Podcasts about Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation hosted a discussion this week about the current challenges to expanding solar energy in the state.

You can tell it is spring when the Ospreys return to the Chesapeake Bay. And you can tell it is summer when Bands in the Sand takes over the beach at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation! We took the opportunity to record this podcast in the Merganser Room at the Foundation while watching the Osprey swoop and dive for food as they rebuild their nests. We also took the chance to look out to where THE party will be held on June 14th! Hilary Harp Falk, the President of CBF, joined me along with Billy Sadtler, the GM of Presenting Sponsor, Annapolis Subaru, to talk about the event, but equally important, the why. Annapolis Subaru has been the Presenting Sponsor since the event's inception, and cimulatively, Bands in the Sand has raised more than $5.5 million to help protect and preserve the Bay we all hold so dearly. Education and advocacy are the names of the game, especially in the current environment. Thousands of children (and adults) take part in learning about the ecosystem and the Bay in general each year. Thousands of hours are volunteered every year to keep up the fantastic work CBF has done for 60 years. And helping is not that hard. Volunteer, become a member, donate, or simply be more mindful at home. But as for that party on June 14th.... headlining is none other than Sister Hazel along with Tony Roy and Yawd Lynk(fantastic reggae band) and perpetual crowd favorite Misspent Youth to close out the night! On top of the entertainment included with your ticket is sand between your toes (and after this winter, we ALL need that), along with unlimited food from the Boatyard Bar & Grill, Caliente Grill, Timber Pizza, The Bell House Catering, and Always Ice Cream. Need an oyster fix? Head to The Choptank's Oyster Reef! And to wash it all down, your selection of water, sodas, beers, wines, and ready-to-drink cocktails from Katcef Brothers! It is truly an all-inclusive evening- even down to the free parking and free shuttle to take you to the beach! With Earth Day coming up, it is a perfect time to secure your tickets and celebrate Earth Day by supporting the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. All tickets purchased prior to May 1st are discounted to $25! But enough of this... Have a listen! LINKS: Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Website) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Facebook) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Linked In) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Instagram) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (YouTube) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Donate) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Become a Member) Bands in the Sand (Tickets)

In this episode we speak with Larry Contrella, Partner at JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. Today, the Firm's portfolio represents $9 billion in combined revenue, $75 billion in aggregate enterprise value, and over 37,000 jobs. Larry joined the firm in 2010 and focuses on investments in B2B software businesses. For the sixth consecutive year, Larry has been recognized by GrowthCap as a Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investor, in addition to being recognized as a Top Software investor for the past two years. Larry supports Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Friends of Patterson Park. I am your host RJ Lumba.  We hope you enjoy the show.  If you like the episode, click to follow.

In this episode we have a lively conversation with Brenda Sieglitz and Audrey Epp Schmidt about the potential of incorporating commercial agroforestry into riparian buffers to provide both ecological benefits and financial returns for farmers. Brenda is the Senior Manager of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, which is a collaborative effort, coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, of 200 national, regional, state and local agencies, as well as conservation organizations, watershed groups, conservancies, outdoors enthusiasts, businesses and individuals willing to plant trees. Audrey is the Director of Business Development at Propagate Ventures, a company that helps farmers implement agroforestry on their land. Audrey works directly with farmers and landowners to identify the best-fit agroforestry approaches for their operations, and also leads the company's strategic partnerships with non-profits, academia, and government.Agroforestry is the strategic integration of fruit, nut, and timber trees on farms to achieve a range of benefits. Agroforestry, whether “extreme” riparian buffers (a term Brenda and Audrey use to describe the new practice of extending a conservation buffer by adding an agroforestry system upland of it), alley cropping, silvopasture, or other forms, can provide critical wildlife habitat and landscape connectivity, reduce erosion and improve water quality, provide shade for grazing livestock, and more. Although many forms of agroforestry have been practiced in other parts of the world and by Indigenous people in North America (and elsewhere) for a long time, it is still a relatively new practice in the northeastern United States. We discuss how efforts to increase adoption of agroforestry have been going in the Mid-Atlantic, where both Audrey and Brenda are based, and what work has been happening around these systems in New England.We also discuss what the most popular plants are (elderberry!), how planning agroforestry systems is affected by climate change, and what policies could better support this kind of work.

A study for the advocacy group PennEnvironment found microplastics present in waterways throughout Pennsylvania, making it a major concern in the fight against pollution. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastics that is not biodegradable according to Faran Saviz, Zero Waste Advocate with PennEnvironment. “There are some you can see in the visible environment, especially tiny plastic pellets called nurdles that are used to make larger plastic products. But a lot of these microplastics you just can't see, but they're out there, “said Saviz. PennEnvironment has done two projects for testing microplastics and has tested over 100 waters in Pennsylvania. “We found microplastics in every single waterway that we've tested. Our most recent one was on some of our cleanest, most important waterways around the state. They're called exceptional value, high quality or class A cold water trout streams. So, these are sort of the best of the best that we have. And unfortunately, we found microplastics in every single one that we tested. Meaning it doesn't matter if it's the cleanest waterway or the dirtiest. It doesn't matter if there's visible litter or absolutely nothing at all. Pristine nature. These plastics are polluting everything everywhere, “said Saviz. Harry Campbell, PA Science Policy and Advocacy Director at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says research suggests humans ingest about 2,000 particles of microplastics a week over the course of a year. “That can get into our hearts, into our brains, into our bloodstream, into our lungs through. And it can affect a whole myriad of systems with either physical irritation or the impacts of those compounds that make up that plastic particle as they begin to degrade, whether it be in the environment or in our bodies, those compounds that make up that plastic start to degrade into their individual chemical components. And those components can act as singularly or synergistically in combination to cause cancers to affect even mental health learning rates and other factors that are a direct correlation to our own health and well-being, “said Campbell.    Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Chesapeake Bay is at a crossroads. A decade ago, state and federal partners along the country's largest estuary entered into a binding agreement to restore the bay's sprawling ecosystems. Now, the agreement is up for renewal in 2025. Gov. Wes Moore is set to chair the first meeting to consider the plan's future in early December. Have efforts to clean up the Bay during the ten years the agreement has been in effect yielded results? What lessons learned over the years can be applied to a new plan? Hilary Harp Falk is the President and CEO of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, an environmental preservation group focused on the bay's many estuaries and ecosystems. Since she became the head the organization in 2022, Falk has committed to reinvigorating state, municipal and federal efforts to restore the bay.Email us at midday@wypr.org, tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.

We all love Bands in the Sand. And the Chesapeake Bay Foundation really DOES throw a good party! But they are so much more! Today, we sit down with Hilary Harp-Falk, the President and CEO of the multi-state environmental champion of the Chesapeake Bay. We touch base on the problem areas, what individuals can do to help, Hilary's favorite spots, and yes, even Bands in the Sand! And a whole lot more! Have a listen! LINKS: Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Website) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Facebook) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Twitter | X) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Instagram) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (YouTube) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (LinkedIn)

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation received a federal grant for the new reef project.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will host the tour this Saturday, including stops at schools, parks and private homes.

Jackie Gonzalez-Durruthy, the NEW co-host of You Should Know Better! for Season 3 faces off against her husband/comedian Patrick Babbitt (Short film: LUMP) in four rounds of trivia in this special REWIND episode. Jackie is playing for USA for the UN Refugee Agency and Patrick is playing for Chesapeake Bay Foundation. If you love Kathie Lee Gifford and super tight games - this one is for you! Follow us @youshouldknowbetterpod - rate, subscribe and review!

On today's episode we hear a rebroadcast of a special event sponsored by the UMBC Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program. In April of 2024 (Earth Month, coincidentally), the Sondheim program convened a special panel of five policy experts on climate change to discuss Maryland's climate future. The Climate Futures policy event brought together distinguished speakers from academia, government, and nonprofit organizations. Serena Coleman McIlwain is the Secretary of the Environment for the state of Maryland, having assumed the role under the administration of Governor Wes Moore in March of 2023. Dr. Meghan Avolio is Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University. Sarah T. Koser serves as Restoration Program Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Julieta Rodrigo is Urban and Community Resilience Manager at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Brady Walker is Head of US Government Affairs and Market Strategy at Ørsted, a major Danish energy firm specializing in green energy delivery, and is also a UMBC Sondheim Scholars Program alumnus. Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host: The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Ian G. Anson, Ph.D. Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno, and our production intern is Jean Kim.   Our theme music was composed and recorded by D'Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

  Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, along with the federal government entered into an agreement in 1983 to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The states of Delaware, New York and West Virginia joined the partnership years later. During the past 41 years, strategies and plans have been implemented to reduce pollution and restore the health of the Bay. Some have been successful while others have fallen short of their goals. Next year – 2025 – was set as a deadline to meet several of those goals in the restoration plans. It has the states and the federal government thinking about what comes next. The pollution in the form of nutrients came from wastewater, agricultural practices and storm water runoffs from sources like parking lots, streets and chemicals on lawns. Harry Campbell, Director of Science Policy and Advocacy with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Pennsylvania, was on The Spark Wednesday and talked about the goals for Pennsylvania,"We agreed to a reduction of pollution in the form of nitrogen and phosphorus and sediment of 40%, based on baseline numbers in the from the early 1980s, based on monitoring and things of that nature. So that was one of the primary goals. And then the secondary goals were more protection and management activities around those living resources, like the striped bass, like the oysters, like the crabs, so as to help provide a a more stable and healthy population for reproduction and growth of the economy and in the living resource." Some have suggested there has been too much attention to nutrients running into local streams, creeks and rivers and eventually into the Bay. Campbell indicated that maybe the numbers have gotten too much of the focus during the Bay clean-up,"One of the things that has occurred over the course of time during the these efforts is that we've kind of started to fixate on bean counting. And what I mean by that is how much of this, how much of that, how much did we do? An acre of that. How many linear feet of that and lost sight of the outcomes. So one of the five pillars we have are to focus on the outcomes, meaning the not just did we reduce a pound of nitrogen based on what a computer model tells us or based on how much linear feet of this or that we've installed, but focusing on the outcome in terms of like, what is the living resource response? Did it improve trout habitat? Did it create a situation where we have more young of the year, striped bass or other types of living resource responses? Then of course we have to promote innovation and focus in on people, and do a number of other things, like even building those partnerships, but by looking at the outcome instead of the widget or the bean counting, we can then really start to measure and I think improve and focus in on the things and the places and practices that improve water quality, but also the ecosystem at large." It's been suggested that more attention to making sure local streams, creeks and rivers are clean and healthy would be more a more tangible result for those who live in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Another discussion has centered on making climate change a priority over the Bay restoration. Campbell said the two are closely linked,"The effort to try to mitigate climate change, as well as save the Bay and our local rivers and streams and watersheds. You can't separate the two. The climate change and the responses to it, regardless of what you believe are the causes there, it's causing and contributing and increasing the amount of runoff and the pollution that enters our local rivers and streams in the Chesapeake Bay. By focusing in on the types of practices that build that resiliency, tree plantings, cover crops on our agricultural areas, forested riparian buffers and tree canopy in our suburban and urban areas. Not only does that actually help mitigate the impacts of climate change, but simultaneously is improving our local rivers and streams, as well as the Chesapeake Bay as well. It's all tied together."    Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brent Hunsinger with Friends of the Rappahannock and Ann Jurczyk with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation talk about the alarming loss of tree canopy in the region and state.   We talk about the impact of heat islands.   This is a state issue and the General Assembly is being asked to pass legislation.  cbf.org   riverfriends.org

