Although not often thought of, air pollution is the third source of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Nitrogen, phosphorus, acid rain and other airborne toxins are continually being dropped over Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Sources of air pollution like cars, trucks, boats and lawn mowers pr...
The National Watershed Boundary Dataset – Chesapeake Bay Watersheds and Virginia River Basins Posted onMay 4, 2017 Reply By Carol J Bova In 2001, the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (NWBD) became the official hydrologic unit system of the United States. Virginia made some adjustments to simp...
The City of Richmond was directed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to prepare local strategies in support of Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Phase II TMDLWatershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The City of Richmond identified specific BMP strategies that reduce nutrients and sediment from entering the James ...
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...
Earlier this month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) announced a new pilot project with PHMC, PA DCNR, the states of Maryland and Virginia, and National Park Service Chesapeake Bay to identify, document, and map sites and landscapes in the Chesapeake Bay watershed region signi...
The Chesapeake Bay watershed, stretching from Cooperstown, New York, to Norfolk, Virginia includes parts of six states and is the nation's largest estuary.
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...
Application of geologic map information to water quality issues in the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Maryland and Virginia, eastern United... Geologic map units contain much information about the mineralogy, chemistry, and physical attributes of the rocks mapped. This paper presents ...
Changes in land cover throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, accompanied by variability in climate patterns, can impact runoff and water quality. A study was conducted using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for the James River watershed in Virginia, the southernmost tributary of the Che...
The Chesapeake’s headwaters begin as far north as Cooperstown, New York, and west to Blacksburg, Virginia. 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...