Marcellus Shale Stream Monitoring Coalition To Receive Appalachian Lab’s Johnson Environmental Education Award
March 9, 2016

Bernie Fowler Honored by Maryland State House and Senate
February 19, 2016
CBL offers our heartiest congratulations to Senator Bernard “Bernie” Fowler, who was honored by the Maryland House and Senate on Tuesday for his 50 years of service in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay!

HPL: Conowingo Impact Research
Project Dates : August 01, 2015 - August 01, 2016

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science has been awarded a grant from Exelon Corporation through the Department of Natural Resources to study the affect that particulates from Conowingo Reservoir have on water quality in regions affected by high flow events. This is a two-year research project that began in October of 2014, the results are highly anticipated and will play a huge roll in future management of the sediment in Conowingo Reservoir. 

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Evergreen founder Janice Keene joins UMCES Board of Visitors
February 11, 2016
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Maryland’s leading research institution aimed at advancing scientific knowledge of the environment, recently appointed Janice Keene, founder and president of the Evergreen Heritage Center Foundation in western Maryland, to its Board of Visitors.

Evergreen founder Janice Keene joins UMCES Board of Visitors
February 10, 2016

Helping Local Planners Improve the Quality of Coastal Bays
February 5, 2016
More people have moved to the Delmarva Peninsula in recent years, drawn by the charms of living near the coast. But that growth has also stressed the ecology of fragile, shallow coastal bays that border the Atlantic Ocean. These stresses, in places like Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays, parallel on a smaller scale those plaguing the much-larger Chesapeake Bay estuary nearby.

Blue Crabs & Climate Connections
February 1, 2016
Every year when the waters of the Chesapeake Bay drop below 54 degrees, blue crabs burrow under the sand to survive the winter. While the crabs are hibernating, scientists sample hundreds of sites across the Bay to estimates the size of the blue crab population. This information is used to set the annual blue crab harvest limits for all fisheries.

Hadley McIntosh Receives Anchor QEA, LLC Scholarship
January 29, 2016
Hadley McIntosh, a Ph.D. student at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), received an Anchor QEA, LLC scholarship.

Fish facing warmer waters
January 25, 2016
When it comes to scientific data, older isn't typically better. But when you are teasing out environmental trends, like temperature change, it helps to have a long record. The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons, Maryland, is the oldest state-supported marine laboratory on the East Coast, and it touts the longest continuous record of water temperature in the Chesapeake Bay.

CBL Scientists Study Effects of Fall Storms and Wind on Bay’s “Metabolism”
December 21, 2015
A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science took a close look at two big weather systems as they hit our region in October 2015. An unnamed nor’easter that dumped rain was followed quickly by the remnants of Hurricane Joaquin.

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