On this exciting episode of Fishing the DMV, we are heading back to the Chesapeake Bay. Specifically, the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay with Chris Moore. Chris previously served as the Senior Regional Ecosystem Scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and has assumed the role of Executive Director at the CBF Virginia office. Mr. Moore played a pivotal role in establishing sustainable fisheries for striped bass, Atlantic menhaden, and blue crabs, while also contributing to oyster policy and restoration endeavors. Additionally, Moore's advocacy efforts with elected officials at local, state, and federal levels have been instrumental in influencing legislative decisions crucial for enhancing the health of the Bay watershed.Please support Fishing the DMV on Patreon!!!    Patreon: https://patreon.com/FishingtheDMVPodcastIf you are interested in being on the show or a sponsorship opportunity, please reach out to me at fishingtheDMV@gmail.comHere is CBF new oyster focused report titled “Hope on the Half Shell” https://cbf.org/document-library/cbf-reports/2024-oyster-report.pdf Here is the latest version of the CBF's State of the Bay Report: https://www.cbf.org/document-library/cbf-reports/2022-state-of-the-bay-report.pdf  Here is the link for Addendum II to Amendment 7 to the Stiped Bass Management Plan which was adopted back in January: https://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/65c54740AtlStripedBass_AddendumII_Am7_Jan2024.pdf Here is the link to the Final Report of the Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Invasive Catfish Task Force: https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/documents/Updated_2014_ICTF_Report.pdf Link to Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) website: https://www.cbf.org/?_gl=1*1vhodis*_ga*MTI3MjYyODE3NS4xNzA5NTA0NTQ4*_ga_LZKG7DYJLG*MTcwOTUwNDU0Ny4xLjEuMTcwOTUwNTE1NC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.144343537.514175205.1709504548-1272628175.1709504548&_gac=1.179938902.1709505155.CjwKCAiA3JCvBhA8EiwA4kujZs9HZqnmKa6H7aR4ByrHH_2-C4wcS9xDuFFO6QD9axPLsnpn4LPw5BoCTekQAvD_BwE Jake's bait & Tackle website: http://www.jakesbaitandtackle.com/  Please check out our newest sponsor Tiger Crankbaits on Facebook!! https://www.facebook.com/tigercrankbaitsJake's bait & Tackle website:             http://www.jakesbaitandtackle.com/Fishing the DMV Instagram page:           https://www.instagram.com/fishingthedmv/?utm_medium=copy_link             #fishing #FishingtheDMV #fishingreport Support the show

In early 2023, Carmera Thomas-Wilhite joined the Chesapeake Bay region's most influential environmental group, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, as its first vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice. How'd she get there? What's her mission? Find out in our conversation.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is calling on state officials to invest in more oyster restoration for economic, resilience and ecological benefits.

How do we design and build affordable net-zero, carbon-negative homes? That important goal is the subject of today's episode and is the focus of a multidisciplinary team that includes PNNL, WSU and Green Canopy NODE. On the podcast today you'll hear from Patti Gunderson with PNNL who is working with a talented team who are taking a thoughtful approach to this ambitious goal. One that focuses on modular design, carbon sequestering materials, thermal/energy efficiency, and a forward-looking circular approach that relies on cleverly designed, factory-built, bio-based materials right from the start. The outcome is a home that supports an owner's right to repair (we need this with so many so-called durable products in our world today) and also allows the materials in the home to be disassembled and reused and the end of the home's lifecycle.Patricia GundersonPatti Gunderson joined PNNL in 2021 and supports several projects in both the Energy Policy and Economics and Buildings and Connected Systems Divisions. A particular strength is collaborating with manufacturers, designers, builders, and trades people to understand and overcome barriers to adoption of optimized building technologies.Patti most recently spent nearly six years at Home Innovation Research Labs where she proposed, designed, and led research projects to study constructability, functionality, energy efficiency and durability of buildings. Her background in building physics, engineering software tools, systems design, discipline coordination, project documentation, and construction administration provides valuable insight for research, analysis and client support.Prior to HI, Patti worked in the DC office of SmithGroup, an international AE firm, on numerous high-profile projects including embassies, medical centers, university law schools and the flagship Net Zero Brock Environmental Center for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Patti is a big fan of collaboration and has benefitted from research partners and clients representing several national labs, the National Association of Home Builders, the Leading Builders of America, and numerous international manufacturers, as well as staff from DOE, FPL, HUD, and VA.TeamHosted by Kristof IrwinEdited by Nico MignardiProduced by M. Walker

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says bay water quality has declined since they last tested.

The companies hoping to bring a casino to Richmond have already contributed more than $8 million for the campaign, according to paperwork filed with the department of elections; The Chesapeake Oyster Alliance, a project of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, announced its 100th member this weekRepublican Delegate Rob Bell, who served Albemarle County for two decades, is now deputy attorney general for Health, Education and Social Services. 

In this EMERGENCY BONUS episode, Jason talks with Don Rank of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Don is the PA Chairman of the BHA and a returning guest. He fills us in on a specific amendment to HB 1300, a state budget bill. This amendment redirects (STEALS) $150 million from the Game Fund and allocates that money for alternate spending. Listen in as Don explains how this is a terrible financial decision for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters, conservationists, and outdoors people of all kinds. Organizations in opposition to the amended bill: Audubon Mid-Atlantic, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Conservation Voters of PA, Ducks Unlimited, Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, Lancaster Farmland Trust, Natural Lands, PennFuture, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation, Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Sierra Club PA Chapter, The Conservation Fund, The Nature Conservancy PA/DE Chapter, The Trust for Public Land, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited, WeConservePA, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, American Sportfishing Association, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, Congressional Sportsmen Federation, Delta Waterfowl, Hunters for Sunday Hunting, National Deer Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen and Conservationists, Pheasants Forever/ Quail Forever, Ruffed Grouse Society, SCI: First for Hunters...AND GROWING!

Have you ever been up close and personal with an endangered freshwater mussel? Matthew Patterson, Fish and Wildlife Biologist and NCTC Course Leader, gives Mike McAllister the inside scoop on endangered freshwater mussels. Listen to where mussels live, why they're important, what their role is in the ecosystem, and why they are declining. You also will hear all about the brand new and incredible 3D mussel shell project. Matthew has partnered with the Florida Museum of Natural History, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to create 3D scans of all 300 species of freshwater mussel in the U.S. in an effort to help folks identify different species. You are sure to learn many fascinating things about the very unique and very cool freshwater mussels that live in the waters of the U.S. as well as why you should bring along a mask and snorkel the next time you head down to the river!

Mark Berte is the Alabama Coastal Foundation (ACF) executive director; the ACF is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The ACF was formed to bring together individuals from coastal Alabama's private and governmental sectors to address various issues. Inspired by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's successful work in another part of the country, ACF was modeled after its approach.TOPICS WE DISCUSSED  How has the Alabama Coastal Foundation evolved over the past 30 years, and what are some of its most significant achievements? What role do volunteers play in the organization, and what are some of the volunteer opportunities available? How does the ACF promote conservation awareness and understanding through its educational programs? What initiatives does the ACF have to protect and conserve sea turtles? How can individuals support these efforts? How has bipartisan cooperation addressed environmental issues, as highlighted by the protection of the underwater forest? What events and outreach programs have the organization planned, and how can individuals get involved or attend?LEARN MORETo learn more about the Alabama Coastal Foundation, visit their website at https://www.joinacf.org or on the following social sites:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/alabamacoastalInstagram: http://instagram.com/alabamacoastalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlabamaCoastalLinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/alabama-coastal-foundationNEXT STEPSTo begin planning your beach vacation, getaway, or outing, visit the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism website at https://www.gulfshores.com/.If you enjoy podcasts devoted to the outdoor adventure space, find us online at https://outdooradventureseries.com. We welcome likes and comments, and if you know someone who is also an outdoor enthusiast, go ahead and share our site with them too.KEYWORDSAlabama Coastal Foundation, Outdoor Writers Association of America Conference, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism, Environmental Improvement, Inclusive Environmental Stewardship, Coastal IQ, Conservation Awareness, Sea Turtle Nesting Season, Federally Protected Species, Underwater Forest Protection, Bipartisan Cooperation, Rachel Carlson's Silent Spring, Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Nesting Season, Turtle Fest, Oyster Shell Recycling Program#AlabamaCoastalFoundation #PodcastGuest #OutdoorAdventure #OWAA2023Podcast produced using DescriptPodcast hosted by BuzzsproutShow Notes powered by CastmagicWebsite powered by Podpage

Brad Bortner, retired Chief of the Division of Migratory Bird Management for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, joins the podcast to discuss his 38-year career in wildlife conservation and provide advice to those interested in pursuing a similar path. Bortner shares his experiences and career path, while also discussing challenging issues and favorite memories. Listeners interested in wildlife conservation and related fields can gain valuable insights from Brad's wealth of knowledge and expertise.

The Chesapeake Bay is crucial for many reasons, and many organizations understand exactly how crucial it is and work tirelessly to improve the conditions to preserve it for generations to follow. The Annapolis Boat Shows produce four in-water boat shows each year and, let's face it, without the Bay, there is no boat show. So it only makes sense that at this year's Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show that the show itself recognizes and pays respect to three organizations that do so much for our shared mission--Chesapeake Conservancy, Coastal Conservation Association Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation! On Saturday, the Annapolis Boat Shows will host a free reception for ticket holders to recognize the organizations, offer up some music and good times, and present a panel discussion with all involved on how we can work together to save the Bay. In advance of that, we spoke with Reed Perry of the Conservancy, David Sikorski of CCM-MD, the new Maryland Executive Director for CBF--Allison Colden, and Mary Ewenson from the Annapolis Boat Shows! Get your tickets to the show and plan to attend the reception, but for now, have a listen!

