There is also evidence that freshwater input to the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay has increased. Changes in diatom community structure and geochemical indicators reflect major changes in land use patterns of the watershed and increasing population. Diatom community diversity exhibits a continuing decline, ...
Across the watershed are diverse landscapes, from the Shenandoah Mountains to Smith and Tangier Islands. Large cities, colonial towns, farms, and fishing villages are also here.At the end of the last ice age, people occupied the Chesapeake Bay area for at least 12,000 years. As the climate ...
The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, has been designated by executive order as a national treasure. There is much interest in monitoring the status and trends in forest area within the bay, especially since maintaining forest cover is key to bay restoration efforts. The...
Chesapeake Bay watershed means all land areas draining to the following Virginia river basins: Potomac River Basin, Xxxxx River Basin, Rappahannock River Basin, Chesapeake Bay and its small coastal basins, and York River Basin. "Common plan of development or sale" means a contiguous area where se...
What comprises the Mid-Atlantic region can be open to debate, but perhaps the most geographically correct way of thinking about it is as the Chesapeake Bay watershed. From Washington Post Several weeks later, the Sao Tome steamed into Chesapeake Bay and my father stepped shore onto American...
摘要: The (aht-SEEL-ik), formerly known as Otselic Creek is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km)tributary of the in central in the . It drains a mountainous area, mostly forested and agricultural, east of the at the northern edge of the watershed.关键词:...
and equitable access to the Chesapeake Bay watershed's natural, cultural, and recreational resources. However, to sustain and encourage further public access to the natural beauty and bounty of the Bay, partners in the Chesapeake Bay are now pursuing increased accessibility with an explicit focus on...
This case study examines the process by which the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) use a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) to draw attention to the environmental issues surrounding the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In addition, the ...
This case study examines the process by which the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) use a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition (RAVE) to draw attention to the environmental issues surrounding the Chesapeake Bay watershed. In addition, the ...
The Bay’s watershed stretches over an enormous area of 64,000 square miles, crossing through six states and the District of Columbia. The Bay itself extends nearly 200 miles north to south and 30 miles at its widest point. It spans a gradient of aquatic habitats, from freshwater at the ...