News – Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Socio-Environmental Synthesis Research Workshop for Ph.D. Students

By December 9, 2019News

Deadline: Jan 21, 2020 Workshop Dates: March 24–27, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland Overview The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) in partnership with the Ecological Society of America’s Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program invites PhD students from a wide range of under-represented experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds to attend an interactive, skill-building workshop […]

University System of Maryland Students Present at ESA 2019 Annual Meeting

By October 31, 2019News

This summer, students from the University System of Maryland’s Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences (MEES) program presented at the 2019 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. Students presented findings from a 2017 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) project funded by the National Park Service (NPS), which engaged students in researching and writing original articles […]

2020 Washington Biologists’ Field Club Research Awards Competition

By October 22, 2019News

Purpose: The Washington Biologists’ Field Club (WBFC), organized in 1900, annually provides competitive grants to support field research on the natural history of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. The WBFC welcomes proposals that consider aspects of natural history, systematics, biodiversity, ecology, or environmental issues. Studies focusing on organisms occurring on Plummer s Island, […]

A Tireless Matchmaker for Research, Danny Filer Explains the CW CESU

By October 18, 2019News

By: Megan Nortrup, National Park Service “I’m a matchmaker for research,” says Danny Filer over the phone when I ask him how he describes his job. “A lot of folks think I do research, but I don’t. I help others do research.” That’s probably why the energetic Filer is always on the go. Zipping over […]

American Eel within the Delaware River

By October 18, 2019News

The project described in this article was funded by the National Park Service through the Chesapeake Watershed CESU. By: Sarah Stalcup, Drexel University In an effort to better understand the age, health, and distribution of juvenile American eel populations in the Delaware River, scientists at the Academy of Natural Science of Drexel University (ANSDU) have […]

Report on Microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed

By October 14, 2019News

Today, the Chesapeake Bay Program Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) released a new report entitled, ‘Microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed: State of the Knowledge, Data Gaps, and Relationship to Management Goals’. This report provides a summary of the proceedings of a STAC-sponsored workshop on the state of the research, data needs, methodologies, and […]

NPS releases RFPs for four programs

By October 10, 2019News

The State, Tribal, Local, Plans & Grants Division of the National Park Service is now accepting applications for four grant programs through the Historic Preservation Fund: $14.5 million is available in funding for the 2019 African American Civil Rights (AACR) grant program, $8 million for the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) grant program, $13 […]

Call for Papers: Seventh Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds, March 30-April 2, 2020

By September 17, 2019News

CALL FOR PAPERS Seventh Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds March 30 – April 2, 2020 in Tifton, Georgia Deadline: November 1, 2019 ICRW7: Enhancing Landscapes for Sustainable Intensification and Watershed Resiliency offers a unique opportunity to engage with researchers from government, academic, non-profit, and community organizations working to protect, restore, and manage water […]

Field School at Prince William Forest Park: Documenting Cabin Camps 2 and 4

By September 13, 2019News

From the National Park Service: During the summer of 2018, four students from the University of Mary Washington participated in a field school to document two cultural landscapes at Prince William Forest Park: Cabin Camp 4 and Cabin Camp 2. The field school was coordinated by Michael Spencer, Associate Professor & Director of the Center for […]

Hood College Partners with Chesapeake Watershed

By May 31, 2019News

From Hood College Office of Marketing and Communications FREDERICK, Maryland—Hood College has been accepted as a new member of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystems Unit (CHWA CESU). Hood is a non-federal member, and this partnership enables Hood faculty to enter into cooperative agreements with federal members of the unit, such as the National Park Service, […]

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