Give us about fifteen minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   SPONSORS: Many thanks to our sponsors… Annapolis Subaru, the SPCA of Anne Arundel County,  Solar Energy Services, Hospice of the Chesapeake, and the Maryland Higher Education Commission! Today... Police are investigating an ax attack and a shooting where they have a victim but no crime scene. Someone is vandalizing Tyler Heights Elementary School and the school has videos, now they need your help. The last day of school is June 13th for most. Annapolis hired another Assistant City Manager and she starts today. Get ready to buy tickets to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Bands in the Sand on June 10th--tickets on sale May 1st and it will sell out! And, of course, we also have some pod news for you. Trevor from  Annapolis Makerspace is here with your Maker Minute! And as usual, George from DCMDVA Weather is here with your local weather forecast! Please download their app to keep on top of the local weather scene! The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday at 6:00 am and available wherever you get your podcasts and also on our social media platforms--All Annapolis and Eye On Annapolis (FB) and @eyeonannapolis (TW) NOTE: For hearing impaired subscribers, a full transcript is available on Eye On Annapolis

Nonprofit officials hope that by teaching about bay-related issues, they can foster more environmental advocates.

Sure it might be April Fool's Day but YES, NO FOOLING, we really are publishing a My ArundelBiz Podcast episode on a Saturday - and we're doing it for a VERY special reason: 2023 is AAEDC's 10th year of managing the VOLT Fund - a casino revenue-funded program that assists small, minority-owned, woman-owned, and Veteran-owned businesses in Maryland by offering them loans from $25,000 to $500,000 - on behalf of the MD Department of Commerce, and April just so happens to be the month when we received our first VOLT Fund funds (on April 17, 2013 to be precise). SO, with that in mind, we're happy to share that we'll be celebrating the occasion by featuring ten of the 135 total business owners (and counting!) who have received a total of nearly $17,000,000 in VOLT Fund loans from AAEDC. We sat down with our first VOLT Fund series guest, Forward Brewing founder Cam Bowdren, to discuss: How he and his wife, Claire, went from being craft beer-loving Annapolitans to the owners of a craft beer-brewing business in Eastport - including the role of the Brewers Association of Maryland and, of course, a VOLT Fund loan. How he learned about the VOLT Fund (spoiler alert: Severn Savings Bank), what made it a great option, and what the loan was used for. Some of the highlights of Forward's first three years, from launching beer clubs and hosting weekly running and biking groups to putting New Roots Farm pork on its menu and collaborating with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Annapolis Pride, and Watermark. Some of what he's looking FORWARD to, from working the Annapolis Cup Croquet Match in April and celebrating Forward's three-year anniversary in May to seeing Forward's logo on the Annapolis Blues professional soccer team's jerseys and taking boat trips aboard the Sally IVth. PLUS some of his favorite places to visit in Anne Arundel County and some of his top tips for business owners. So tune in to learn more about Anne Arundel County's newest brewing business and how a loan from AAEDC helped it get going!

Officials announced this week they are teaming up to help prepare vulnerable Virginia communities for climate change.

Henrico County and environmental groups involved in a lawsuit over pollution from a local sewage treatment facility reached a settlement requiring the county to notify the public of overflows, ramp up system improvements and invest [post_excerpt] million in environmental work. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and James River Association, represented by in-house attorneys and the Environmental Integrity Project, respectively, announced the settlement agreement Tuesday following the dismissal of the lawsuit, which was filed in December 2021. Peggy Sanner, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Virginia executive director, called the settlement a “big win,” saying it will give Henrico County residents “better access to...Article LinkSupport the show

Bands in the Sand is THE party of the year, and the beach will be rocking and rolling once again on June 10th. As they have since its inception, Annapolis Subaru returns as the Title Sponsor. A sell-out crowd gathers on the beach each summer, parks their chairs, kicks off their shoes, and supports the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at Bands in the Sand. With live music, local cuisine, and cold drinks, this fundraiser is the best party of the summer and supports CBF's educational programming to, yes--Save The Bay!. Since 2006, this event has raised more than $4 million, and this year is expected to bring that total to more than $5 million. Today, we sit down with Billy Sadtler, the General Manager of Annapolis Subaru, Jessica Rubino (Events and Promotions Manager), and Jocelyn Tuttle (Maryland Student Leadership Coordinator) at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) to talk about the event. From when it is to when you can get your tickets, and yes, who will be headlining this year! Tickets will be available to purchase at 9:00 am: March 1, 2023, for VIP and Committee Members May 1, 2023, for General Admission As to the entertainment, of course, Misspent Youth will take the stage as always. They will be joined by Jah Works this year, and the headliner...  The Last Revel! Wanna hear more?  Have a listen: Mark your calendars and prepare to celebrate the Chesapeake Bay on June 10, 2023! We hope to see you on the beach this summer, singing, dancing, and saving the Bay!

It's clear that keeping plastic out of the Bay should be a priority. In our discussion with Doug Myers from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation he details how your decisions about the products you buy can have a big impact on the overall use of plastic.Plastic LitterPortions of the bay, especially in tributaries, are littered with plastic trash. Nationally 5 trillion pounds of plastic is disposed of each year in the United States. Unfortunately there is no state or national ban on plastics. Bag and bottle bans are accomplished at the local level.Plastic in FoodPlastic bags, bottles and straws in the water is not only trash but attracts other plastics to form big mounds. Plastic is now showing up in sediment and also creatures living in the Bay. Crabs, fish and oysters are not thriving and are smaller is size since their stomachs are full of plastics preventing them from eating normally. They can not thrive with plastic in the water. It's clear that plastics are bad for the Bay and that our personal choices can have a big impact. If you are concerned make your voice heard.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation makes the biennial grade based on indicators like water clarity and nutrient pollution.

Environmental destruction wrought by 1972's Tropical Storm Agnes fanned the flames of the "Save the Bay" movement into a political wildfire in the Chesapeake Bay region. The storm's legacy is reflected in many current controversies, including the fate of the Conowingo Dam.

Governor Glenn Youngkin's tip line for parents is no more; The Cordish Companies is considering a Wagner Road location for a potential casino in Petersburg; The Chesapeake Bay Foundation recently released a report on the economic benefits of fighting agricultural pollution in the Bay; and other local news stories.

The nonprofit Teens With a Purpose transformed a vacant lot into the garden a few years ago. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is now helping them plant a rain garden to absorb excess water.

Persistence paid off for high school student Reed Spaulding as he planned the Tributary Festival to raise money for the Chesapeake Bay. After a two year COVID delay Reed held the first Tributary Festival in 2021, followed a year later with the second concert raising over $20,000 to protect the Chesapeake Bay.Reed grew up kayaking and digging for oysters on the Chesapeake Bay and as he entered high school, felt compelled to protect the Bay. He decided to pair his passions for the Bay and music to make a difference. His 2021 event on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore drew more than 500 attendees who donated to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The free festival featured live music from a half-dozen professional and student bands, including Reed's own band. A drummer since age 10, Reed had formed a rock band in fifth grade and had seen music festivals rally entire communities behind a cause. He launched into staging a festival to benefit the Bay. When the pandemic twice delayed his plans, he maintained momentum by staging a backyard concert and hosting a live-streamed festival of pre-recorded band performances. Shortly before the 2021 festival, Reed founded the Tributary Club at his high school to help plan future concerts. “With hard work and determination, you really can bring your goals to fruition,” says Reed. “I've learned I'm more capable than I thought and that students can make a massive impact.”The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honored Reed in 2022 for his efforts. Established in 2001 by author T. A. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment. Reed says that this prize has given the Tributary Festival a big boost in visibility in the community.More podcasts: https://www.chesapeakefamily.com/category/podcast/

Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia – the three states that produce 90 percent of the pollution that enters the Chesapeake Bay collectively are not on track to meet the 2025 deadline toward restoration of the Bay. Pennsylvania in particular is not on track to meet its goals of reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into the bay. That's the conclusion of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2022 State of the Blueprint report released yesterday. The report indicates that Pennsylvania is behind in reducing both nitrogen and phosphorus, but is on track for reduction of wastewater. On today's Smart Talk, Harry Campbell, Science Policy and Advocacy Director for Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania said there is reason for optimism though,"With the passage of the most recent state budget, back in July, Pennsylvania established something called the Clean Streams Fund, and as part of that, which included $220 million investment in clean streams initiatives across the state of Pennsylvania. As part of it, it created an agricultural cost share program, a program that will help farmers across the state of Pennsylvania, but particularly in the Bay Watershed, design and implement best management practices that keep soils and nutrients on the land instead of in the water. It has been the Achilles heel to Pennsylvania's effort that we did not have such a plan or such a program across the state of Pennsylvania. We have created that and now we are poised. There's a lot of momentum to become the bay's hero." That money will be a big boost to farmers who have sometimes struggled to pay for ways to mitigate runoff as Campbell described,"We have over 54,000 family farmers across the state of Pennsylvania, over 30, roughly 32,000 in the Bay Watershed of Pennsylvania alone, which is that middle part of the state. And each and every one of those individual farms have an opportunity to be a conservation hero, a steward of the land, and by providing them the resources, the technical and financial assistance to design and implement these practices, not only are we helping improve our rivers and streams and the Chesapeake Bay, but also to provide them for economic vitality into the future and sequester carbon to deal with carbon, to deal with the issue of climate change and other factors. So this is an investment in our farms, in our families and in our communities in order to restore not only rivers streams, but the bay, too." Campbell stated it's doubtful the states in the Bay agreement will meet the 2025 deadline but that they should stay committed.  Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The nonprofit says in the new report that Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania are not fully on track to achieve their goals under a 2010 agreement.

