Ken Hyer, Ph.D.
Serves as the USGS Chesapeake Bay Associate Coordinator. Responsible for developing key USGS science-planning documents and helping to coordinate USGS science efforts that are used by managers to inform restoration and conservation activities throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
USGS Chesapeake Bay Associate Coordinator – 2015-present
Responsibilities Include:
- Work with USGS Chesapeake Science Team, Science Centers, and CB Program Coordinator to set science priorities and plan Chesapeake Bay science activities based on agency and partner guidance
- Work with USGS Scientists to coordinate projects and synthesis activities to address the USGS Chesapeake Bay science goals and advance our understanding of management and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
- Interacts with USGS Program Coordinators, Regions, and Science Centers to identify and coordinate resources for USGS Chesapeake Bay projects
- Support USGS Chesapeake Bay Coordinator interaction with Partners, DOI, and Congress
USGS Hydrologist and Water-Quality Specialist – 2001-2015
Responsibilities Included:
- Oversight of Water Science Center (WSC) water-quality program
- Provide technical expertise to center managers, scientists, and technicians
- Extensive program development activities
- Lead Scientist on complex, multi-disciplinary water-resources studies
USGS Hydrologist – 2000-2001
- Lead Scientist on several complex, multi-disciplinary water-resources studies.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
M.S. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
B.S. Environmental Science, Virginia Tech
Science and Products
A Science-Based Approach for Targeting Resources to Achieve Multiple Chesapeake Outcomes
USGS Updates Chesapeake Science Strategy
USGS Contributes to Revised Plans for Chesapeake Water-Quality and Toxic Contaminant Goal
Fact Sheet Summarizes Nutrient Trends and Drivers in the Chesapeake Watershed
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2007
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2012
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2011
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2013
USGS provides plenary and other talks at the Chesapeake Research Symposium
Invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay: A risk to realizing Bay restoration investments
Connecting conservation practices to local stream health in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Your land, your water—Using research to guide conservation practices on local farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
USGS Chesapeake Science Strategy 2021-2025
Nutrient trends and drivers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
U.S. Geological Survey Science—Improving the value of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Increasing precision of turbidity-based suspended sediment concentration and load estimates
Enhancing fecal coliform total maximum daily load models through bacterial source tracking
Comparison of seven protocols to identify fecal contamination sources using Escherichia coli
Non-USGS Publications**
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
and temporal variation of stream chemistry associated with contrasting geology and land-use patterns in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed—Summary of results from Smith Creek, Virginia; Upper Chester River, Maryland;
Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania; and Difficult Run, Virginia, 2010–2013: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations
Report 2016–5093, 211 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165093.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-4085-5
regression model for reporting nutrient and sediment concentrations, fluxes, and trends in concentration
and flux for the Chesapeake Bay Nontidal Water-Quality Monitoring Network, results through water year 2012:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5133, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155133.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-4005-3
during construction of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project in Roanoke, Virginia, 2005–2012:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5111, 53 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155111.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-3967-5
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
A Science-Based Approach for Targeting Resources to Achieve Multiple Chesapeake Outcomes
USGS Updates Chesapeake Science Strategy
USGS Contributes to Revised Plans for Chesapeake Water-Quality and Toxic Contaminant Goal
Fact Sheet Summarizes Nutrient Trends and Drivers in the Chesapeake Watershed
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2007
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2012
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2011
USGS Chesapeake Bay Accomplishments for 2013
USGS provides plenary and other talks at the Chesapeake Research Symposium
Invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay: A risk to realizing Bay restoration investments
Connecting conservation practices to local stream health in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Your land, your water—Using research to guide conservation practices on local farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed
USGS Chesapeake Science Strategy 2021-2025
Nutrient trends and drivers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
U.S. Geological Survey Science—Improving the value of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
Increasing precision of turbidity-based suspended sediment concentration and load estimates
Enhancing fecal coliform total maximum daily load models through bacterial source tracking
Comparison of seven protocols to identify fecal contamination sources using Escherichia coli
Non-USGS Publications**
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
ISSN: 2327-6916 (print)
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
and temporal variation of stream chemistry associated with contrasting geology and land-use patterns in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed—Summary of results from Smith Creek, Virginia; Upper Chester River, Maryland;
Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania; and Difficult Run, Virginia, 2010–2013: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations
Report 2016–5093, 211 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165093.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-4085-5
regression model for reporting nutrient and sediment concentrations, fluxes, and trends in concentration
and flux for the Chesapeake Bay Nontidal Water-Quality Monitoring Network, results through water year 2012:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5133, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155133.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-4005-3
during construction of the Roanoke River Flood Reduction Project in Roanoke, Virginia, 2005–2012:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5111, 53 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155111.
ISSN 2328-031X (print)
ISSN 2328-0328 (online)
ISBN 978-1-4113-3967-5
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.