2025

Reconstructing a lost island ecosystem using material dredged from Baltimore's shipping channels.

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EESC in the News: Native Bees

EESC in the News: Native Bees

By Meghan Bartels, Edited by Andrea Thompson

Scientific American, April 4, 2025

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the...

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EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

EESC in the News: PFAS in Pelicans

Words by Maddie Burakoff, Photography by Madeline Gray

Audubon Magazine, Spring 2025

Amid mounting global health concerns about PFAS, communities living...

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EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

EESC in the News: Osprey Nest Failure

Story by Carrie Arnold, Photography by Jamie Wick

All About Birds, March 24, 2025

Fifty years after the DDT era, Ospreys have rebounded strongly across...

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EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

EESC in the News: CWD in Elk

By Mike Koshmrl

WyoFile, February 25, 2025

Wildlife managers are plotting an initial response to the disease outbreak as more confirmed and suspected...

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EESC in the News: Turtle Trafficking

EESC in the News: Turtle Trafficking

By Lauri Munroe-Hultman

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, January 2025

It takes a village to get trafficked turtles home.

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EESC in the News: Road to Recovery for North American Birds

EESC in the News: Road to Recovery for North American Birds

By Gustave Axelson, Photos by Sparky Stensaas

Living Bird Magazine, Winter 2025

After a 2019 study identified major losses to North American bird...

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