Jackie Gonzalez-Durruthy (Host- Most Wonderful Pod of the Year) faces off against her husband/comedian Patrick Babbitt in four rounds of trivia. Jackie is playing for USA for the UN Refugee Agency and Patrick is playing for Chesapeake Bay Foundation. If you love Kathie Lee Gifford - this one is for you! Follow us @youshouldknowbetterpod - rate, subscribe and review! Interested in being a sponsor? Email youshouldknowbetterpod@gmail.com

Chris Moore, Senior Regional Ecosystem Scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), talks with host Mike Leonard about Atlantic Menhaden. As Moore says, "Menhaden is one I always tell people you can write a book on very easily." Leonard and Moore cover a lot of ground in this episode. Moore provides insight into the science, commercial harvest history, and management challenges concerning Atlantic Menhaden. To learn more about the Chesapeake Bay Foundation visit https://www.cbf.org/ For more info on Atlantic Menhaden visit https://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/more-than-just-the-bay/chesapeake-wildlife/menhaden/index.html and https://keepamericafishing.org/menhaden/ For ways to get involved in sportfishing policy visit https://keepamericafishing.org/ and https://asafishing.org/

Keeping local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay clean requires everyone to be actively involved in protecting water quality, managing nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, and building soil health. Jeff Ishee and Eric Bendfeldt caught up with Matt Kowalski of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) at a recent field day to talk about soil health and water quality. Matt serves as a watershed restoration scientist in Virginia for CBF and specifically focuses on agricultural best management practices and projects to restore wetland and riverside areas. Matt emphasizes that keeping water clean needs to happen farm by farm and lawn by lawn, and that we all can do our part to improve water quality and save the Chesapeake Bay.To learn more about the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Mountains-to-Bay Grazing Alliance, please visit https://www.cbf.org/how-we-save-the-bay/programs-initiatives/multi-state-grazers-alliance.html and https://www.m2balliance.org/. For information about year-round lawn care and ways to possibly incorporate a legume like Dutch white clover into your lawn for water quality and pollinators, please visit https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/soil-and-water/document/yardcare.pdf and https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/soil-water-conservation/you-your-land-landscapeAs always, please join the Virginia Soil Health Coalition and 4 The Soil movement. You can commit to doing your part to build soil health and protect water quality by taking the pledge at https://www.4thesoil.org/take-the-pledge.html

CLICK HERE to listen to episode audio (5:30).Sections below are the following: Transcript of Audio Audio Notes and Acknowledgments Images Sources Related Water Radio Episodes For Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.). Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 7-15-22. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the weeks of July 18 and July 25, 2022. SOUNDS – ~6 sec Those sounds of shorebirds and Chesapeake Bay waves open an episode on the condition of that bay, which we last explored in an August 2020 episode.  We set the stage with the instrumental opening of a song whose title calls to mind some colors of the Chesapeake region's waters, lands, sky, and creatures.  Here's about 30 seconds of “The Deep Blue Green,” by Andrew VanNorstrand. MUSIC – ~31 sec – instrumental In June 2022, the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science issued its latest annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card, for conditions in 2021.  For the report's first part, to assess Bay waters, the report compares the status of several physical, chemical, and biological indicators to established goals, in order to generate condition scores ranging from zero to 100%.  Combining the indicator scores, the overall score for 2021 was 50, an increase from the 45 score for 2020 data; the report characterized the 50 score as “moderate health” and gave it a letter grade of C.  The score when the Report Card started in 1986 was 48; the highest score since then was 55 in 2002, and the lowest was 36 in 2003. For the report's second part, the overall watershed assessment, the report for 2021 looked at three categories of indicators: ecological, societal, and economic.  These resulted in a score of 56, characterized as “moderate health” and given a letter grade of C+.  This was the first year that three categories of indicators were used for the watershed assessment, so the results aren't directly comparable to previous years. Besides the Maryland center's annual report, several other Bay condition reports are regularly available.  These include the Chesapeake Bay Program's annual “Bay Barometer” report; the Bay Program's “Chesapeake Progress” Web site, with updates on progress toward the goals of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement; the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's biennial “State of the Bay” report; and reports by various groups on specific Bay areas, such as the James River Association's “State of the James” reports.  All depend on data gathered by various sources, including universities; governmental agencies at the federal, state, and local levels; and non-governmental organizations. The Chesapeake Bay is the United States' largest estuary.  Monitoring its condition is a large part of decades-old efforts to improve and sustain this irreplaceable water body. Thanks to Andrew VanNorstrand for permission to use “The Deep Blue Green.”  We close with about 50 seconds of another musical selection, created for our previous episode on Chesapeake Bay conditions.  Here's “Chesapeake Bay Ballad,” by Torrin Hallett, a graduate student at the Yale School of Music. MUSIC – ~51 sec – instrumental SHIP'S BELL Virginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech's College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Stewart Scales for his banjo version of Cripple Creek to open and close this episode.  In Blacksburg, I'm Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water. AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The waves sound was recorded by Virginia Water Radio at the Chesapeake Bay on Kent Island, Maryland, June 22, 2010. The shorebirds sound was taken from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife National Digital Library, http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/cdm/; the specific audio file was “Shore birds close,” online at https://digitalmedia.fws.gov/digital/collection/audio/id/66/rec/8. “The Deep Blue Green,” from the 2019 album “That We Could Find a Way to Be,” is copyright by Andrew VanNorstrand, used with permission.  More information about Andrew VanNorstrand is available online at https://greatbearrecords.bandcamp.com/.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 504, 12-23-19. “Chesapeake Bay Ballad” is copyright 2020 by Torrin Hallett, used with permission.  Torrin is a 2018 graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio; a 2020 graduate in Horn Performance from Manhattan School of Music in New York; and a 2021 graduate of the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.  He is currently a graduate student at the Yale School of Music.  More information about Torrin is available online at https://www.facebook.com/torrin.hallett.  Thanks very much to Torrin for composing the piece especially for Virginia Water Radio.  This music was used previously by Virginia Water Radio most recently in Episode 604, 11-22-21. Click here if you'd like to hear the full version (1 min./11 sec.) of the “Cripple Creek” arrangement/performance by Stewart Scales that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Scales and the group New Standard, with which Mr. Scales plays, is available online at http://newstandardbluegrass.com. IMAGES (Unless otherwise noted, photographs are by Virginia Water Radio.) View of the Chesapeake Bay looking downstream from the Bay Bridge-Tunnel (between Virginia Beach and Northampton County), October 7, 2007.View of the Chesapeake Bay looking upstream from Sandy Point State Park in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, March 21, 2010.Summary charts for Chesapeake Bay waters (upper) and watershed (lower) from the “Chesapeake Bay & Watershed 2021 Report Card” (covering data through 2021; published in June 2022), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.  Images accessed from the report PDF, online at https://ecoreportcard.org/site/assets/files/2560/2021-chesapeake-bay-watershed-report-card.pdf, as of 7-18-22. SOURCES Used for Audio Chesapeake Bay Foundation, “State of the Bay,” online at https://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/state-of-the-bay-report/. Chesapeake Bay Program, online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/.  Specific pages used were the following:“Slight improvements in Bay health and new economic data added in 2021 Chesapeake Bay Report Card,” June 7, 2022, news release by Caroline Grass;“Bay Barometer,” April 2021 (for 2019-20 data), online (as a PDF) at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/Bay_Barometer_2019-2020_Web.pdf;“Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement” (signed June 16, 2014), online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/what_guides_us/watershed_agreement;“Chesapeake Progress,” online at https://www.chesapeakeprogress.com/;“The Estuary,” online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/the_estuary_system.Jeremy Cox and Timothy Wheeler, “Maryland, Virginia clamp down on crab harvests; cuts imposed as crab population hits record-low,” Bay Journal, June 30, 2022. Maryland Department of Natural Resources, “2022 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey,” online at https://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/blue-crab/dredge.aspx.Maryland Department of Natural Resources, “Eyes on the Bay,” online at http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/.See http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/whatsitmean.cfmfor “Data Available for Viewing” (dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, turbidity, algal blooms, and temperature).See http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/links.cfmfor links to other Bay water-quality data and information sources.University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, online at https://www.umces.edu/.The “Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card” is online at https://ecoreportcard.org/report-cards/chesapeake-bay/; note links for “Bay Health,” “Watershed Health,” and “Indicators.”A June 6, 2022, news release on the report of 2021 data is online https://www.umces.edu/news/chesapeake-bay-health-score-held-steady-in-2021.A PDF of the report of 2021 data is online at https://ecoreportcard.org/site/assets/files/2560/2021-chesapeake-bay-watershed-report-card.pdf. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, “How big is the [Chesapeake] bay?”  Online at https://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/faqs/estuary_size.php. For More Information about the Chesapeake Bay and its ConditionChesapeake Bay Program, “Discover the Chesapeake,” online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover. Alice Jane Lippson and Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2006. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, “Chesapeake Bay Map,” online at https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/products/vmrc-chesapeake-bay-map/.Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, “Chesapeake Bay,” online at https://www.deq.virginia.gov/water/chesapeake-bay. Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS):“Bay Info,” online at https://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/index.php;“SAV Program: Monitoring and Restoration,” online at https://www.vims.edu/research/units/programs/sav/index.php;“Virginia Coastal and Estuarine Observing System,” online at http://vecos.vims.edu/. Virginia Marine Resources Commission, online at https://mrc.virginia.gov/links.shtm. RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODES All Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Rivers, Streams, and Other Surface Water” subject category.  The previous episode on Chesapeake Bay conditions was Episode 537, 8-10-20, Following are links to some other episodes on the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Barometer and other reports – Episode 305, 2-29-16.Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan – Episode 115, 6-18-12.Bay TMDL, Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan – Episode 475, 6-3-19.Chesapeake Bay Commission – Episode 496, 10-28-19.Estuaries introduction – Episode 326, 7-25-16.Oysters and nitrogen (Part 1) – Episode 279, 8-24-15.Oysters and nitrogen (Part 2) – Episode 280, 9-7-15.“Smart” buoys – Episode 538, 8-17-20.Submerged aquatic vegetation (“Bay grasses”) – Episode 325, 7-18-16.Winter birds of the Chesapeake Bay area – EP565 – 2/22/21. Following are other music pieces composed by Torrin Hallett for Virginia Water Radio, with episodes featuring the music.“A Little Fright Music” – used in Episode 548, 10-26-20, on water-related passages in fiction and non-fiction, for Halloween; and Episode 601, 10-31-21, connections among Halloween, water, and the human body.“Beetle Ballet” – used in Episode 525, 5-18-20, on aquatic beetles.“Corona Cue” – used in Episode 517, 3-23-20, on the coronavirus pandemic. “Flow Stopper” – used in Episode 599, 10-18-21, on “Imagine a Day Without Water.”“Geese Piece” – used most recently in 615, 2-7-22, on Brant.“Ice Dance” – “Ice Dance” – used most recently in Episode 606, 12-6-21, on freezing of water.“Lizard Lied” – used in Episode 514, 3-2-20, on lizards. “New Year's Water” – used most recently in Episode 610, 1-3-22, on water thermodynamics and a New Year's Day New River wade-in.“Rain Refrain” – used most recently in Episode 559, 1-11-21, on record rainfall in 2020.“Runoff” – in Episode 585, 7-12-21 – on middle schoolers calling out stormwater-related water words.“Spider Strike” – used in Episode 523, 5-4-20, on fishing spiders.“Tropical Tantrum” – used most recently in Episode 580, 6-7-21, on the 2021 Atlantic tropical storm season preview.“Tundra Swan Song – used in Episode 554, 12-7-20, on Tundra Swans.“Turkey Tune” – used in Episode 343, 11-21-16, on the Wild Turkey.“Wade in the Water” (arrangement) – used most recently in Episode 616, 2-14-22.  FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATION Following are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode's audio/transcript, sources, or other information included in this post. 2020 Music SOLs SOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2018 Science SOLs Grades K-4: Living Systems and Processes2.5 – Living things are part of a system.3.5 – Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems support a diversity of organisms.4.3 – Organisms, including humans, interact with one another and with the nonliving components in the ecosystem. Grades K-5: Earth and Space Systems3.7 – There is a water cycle and water is important to life on Earth.4.7 – The ocean environment.Grades K-5: Earth Resources 1.8 – Natural resources can be used responsibly, including that most natural resources are limited; human actions can affect the availability of natural resources; and reducing, reusing, and recycling are ways to conserve natural resources.3.8 – Natural events and humans influence ecosystems.4.8 – Virginia has important natural resources. Grade 66.6 – Water has unique physical properties and has a role in the natural and human-made environment.6.8 – Land and water have roles in watershed systems.6.9 – Humans impact the environment and individuals can influence public policy decisions related to energy and the environment. Life ScienceLS.6 – Populations in a biological community interact and are interdependent.LS.8 – Change occurs in ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms over time.LS.9 – Relationships exist between ecosystem dynamics and human activity.LS.11 – Populations of organisms can change over time. Earth ScienceES.6 – Resource use is complex.ES.8 – Freshwater resources influence and are influenced by geologic processes and human activity.ES.10 – Oceans are complex, dynamic systems subject to long- and short-term variations. BiologyBIO.2 – Chemical and biochemical processes are essential for life.BIO.7 – Populations change through time.BIO.8 – Dynamic equilibria exist within populations, communities, and ecosystems. 2015 Social Studies SOLs Grades K-3 Geography Theme1.6 – Virginia climate, seasons, and landforms.2.6 – Major rivers, mountains, and other geographic features of North America and other continents.3.6 – Major rivers, mountains, and other geographic features of North America and other continents. Grades K-3 Economics Theme2.8 – Natural, human, and capital resources.3.8 – Understanding of cultures and of how natural, human, and capital resources are used for goods and services. Grades K-3 Civics Theme3.12 – Importance of government in community, Virginia, and the United States. Virginia Studies CourseVS.1 – Impact of geographic features on people, places, and events in Virginia history.VS.10 – Knowledge of government, geography, and economics in present-day Virginia. United States History to 1865 CourseUSI.2 – Major land and water features of North America, including their importance in history. United States History: 1865-to-Present CourseUSII.9 – Domestic and international issues during the second half of the 20th Century and the early 21st Century. Civics and Economics CourseCE.6 – Government at the national level.CE.7 – Government at the state level.CE.8 – Government at the local level.CE.10 – Public policy at local, state, and national levels. World Geography CourseWG.2 – How selected physical and ecological processes shape the Earth's surface, including climate, weather, and how humans influence their environment and are influenced by it.WG.3 – How regional landscapes reflect the physical environment and the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants.WG.4 – Types and significance of natural, human, and capital resources. Government CourseGOVT.7 – National government organization and powers.GOVT.8 – State and local government organization and powers.GOVT.9 – Public policy process at local, state, and national levels.GOVT.15 – Role of government in Va. and U.S. economies, including examining environmental issues and property rights.Virginia's SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/. Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels.Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd grade. Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade. Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten. Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade. Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade. Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th through 8th grade. Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school. Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school. Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school. Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade. Episode 539, 8-24-20 – on basic numbers and facts about Virginia's water resources, for 4th and 6th grade. Episode 606, 12-6-21 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation will send thousands of volunteers around Virginia on Saturday to pick up debris in the bay watershed.

