News – Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

NOFO: USFWS MENTOR-Bat, a global conservation fellowship program

By August 23, 2022News

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Funding Opportunity – MENTOR-Bat Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: F22AS00398 Deadline for Submissions – 09 September 2022 Eligibility – public and private institutions of higher education; non-profit non-governmental organizations; multi-national secretariats; foreign national and local government agencies; for-profit organizations; individuals; and U.S. territorial governments; Project Title – MENTOR-Bat […]

Coordinator’s Corner: Spring/Summer 2022

By June 21, 2022News

By Dr. Dan Filer, CHWA CESU NPS Research Coordinator 2022 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years yet for the Chesapeake Watershed CESU Research Network! We are coming off the highpoint of our 2021 renewal with the launch of our brand new, five-year strategic plan. This plan, which involved several iterations of […]

CHWA CESU Strategic Plan

By June 17, 2022News

By: Katie Kline, UMCES-AL Following last year’s renewal as the host institution for the Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Research Network, the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES-AL) along with National Park Service (NPS) Research Coordinator, Dr. Dan Filer, developed a new strategic plan to help guide CHWA CESU priorities […]

CHWA CESU Project Spotlight: Urban Archeology Corps

By June 17, 2022News

By: Katie Kline, CHWA CESU Database Manager Dr. Laurie Miroff from Binghamton University’s Public Archeology Facility (PAF) recently received funding through the Chesapeake Watershed (CHWA) CESU Research Network to lead a new project associated with the Urban Archeology Corps (UAC) program in the Hudson Valley region of New York state. The UAC is a national […]

Stress-Loving Plants and At-Risk Flora in Harpers Ferry

By June 3, 2022News

By Megan Nortrup, National Park Service Riversides scoured by constant flooding. Thin soils on top of rock beds. Some habitats are so stressful, only a few species have adapted to them and can survive. But in adapting to these tough conditions, these specialized plants (some are “edaphic” and are restricted to certain soil conditions) don’t […]

CHWA CESU partners collaborate to document physical history of the Lincoln Memorial

By June 2, 2022News

Randall Mason, a professor in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation and a team of students from the University’s Weitzman School of Design have been working with the National Park Service (NPS) to document the Lincoln Memorial’s physical history as part of a longer-term research initiative called the Urban Heritage Project. They’ve […]

2022 CESU Network Awards – Call for Nominations

By April 20, 2022News

The CESU Network National Awards recognize efforts of individuals, groups, institutions, or projects that have contributed substantially to the development, implementation, or accomplishments of the CESU Network. Awards highlight the collaborative structure of CESUs and reflect the achievement of federal and nonfederal partners working together. Awards will be announced and presented at the 2022 CESU […]

RM-CESU 2022 Seminar Series Starts January 27th @ 2PM MTZ

By January 14, 2022News

From our partners at the Rocky Mountains CESU: Each year the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (RM-CESU) recognizes the outstanding accomplishments by our students. Our RM-CESU Student Award recipients have contributed to wetland monitoring protocols, oral history at parks, grouse conservation, and citizen science. Many of our recipients have gone on to careers in […]

Spotlight 2022: Call for Abstracts

By January 5, 2022News

Researchers who conducted investigations in the Interior Region 1-National Capital Area national parks during 2020 and 2021 are invited to virtually present a talk (10 min) or poster at the upcoming Spotlight on National Park Resources meeting. This is a virtual event on the mornings of 20 and 21 April 2022. Spotlight is an opportunity for our research partners to showcase […]

Bureau of Land Management – Wild Horse and Burro Program Funding Opportunity

By November 17, 2021News

Notice of Funding Opportunity Number: L22AS00069 Deadline for Proposals – 18 January 2022 @ 5:00 PM EST The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) strives to apply the best available science as part of the agency’s Wild Horse and Burro Program efforts to ensure that self-sustaining populations of wild horses and burros can thrive on healthy […]

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