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Katie Hornick in boat

The Strength of Diversity: How Genetic Research Could Help Restore Maryland Oysters

Katie Hornick • September 25, 2017
It was a scorching hot day. The heat index was above 100 degrees at only 9:00 a.m. It was late July on the Eastern shore of Maryland. I met with Ken Paynter’s laboratory crew from the University of Maryland, College Park, at the Knapp’s Narrows Marina in Tilghman Island. We were going out together to collect oysters, the focus of my dissertation project.  Read more . . .
 
SAV

Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV): From Nuisance Weed to Darling of the Chesapeake Bay

Carrie Perkins • September 5, 2017
A generation ago, the seagrasses we know as submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) were unflatteringly referred to as “weeds,” usually in the same sentence as the words “nuisance” and “rid.” We’ve come a long way since then.  Read more . . .
 
blue crabs

Confessions of an Ecologist Turned Anthropologist: Differences in Data Collection

Adriane Michaelis • August 28, 2017
I am three years into my transition from working as a coastal ecologist to earning a doctorate in anthropology because I want to focus on the human side of coastal resource management. I want to learn and help explain how science-based fisheries management policies impact fishermen and others whose livelihoods depend on fisheries.  Read more . . .
 
photo of Adriane Michaelis in water wearing scuba-diving gear

Confessions of an Ecologist Turned Anthropologist: Why Switch Fields?

Adriane Michaelis • August 21, 2017
Nearly three years ago I entered the Ph.D. program in the University of Maryland’s Department of Anthropology. This marked a transition point for me. Of course, there was the commitment to at least another five years of life as a graduate student. But for me, the more impactful change was my move into social science.  Read more . . .
 
Rain Barrel

Fact Versus Fiction: the Truth About the Stormwater Structures in Your Yard

Kanoko Maeda • July 13, 2017
Urban stormwater runoff is the fastest growing source of pollution in Chesapeake Bay.  It’s a big worry, but there is something that each of us can do about it in our own backyards. 
Stormwater structures that manage runoff are becoming more widely used as a way to reduce this pollution. There are lots of options for you to “do your part” and implement stormwater management structures in your own...  Read more . . .
 

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