The General Assembly reconvenes today to approve Virginia's budget, and we have a preview… A new UVa Health study finds that suicide attempts by poisoning among children is way up in recent years… The Chesapeake Bay Foundation holds its 32nd annual Clean the Bay Day this weekend….

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick talk with Brenda Sieglitz (Assistant Director Making History Campaign; Senior Manager Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership) with The Chesapeake Bay Foundation. They Discuss the state of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, why trees and why ten million of them, who is going to pay for and plant all of these trees, and the importance of investing in provenance.  Music by Egocentric Plastic Men. Have a question or a comment?  Call (215) 346-6189. Want links from this podcast?  Visit www.nativeplantshealthyplanet.com Buy a T-shirt, spread the message, and do some good.  Visit https://native-plants-healthy-planet-2.creator-spring.com/

How many times did you rely on clean water this morning? Did you take a shower or wash your face? Maybe you made coffee or tea … then brushed your teeth. Perhaps you downed big gulps of H-2-O during an early morning workout. Each time we turn on a faucet, we trust that our drinking water is pure and safe, as we've come to expect. But do we really know what's in our water … and what ‘acceptable' levels of impurities are allowed? Some of those impurities are called ‘Per-fluorinated and poly-fluorinated substances,' also known as PFAS. They also have the daunting moniker of ‘forever chemicals. To learn more about forever chemicals, last December we asked Tim Wheeler, associate editor and senior writer of the Bay Journal, to break it down for us. Plus, we' ask Will Baker about his four decades leading the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. He stepped down at the end of 2021. Links: Links: Forever chemicals in MD and PA drinking water, Forever chemicals and fish consumption warning, Contamination at Naval Research Laboratory, Have your water tested. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest Of The Week Cristinaelena Ruiz Is your Miss Globe Virginia 2021. Currently I'm an undergraduate student at George Mason University, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Studies with a Concentration in the Liberal Arts for the Teaching Profession and a Minor in Childhood Studies. Currently I hold an Associates of Arts in Music, which I obtained from Northern Virginia Community College. Career wise I work as a programmer and Tot Instructor at a Recenter. Some of the classes I teach are Soccer, T-ball, Jr.chefs, Art & Gymnastics to children ages from 2-12yr olds A few of my hobbies are Volunteering, Modeling, Singing, Zumba, Cheerleading & Swimming. I've had the honor of walking the runway in New York Fashion week. Some of the companies I've done modeling for are Macys, BCBG, & Marc De Fang. In her free time I usually spend it doing outreach within my community. A few of the organizations I've had the pleasure of teaming up with are The Your Sunshine, Eco-Action Arlington, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, The Better Beach Project, The Climate Reality: Northern Virginia Chapter and Get Outdoors Nevada.____________________________________ Host Of The ShowPaul A. Belletiere, ACC MAVPP.com 410-258-3832 _______________________________________ Sponsor Of The Week Mid Atlantic Video & Photography Production mavpp.com info@mavpp.com 301-750-3832

Next week, Will Baker will retire as the president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, a position he has held since 1982. He joined the organization six years prior to that, as an intern, fresh out of college. The foundation is the largest nonprofit conservation organization dedicated solely to preserving, protecting, and restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Will Baker joins us on Zoom to reflect on his tenure, and the future of the Bay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The call to “Save the Bay” has galvanized Will Baker most of his life. As he wraps up four decades at the helm of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, he points to what's improved and what hasn't, Pennsylvania's foot-dragging on the bay clean-up--and the late governor William Donald Schaefer's wistful assessment that he had thought it would be easier to Save the Bay: “Our elected officials have all thought that it would be easier and they have failed to follow the science and realize the fundamental changes that need to occur to save one of the nation's greatest national resources, the Chesapeake.”   Plus Bay Journal environmental reporter Tim Wheelerexplains ‘forever chemicals' and why they're in our water. Links: Forever chemicals in MD and PA drinking water, Forever chemicals and fish consumption warning, Contamination at Naval Research Laboratory, Have your water tested. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Environment, cultural traditions, gentrification - all of these forces shape what we eat and are deeply rooted in where we are. Regional foods are more than just their flavors and ingredients. They are a culmination of local culture and generations of experience. But how are historic foodways being altered by factors like warming oceans and rapidly evolving urban landscapes? In our increasingly interconnected world, does truly regional cuisine still exist? Join us in taking a look at some iconic regional dishes and the stories behind them. Further Reading:To learn more about the University of Arizona's Center for Regional Food Studies, visit their website here.To learn more about your impact on the Chesapeake Bay, you can check out this tool on the Chesapeake Bay Foundation website here.Want to get in on the Cincinnati Chili debate? Read the original Deadspin article and a 2017 Vice piece defending the dish.To read Rachel Martin's full article chronicling hot chicken's history, you can read her Bitter Southerner article here. You can also read her book, Hot Hot Chicken: A Nashville Story To make reservations and learn more about Komah, Paulo Shin's restaurant, feel free to browse his website here.Keep Meat and Three on the air: become an HRN Member today! Go to heritageradionetwork.org/donate. Meat and Three is powered by Simplecast.

Welcome back to the We Rise Podcast. Today, Christine explores resilience in the Chesapeake Bay with a focus on St. Michaels, Maryland. Sharing from personal experience, Christine talks about the high level view of the gorgeous Chesapeake Bay, focusing specifically on the Bay health. Discover the beautiful Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and hear how St. Michaels, Maryland is creating economic and coastal resilience. Enjoy! LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED Discover more about The Chesapeake Bay. Learn more about the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, as well as Maryland's Community Resilience Program. Discover more about the town of St. Michaels, Maryland and The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Learn about the Living Shoreline Collaborative facilitated by Dialogue and Design Associates in Virginia.  Collective Resilience: We Rise is produced by Dialogue + Design Associates, Podcasting For Creatives, with music by Drishti Beats. Follow Collective Resilience: We Rise on Facebook and Instagram.

