The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)-Appalachian Laboratory is pleased to announce Liz McDowell as the 2018 recipient of the Richard A. Johnson Environmental Education Award.
Environmental chemist Michael Gonsior has been dipping into streams in southern Maryland to figure out if septic systems in residential areas of Calvert County are contributing to nitrogen pollution in local streams—and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology graduate student Mary Larkin studies the link between diet and inflammation and ways to mitigate that in fish.
On Thursday, April 5, at 6:30 pm, in keeping with the "What's in Your Water" theme from fall, Bob Hilderbrand, of the Appalachian Laboratory, will lead a discussion and fun, hands-on event for ages 8 and up on the critters that live in our streams.