Chesapeake Bay Activities Newsletter August 2020
The USGS provides research and monitoring to better understand and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Our technical reports and journal articles, which we translate into science summaries, provide the findings used by federal, state, and local decisionmakers to inform restoration and conservation decisions. Here are some recent highlights.
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USGS contributes to assessing sediment removal in streams
A recent article In Science provided an overview of the Big Spring Run restoration project in PA, based on research.
‘Forever chemicals’ found in Chesapeake region's freshwater fish
Bay Journal — By Timothy Wheeler — August 25, 2020
Satellite monitoring may help preserve the Chesapeake Bay by improving farming practices
PNAS — By Lynne Peeples — August 7, 2020
Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Fish Varied by Species and Location
Summary of Existing Data and a Roadmap for Integrated Monitoring
USGS Field Crews Document Isaias' Effects Along Atlantic Coast
To learn more about USGS’s role in providing science to decision makers before, during, and after Hurricane Isaias, visit the USGS Hurricane Isaias page at https://www.usgs.gov/isaias.
USGS develops tool to further examine nutrient and sediment trends in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed the nontidal network mapper to share the short-term (2009-2018) water-year nutrient and suspended-sediment load and trend results for the Chesapeake Bay Program’s (CBP) non-tidal network (NTN). The network is a cooperative effort by USGS, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), and agencies in the states of the Chesapeake watershed and the District of Columbia.