Free State Politics episode #5 examines a controversial rule change being considered by Maryland's Judiciary which could result in the release of thousands of inmates earlier than expected. The proposed change would impact inmates who have served at least 15 years or 60 percent of their sentence or be at least age 60 and have served at least 15 years of their sentence. Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger, who strongly opposes the rule change, says it would allow two men who spent many years on death row the chance to be released. Shellenberger says it would also inflict unnecessary pain on the families of crime victims, who were assured that offenders would spend most of their lives behind bars. But Brian Saccenti, director of the Decarceration Initiative with the Office of Maryland's Public Defender, says the rule change is just. Saccenti says “it will give a judge the opportunity to look at how that individual has changed, what they have done since they were first sentenced. Very often people, who are incarcerated for a considerable period of time, really do turn their lives around.”Free State Politics episode #5 also provides an update on the region's crab shortage this summer. John Rydell speaks to Dr. Allison Colden, a Maryland fisheries scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Colden says “The decline in the number of small juvenile blue crabs is what's really driving this year's numbers and what's really got us concerned about what's to come for the blue crab fishery and the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay.” Also in this podcast, John Rydell takes a look back at failed attempts to lift the ban on cameras in Maryland courts and a new decision by a federal appeals court which may give supporters of cameras in courts another opportunity to make their case. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freestatepolitics.substack.com

It's Midday on the Environment. Today, a conversation about the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, extending 200 miles from its northern headwaters in the Susquehanna River to its outlet in the Atlantic Ocean. It's fed by more than 150 major rivers and streams and it encompasses parts of six states and the District of Columbia.The number of people living and working in this vast watershed has grown exponentially over the decades and the health of the Chesapeake Bay has suffered badly. Farm runoff has degraded the habitat for blue crabs, rockfish and oysters, which are also at risk because of over-harvesting. And, climate change is eroding coastal areas, and further stressing the marine ecosystem. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation was formed in 1967 to educate people about the Bay and to promote conservation programs . The first Bay health monitoring and restoration programs began in the 1980s. They continue to this day. The University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science issues an annual report card for the Bay. This year's report showed little improvement from recent years. Tom's guest today is Will Baker. He has been the president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation since 1982. He's announced his intention to retire at the end of this year. Will Baker joins us on Zoom from his home in Baltimore. Our listeners join us as well… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 38 °F and bleh. Today you can expect highs in the low 40s and a chance of cold rain until the sun goes down. Probably best to stay inside if you can and hold your outside plans until tomorrow (which looks pretty nice at the moment).Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,130 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 41 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 96 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 46, Henrico: 33, and Richmond: 17). Since this pandemic began, 1,174 people have died in the Richmond region. As the seven-day average of new reported cases creeps lower and lower—1,325 this morning—it is important to remain vigilant! UVA’s model, which, admittedly hasn’t been updated in a week, notes that “News has been encouraging lately. Case rates are declining and the vaccine seems to be having an early impact. However, new variants and pandemic fatigue create additional risks. If new variants become widespread as residents loosen prevention measures, Virginia may see another peak, with cases peaking at 40,532 per week during the week ending July 4, 2021.” For context, our seven-day average of new cases the last week of January—the darkest of times—peaked at 6,149 or 43,043 cases per week. So please, wear a mask, keep your distance, work from home, and get vaccinated if you can.Speaking of getting vaccinated if you can, as of yesterday over one million Virginians are now fully vaccinated! That’s about an eighth of the entire population, and 21.1% of the state has received at least one dose. The Governor and First Lady also joined the list of the fully vaccinated, and got their one-and-done dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.Whoa, OK, late last night, like almost today, the RPS School Board voted for a traditional calendar for this coming school year. NBC 12’s Brent Solomon has the details. I thought for sure the Board would punt the decision a couple weeks down the road—which they did decide to do early in the meeting (which is when I stopped watching). Apparently, two-and-a-half hours after reading 56 pages of public comments, they changed their minds and ended up voting for the traditional calendar to allow more time, in Solomon’s words, “to collect data and get the public’s input” on year-round school. This random post on /r/rva says Superintendent Kamras pushed the board to make a decision either way last night so families and staff could know the plan for next year.It’s not until next month, but the City’s Urban Design Committee will consider a new parklet out front of Ms. Bee’s Juice Bar on Brookland Park Boulevard. It’s charming, and it’s made out of hexagons! Tap through to page 29 to see what the final, pretty rad, design would look like. We still don’t have any parklets that take advantage of the City’s parklet ordinance—which probably tells you something about the efficacy of the ordinance—but I’m glad Venture Richmond has started to push on this. Once we have even just a few successful parklets, I think we’ll start to see them popping up in a neighborhood near you.Today the Land Use, Housing and Transportation committee will consider RES. 2021-R017, which will declare a public necessity to rezone to TOD-1 the area “north and south of West Broad Street from Interstate Route I-195 west to the City’s corporate boundary with Henrico County.” I don’t imagine that “north and south of W. Broad Street” penetrates very far off of actual W. Broad Street itself, but, still, increasing the density of the Pulse Corridor makes a ton of sense. That hellscape of parking lots and low-slung strip malls needs some in-filling like whoa. Anyway, as y’all know by now, passing this resolution is the first step in actually doing a rezoning, so I’ll for sure be keeping an eye on it throughout the rest of the process. You should probably prepare yourself for some gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over “shade” and “crime.”Patrick Larson at VPM reports that Swansboro Park on the Southside now has 50 new trees due to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Greening Southside Richmond project. Trees are amazing and do all sorts of things to improve a neighborhood: look sweet, reduce the urban heat island effect, filter runoff, and, of course, provide shade. The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is right now! I love this saying and think about it constantly.Music to my ears! Mike Platania at Richmond BizSense writes that “a proposed 254-unit apartment building would replace a parking lot in Jackson Ward.” This is that terrible parking lot on the north-east corner of 2nd and Marshall that just so happens to be adjacent to really great transit and flush with good restaurants. It’s already kind of in process, but 2nd Street is about to blow up!This morning’s longreadFirst comprehensive study of indoor pot farm emissions uncovers a giant climate hot spotUnsurprisingly, everything we do has an impact on the environment.Regardless of location, the top two factors contributing to carbon emissions from indoor cannabis growing are climate control (cannabis plants need stable temperature and humidity but regular turnover of fresh air) and high-intensity grow lights. “While it is well known that lights are energy intensive, maintaining a comfortable environment for the plants is just as intensive if not more,” says Quinn. Another surprising source of emissions: “Bottled carbon dioxide is added to indoor grow spaces for increased plant growth and accounts for 11–25% of cannabis emissions, depending on location,” says study team member Hailey Summers, a graduate student at Colorado State University. The emissions don’t come from the CO2 itself (which is a byproduct of other industrial processes and would otherwise be released into the atmosphere) but from compressing it into liquid form and bottling it.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.Picture of the DayBirds, man.

Author/illustrator/Designer Dana Simson is a life-long environmentalist and climate change activist. She and her husband live on the frontline of climate change in a 200-year-old house on an island in the Chesapeake Bay. She keeps a tide clock on the dash of her car and gives the blue crabs and fish the right of way on her commute home. She has been a sought-after speaker and visiting professor on imagination development for the last 20 years. Currently, she is using her skillset to engage and empower people to look at climate change as an opportunity for positive change. Dana has written and illustrated 14 books and worked with many companies internationally to design home decor and many products. She is also the illustrator for the upcoming Green Writers Press children’s picture book; Janey Monarch Seed. Join us for our first live event, M.A.S.S. Eco Summit! It will be 3 days of keynotes, panels, and workshops! Receive event notifications or contact us to get involved at MASSEcoLive.com. This episode is brought to you by Brightmark, a leader in plastics renewal technology. Learn more about how Brightmark is reimagining waste and how you can partner with them at Brightmark.com. In this episode Marjorie and Dana discuss: How illustrated books can have a greater impact on readers openness to the material versus all-text books The changes that she's seen in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem over the last several decades as a result of climate change Does living along the Chesapeake increase residents receptiveness to the concept of climate change and what changes has she seen in the community's mindset over the years Her new book the Come Together Handbook   Resources mentioned in today's episode: Beasts of a Southern Wild film trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvqZzSMIZa0 Paul Hawken https://paulhawken.com/ Project Drawdown https://drawdown.org/ Climate Action Network https://climatenetwork.org/ Chesapeake Bay Foundation https://www.cbf.org/ Surfrider https://www.surfrider.org/ 350.org https://350.org/ Earth Justice https://earthjustice.org/ Sierra Club https://www.sierraclub.org/ Oceana https://oceana.org/ Repair.org https://www.repair.org/ Slow Food https://www.slowfood.com/ Eat Wild http://www.eatwild.com/ Planned Parenthood https://www.plannedparenthood.org/ Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org/ Habitat for Humanity https://www.habitat.org/     Connect with Dana and get a copy of the Come Together Handbook: Website: danasimson.com Personal FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/dana.simsonorth Artist FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/danasimson Dana's Art Gallery, Chesapeake East Company: https://www.facebook.com/Danasimsonart Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanaSimsonArt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danasimsonart/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/danasimson/     Connect with Marjorie Alexander: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asustainablemind/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SustainableMind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asustainablemind/ Website: http://www.asustainablemind.com

“Every little thing has a purpose, even a microorganism in the water. Understanding how everything is connected has given me a better appreciation of nature.” – Kevin Divins Who inspired your love of nature? Today’s guest, Kevin Divins, inspires others as a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a statewide corps of community-based volunteers who help conserve and manage natural resources and public lands. Kevin explains how understanding the natural world enhances his outdoor experience hiking, camping and kayaking across Virginia. He also shares his favorite lesser-known locations for untouched beaches and pristine outdoor spaces. Let’s Go! Mentioned Links: Virginia Master Naturalists: http://www.virginiamasternaturalist.org/ Chesapeake Bay Foundation: https://www.cbf.org/ James River Association: https://thejamesriver.org/ Blue Sky Fund: https://blueskyfund.org/ Christmas Bird Count: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count Virginia Native Plant Society: https://vnps.org/ Audubon-At-Home: https://www.audubonva.org/audubon-at-home Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy: https://www.alibris.com/Bringing-Nature-Home-How-You-Can-Sustain-Wildlife-with-Native-Plants-Douglas-W-Tallamy/book/24338619 Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy: https://www.alibris.com/search/books/qwork/45235654 iNaturalist App: https://www.inaturalist.org/ Merlin Bird ID: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ Mathews County, Virginia: https://www.mathewscountyva.gov/ New Point Comfort Lighthouse: http://www.newpointcomfortlighthouse.org/ New Point Comfort Nature Preserve: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-area-preserves/newpoint Bethel Beach: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-area-preserves/bethel DCR Natural Area Preserves: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural-heritage/natural-area-preserves/ Richardson’s Café, Matthews County: https://richardsonscafeonmain.com/ Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources: https://dwr.virginia.gov/ Mobjack Kayaking: http://www.mobjackkayaking.net/ Virginia State Parks: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/ Westmoreland State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/westmoreland Caledon State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/caledon Holliday Lake State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/holliday-lake Virginia State Parks Trail Quest: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/trail-quest Pocahontas State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/pocahontas Mason Neck State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/mason-neck Smith Mountain Lake State Park: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/smith-mountain-lake Virginia State Parks Reservation Line: 1-800-933-7275 or www.ReserveAmerica.com Connect and Follow Us: Web: www.VirginiaOutdoorAdventures.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VAOAPodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virginia_outdoor_adventures/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/VAOAPodcast 

In this episode of Talking Under Water, One Water, One Podcast, hosts Lauren Del Ciello, Katie Johns and Bob Crossen discuss recent updates to the Lead and Copper Rule for the first time in 30 years and potential impacts on the water industry at large. The conversation also unpacks the recent Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s assessment of the State of the Bay, which declined slightly from 2018. Finally, our interview this month is with Dorothée Chabredier, principal for Amane Advisors. Del Ciello spoke with Chabredier about trends in water investment, including an increased interest in sustainable investing. Chabredier explains the categories in sustainable investing, which have the greatest growth and how water businesses can optimize their business models to benefit from sustainable investing. She also shared her water wish list for 2021 and beyond.

Today’s Patreon-fueled shout-out comes from an anonymous supporter who wants to remind you once again that "We keep each other safe. Wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your distance."On today’s show:Another one-day record for COVID-19 cases in Virginia and the Blue Ridge Health DistrictThe Virginia State Crime Commission votes 9-2 to recommend eliminating mandatory minimum sentencesAn update from Charlottesville Tree Commission The Chesapeake Bay Foundation gives a D+ to the estuary’s water qualityxVirginia has set another one-day record for COVID-19 cases reported by the Virginia Department of Health, with 5,387 today. The seven-day average for positive tests has increased to 16.7 percent. That number was 10.6 percent on December 6, when the impacts of the Thanksgiving holiday began to show up in the data. The post-Christmas surge is reflected in the Blue Ridge Health District which also sets a new record with 193 cases today. That’s 64 cases in Albemarle, 46 in Charlottesville, 26 in Fluvanna, 16 in Greene, 37 in Louisa, and 4 in Nelson. There are no deaths reported today. Today, the Blue Ridge Health District will begin administering vaccines at the new location set up at the former KMart at the intersection of Hydraulic Road and U.S. 29. “We anticipate 8,000+ people in Phase 1A and will be vaccinating hundreds this week and expanding clinics next week to keep increasing capacity for vaccinating as many people as possible,” said Kathryn Goodman, communications manager in the district. “At our greatest capacity in the Kmart location, we will have 18 nurses vaccinating people in 10 minute appointments from 9am-4:30pm multiple times per week.” Goodman said that guidelines for Phase 1B and Phase 1C will be released later this week. Governor Ralph Northam will address Virginia at 2 p.m today. Source:Virginia Department of Health*Democrats have held on to two seats in the General Assembly in special elections held yesterday. In the 2nd District race to replace Jennifer Carroll Foy, Democrat Candi King defeated Republican Heather Mitchell 4,386 votes to 4,123 votes, or 51.4 percent to 48.4 percent. In the 90th District, Democrat Angelia Williams Graves won by a more comfortable margin against Republican Sylvia Marie Bryant. Graves got 63.5 percent of the vote to Bryant’s 36.4 percent. That race was to replace Joe Lindsey, who resigned to become a judge. Source: State Board of Elections*At recording time, Charlottesville City Council is holding an emergency meeting in closed session. The meeting comes a day after news broke that the firm Ralph Andersen and Associates has stopped work on a search for a new city manager.  Let’s hear the call to that meeting from Councilor Heather Hill. The official call cites the discussion states it will be for “‘discussion or consideration of one or more prospective candidates for City Council,” “discussion of a public contract involving the expenditure of public funds,” “discussion or consideration of the performance of one or more city councilors,” and consultation with legal council about one or all of the above. But that meeting will not be Charlottesville’s first meeting of 2021. That honor goes to the Tree Commission which met yesterday to discuss several items and get updates. One of them was an update on the PLACE Design Task Force, a group created by a previous City Council in March 2012 to advise Council on urban design issues. That body has been pondering its existence, and here’s Mark Rylander, who serves on both PLACE and the Tree Commission.“The last few meetings have consisted of strategizing among ourselves how to best be useful,” Rylander said. “PLACE was originally charged with reporting to Council and now is sort of under the [Neighborhood Development Services] umbrella which means that without sort of more assertive planning by PLACE itself, as a group it will sort of morph into an advisory body that chases after whatever NDS wants them to look at.” In November, Parag Agrawal accepted an offer to be the new director of Neighborhood Development Services, but he decided instead to take a similar job in Prince William County,  according to the Daily Progress.This year, Council will need to decide what to do with the West Main Streetscape, a project conceived of in 2012 at the request of PLACE members at the time to replace an earlier conceptual design for a street that had been anticipated to see several large buildings constructed. Now, the project has a cost estimate of tens of millions at a time when the city is coming close to its debt capacity. “It’s becoming apparent that maybe the city can’t afford everything that was planned for the West Main Street project, and it’s a sensitive topic because a lot of work has gone into it, but that’s potentially what PLACE will be working on,” Rylander said.  The Tree Commission also discussed their annual report, which will unveil the percentage of the city’s land mass covered by trees, a term known as the “tree canopy.” Higher levels of tree canopy can reduce heat in urban communities and the Tree Commission is working to educate the public on this point, especially as the city works on a climate action plan.“This Commission really sees its mission as having fully evolved, not beyond its charge, but that we are looking things beyond aesthetics and beauty and even just tree types, that we really are undertaking larger issues,” said Brian Menard, the commission’s chair. Menard noted that the Tree Commission celebrated its 10th anniversary, and that the Commission is poised to be part of the conversations on social justice and climate change. The report will be presented to the Council at their meeting on January 19. *A 13-member body that makes recommendations on public safety policy has voted 9-2 to advise the state government to remove laws that require judges to incarcerate people for a minimum period of time. Before their vote, the Virginia State Crime Commission was briefed on the topic and learned that there are 224 distinct offenses that require mandatory minimum sentences, 162 of which are felonies and 62 are misdemeanors. (agenda)The idea had the support of Fairfax’s Deputy Public Defender, Andy Elders. He gave several reasons why he thought all mandatory minimum sentences in Virginia should be abolished.“The first is that the threat of mandatory minimum sentences distorts our legal process,” Elders said. “Jury trials in Virginia are now extraordinarily rare and in 2019 as we discussed during the special session last year, only 1.3 percent of criminal convictions come from jury trials. One of the reasons for that is because a prosecutor can threaten a five or ten year mandatory minimum in some cases or even life, while simultaneously offering a shorter sentence as part of a plea agreement. The effect on the accused is overwhelming.”  Elders said there is no evidence that mandatory minimums have reduced crime. However Delegate Les Adams (R-16), said that data is inconclusive and he voted against a motion for the commission to recommend elimination of mandatory minimums for all 224 offense until there was more study.“To give it sort of the imprimatur of the Commission, I don’t know if that’s appropriate,” Adams said. “I don’t see how elimination of the mandatory minimum sentence would be something that would gain widespread support by our colleagues in the House and Senate.” The other vote against the motion was from Norfolk Police Chief Larry Boone, who was opposed to dropping mandatory minimums for assaults on law enforcement officers. “In our current environment that we’ve gone through in the last six months or so,  though I have not done the research, I would suspect that assault on law enforcement has probably gone up,” Boone said. The next step is for bills to be filed in the General Assembly to turn the recommended changes into law. The General Assembly session  convenes on January 13. Source: Virginia Crime Commission*A non-profit organization that monitors the ecological health of the Chesapeake Bay has released its annual report and has given another D+ grade. Will Baker is the president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. “The Chesapeake Bay system is still dangerously out of balance but there is hope for improvement as pollution levels decline and the dead zone retreats,” Baker said. The dead zone refers to an area where there is no oxygen and thus no aquatic of plant life. Six states and the District of Columbia are under a deadline to significantly reduce pollution and improve water quality by 2025 in a process known as the TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load). In Virginia, that requires all localities to significantly reduce levels of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment that enter waterways. Locally, that includes investments such as $48 million to upgrade the Moores Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, a project completed in 2012. “The current D+ is a sober reminder that the road ahead remains steep and the clock is ticking,” Baker said.  He said Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and D.C. have all made advances, but Pennsylvania and New York are not on track to meet their goals. (full report)Albemarle continues to address the issue and will soon kick off the second phase of an initiative to improve stream health with community meetings on January 21 and January 22. Learn more about the county’s efforts here. Source: Chesapeake Bay Foundation*Today in meetings, the Albemarle Board of Supervisors meets at 1 p.m. and the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors meets at 4 p.m. Details on both can be found in the Week Ahead newsletter that went out on Sunday. One small correction. I had reported that Charlottesville City Council would have a joint work session with the Charlottesville Planning This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

Community-building, inclusivity, and persistence are key to addressing climate challenges and fostering healthy communities. During this episode of the Sea Change Podcast, Jenna is joined by Carmera Thomas-Wilhite, Baltimore Program Manager for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and one of the Baltimore Sun's 25 Women to Watch in 2020. We welcome you to join them as they reflect on the successes they've celebrated, the challenges they've overcome, and the lessons they've learned from their collective years dedicated to grassroots advocacy.

Just before the presidential election, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sent me a letter asking me for money. Many of you probably received the same fund-raising letter from the nonprofit group, urging financial support for their oyster planting campaign. The letter said, “You can help bring back the oysters and save the Bay! Your gift to CBF of just $18 will help us plant 1,800 oysters… Larger gifts will help us do even more!” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Hayes, Program Director, Watershed Sciences & Engineering, Bucknell University,  on the this weekend’s Susquehanna River Symposium.  It is the 15th anniversary of annual River Symposium, and this year it will be on Nov. 6 (7-9 pm) and Nov. 7 (9am-3 pm) held entirely online, with Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Dunn, Secretary DCNR – Friday, 7:30-8 pm, Plenary Speaker: Brenda Lee Sieglitz, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Manager, Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Saturday, 12-1 pm, Special Sessions on Saturday morning addressing three important topics in watershed sciences: Conducting field and lab research during pandemics, Eliminating racism and increasing diversity and inclusion

Ben Hayes, Program Director, Watershed Sciences & Engineering, Bucknell University,  on the this weekend’s Susquehanna River Symposium.  It is the 15th anniversary of annual River Symposium, and this year it will be on Nov. 6 (7-9 pm) and Nov. 7 (9am-3 pm) held entirely online, with Keynote Speaker: Cynthia Dunn, Secretary DCNR – Friday, 7:30-8 pm, Plenary Speaker: Brenda Lee Sieglitz, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Manager, Chesapeake Bay Foundation – Saturday, 12-1 pm, Special Sessions on Saturday morning addressing three important topics in watershed sciences: Conducting field and lab research during pandemics, Eliminating racism and increasing diversity and inclusion

Chris Moore is Senior Scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. In this episode Chris discusses the incredible ability of oysters to filter water and provide habitat for other species. He explains how policy changes, restoration projects, and aquaculture are helping to improve oyster populations in the Chesapeake Bay, particularly in some tributaries. Chris also talks about eating oysters, what makes them taste different, and the popularity of Chesapeake Bay oysters in restaurants. The waterloop podcast is brought to you by High Sierra Showerheads, the smart and stylish way to save water, energy, and money while enjoying a powerful shower. Use promo code waterloop for 20 percent off at https://www.highsierrashowerheads.com/

Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   SPONSOR: Many thanks to Solar Energy Services for sponsoring this podcast. If you think solar is in your future, please give Rick Peters and his team a call at 410-923-6090.  Today...Police are investigating a grisly murder of a 5-year old girl in Pasadena. A man attempted to jump from the Bay Bridge and was talked down--800-273-TALK is the Nat'l Suicide Prevention Hotline. Navy got trounced by Air Force and we won't talk about it again. Swiss Skydiver won the Preakness-a filly in the Year of the Woman...well done. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is bringing their field educators into the classrooms remotely! Ann Alsina from CovingtonAlsina is here with us today for the always informative Money Monday Report!  And of course, George  from DCMDVA Weather  is here with your local weather forecast! Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday at 6:00am and available wherever you get your podcasts and also on our social media platforms--All Annapolis and Eye On Annapolis (FB) and @eyeonannapolis (TW)

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and several states filed lawsuits against EPA over Pennsylvania and New York’s noncompliance with Chesapeake Bay Agreement nutrient management and USDA issued a final rule on egg products inspection regulations.  Also, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon dismissed a motion seeking an injunction against the rule defining Waters of the United States.  Material from the Agricultural Law Weekly Review—week ending September 11, 2020 Hosted by Audry Thompson, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written by Audry Thompson Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Music is “Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)” by Edson Lopes is licensed under CC BY 3.0.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others are suing the federal Environmental Protection Agency saying EPA failed to require Pennsylvania and New York to develop plans to reduce pollution in the bay under two agreements. According to CBF, Pennsylvania’s plan to meet the 2025 goals in the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint contains improvements over past … Continue reading "Smart Talk Monday: EPA sued over Pa. not meeting Chesapeake cleanup goals; Five counties and the coronavirus"

Good morning, RVA! It’s 75 °F, and today you should expect super hot highs in the 90s—we’ve even got a heat advisory in effect until 8:00 PM. The heat index could reach as high as 109 °F, and that means you probably should stay inside if at all possible.Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 927↗️ new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 29↗️ new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 138↗️ new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 40, Henrico: 68, and Richmond: 30). Since this pandemic began, 326 people have died in the Richmond region. Just yesterday, the seven-day average of new cases in Virginia hit 1,012—the first time it’s been over 1,000 since August 13th. Percent positivity has also started to trend upward in the Commonwealth, and, at 7.7%, is now at its highest level since around June 8th. Statewide numbers are whatever, and it’s maybe more helpful to look at percent positive in the Central Region—which is bigger than just Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield, but still smaller than the entire state. Turns out percent positivity for the Central Region is…7.8% and that’s the highest it’s been since August 9th. What does this all mean? Keep working from home if possible, keep your mask on, and keep your distance from other people—that’s for sure.Ali Rockett at the Richmond Times-Dispatch has more on Tuesday’s shameful display of violence by the Richmond Police Department. Here, again, is the hard-to-watch video of a police officer tackling a person off of their bike, smashing their head onto a sidewalk. And here is how the RPD’s Deputy Chief Sydney Collier describes the incident: “Force is met with force…He’s eluding. He’s trying to avoid capture. As long as he’s trying to elude, the officer used the only option he had to stop him while he was on the bicycle.” Force is met with force?? What kind of force, exactly, does an unarmed kid standing in front of a tow truck with a bicycle need to be met with? Watch that video again and tell me that was the only option available to over a dozen police officers to “capture” this one person on a bike. The police continue to gaslight us by responding to actual, literal video of their horrible behavior as if it doesn’t exist at all. I honesty feel like I’m losing my grip on reality when I read quotes like this. Who are these people? Why do they behave this way? Why will none of our elected leaders do anything about it??This seems like a big, leafy deal: The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced a $227,467 grant to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation that “will plant more than 650 new trees in neighborhoods suffering from extreme heat linked to racially-motivated housing discrimination in the past.” That’s awesome, but even awesomer, this grant will focus on Southside neighborhoods and build on the work that folks like Southside ReLeaf and Groundwork RVA are already doing in that part of the city.A million years ago in 2017, Richmond adopted the Pulse Corridor Plan which recommend a bunch of rezonings to make the neighborhoods surrounding our best transit denser, more walkable, and more transit-friendly. As part of that plan, the Planning Commission will consider rezoning the area around the Science Museum, Allison Street, and VCU & VUU Pulse stations next week. If you can’t wait to talk zoning/rezoning, tonight you can attend a virtual public forum from 6:00–7:30 PM to hear the Department of Planning and Review talk through this proposed rezoning and why it’s important. You’ll probably hear from lots and lots of neighborhood folks angry about the standard set of anti-density stuff: tall buildings, sewer and school overload, parking, and traffic. It’s frustrating to have to argue about these same exact things each and every time we want to build more homes so more people can live in our city, but, that’s the bad timeline we live in. Until we have a decidedly urbanist City Council and Mayor we’ll need to do whatever we can to drag Richmond forward in these tiny and frustratingly incremental steps.Whoa, the Virginia ABC reports a $117 million increase in revenue compared to last year. I’d love to see those numbers by month, because I bet a huge portion of that increase came during the coronaspring. Of note, over the course of last year, Virginians spent $52.3 million on Tito’s Handmade vodka, the top-selling booze in the Commonwealth. That’s a lot of vodka!Daniel Heffner at NBC12 says that “roofers working on Bellevue Elementary School in Church Hill uncovered a decades-old beehive while repairing a section of the roof.” The beepeople brought in to save/remove the bees estimated the hive to be 40 years old and contain 60,000 bees! The pictures alone are worth your tap.The Henrico and Richmond City Health Districts will host a free community testing event today at Tuckahoe Middle School (9000 Three Chopt Road) from 9:00–11:00 AM. Walk-ups welcome! If you’re sitting at home worrying about your coronastatus, get out there and get a free test this morning. These are your local health districts! They’re here to serve you.This morning’s patron longreadWelcome to Leeside, the US’s first climate havenSubmitted by Patron Susan. I love this genre of thing, where the creator fabricates bits of an alternative historical record to tell their story (my favorite example of this at the moment is the Mystery Flesh Pit National Park Tumblr). This piece in QZ tells the future history of Leeside, a (fake) Midwest town that decide to open its Rust Belt arms to climate refugees, and now, years later, the town is booming.It’s 2057 and no life has been untouched by the realities of a warming globe. But mere decades ago, at the dawn of the 21st century, Americans were only just waking to this truth. Rising seas, powerful storms, and raging fires were destroying their cities, rendering homes uninhabitable, and dismantling livelihoods. Residents affected by such loss began to ask, “Where will we go?” In an increasingly isolationist world, many responded, “Not here.” But Leeside opened its doors. And after years of implementing innovative policies benefiting both the environment and the city’s residents, the United Nations inaugurated Leeside as the United States’ first Green Haven in 2035. Now, the city is recognized as a model of successful adaptation—physical, economic, and social—to a world in which cities and their communities are transformed by the millions seeking shelter from the storm.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Jonathan speaks with Sid Sharma, co-founder of Wild Kombucha, a Baltimore based kombucha company in this week's episode. The two talk about how COVID has affected business and what they are doing to pivot in a time when sales are down and staff has thinned out. Sid also speaks to their partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and how the bay is close to his heart and product.

Click to listen to episode (4:59) Sections below are the following:Transcript of AudioAudio Notes and AcknowledgmentsImagesSourcesRelated Water Radio EpisodesFor Virginia Teachers (Relevant SOLs, etc.)Unless otherwise noted, all Web addresses mentioned were functional as of 8-7-20. TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO From the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean, this is Virginia Water Radio for the week of August 10, 2020.This week, we focus on the Chesapeake Bay, and we start with some original music composed for that large, historic, and complex body of water. Have a listen for about 30 seconds.MUSIC – ~32 sec – instrumentalYou’ve been listening to part of “Chesapeake Bay Ballad,” by Torrin Hallett, a graduate student at Lamont School of Music in Denver.  A ballad is a song that tells a story, and the Chesapeake is rich in stories. One long, complicated Chesapeake story is the condition of the Bay’s water quality, habitats, and aquatic life, as told in various periodic reports by universities, government agencies, and other groups.A recent overall look at Chesapeake environmental conditions was the May 2020 edition of the annual Chesapeake Bay Watershed Report Card from the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science.  Like some other Bay health reports, this assessment generates a condition score ranging from zero to 100 by comparing various indicators to established goals.  The 2020 Maryland report examined Bay waters data available in 2019 [Note not in audio: the report released in May 2020 is called the 2019 report] for dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, chlorophyll, water clarity, aquatic grasses, and the benthic, or bottom-dwelling, community.  The overall score was 44, considered by the report as a “C-.” For comparison, the score in 2019—that is, for data from 2018—was 47; the highest score since 1986, when this record began, was 55 in 2002, and the lowest was 36 in 2003.  In their news release about the 2020 report, the Maryland Center asserted that low scores were believed due in part to unusually high rainfall and river flows in 2018 and 19.  The 2020 Maryland report also, for the first time, generated an index score for the overall Bay watershed, that is, beyond the Bay waters.  At that level, the score was 60; the highest scoring sub-watershed was the Upper James in Virginia, at 72; the lowest was the Lower Eastern Shore in Maryland, at 42.Besides the Maryland Center’s annual report, the Chesapeake Bay Program produces a yearly “Bay Barometer” report; the Chesapeake Bay Foundation produces a biennial “State of the Bay” report; various groups produce reports on individual Bay aspects, such as Blue Crabs and aquatic grasses; and real-time updates on the goals of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement are available from the Bay Program’s “Chesapeake Progress” Web site.These sources, and more besides, are among the many tellers of the Chesapeake Bay’s story.Thanks to Torrin Hallett for composing this week’s music for Virginia Water Radio, and we close with the final 15 seconds of “Chesapeake Bay Ballad.”MUSIC – ~18 sec – instrumentalSHIP’S BELLVirginia Water Radio is produced by the Virginia Water Resources Research Center, part of Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment.  For more Virginia water sounds, music, or information, visit us online at virginiawaterradio.org, or call the Water Center at (540) 231-5624.  Thanks to Ben Cosgrove for his version of “Shenandoah” to open and close the show.  In Blacksburg, I’m Alan Raflo, thanking you for listening, and wishing you health, wisdom, and good water.AUDIO NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS“Chesapeake Bay Ballad” is copyright 2020 by Torrin Hallett, used with permission.  Torrin is a 2018 graduate of Oberlin College and Conservatory in Oberlin, Ohio, and a 2020 graduate in Horn Performance from Manhattan School of Music in New York.  As of 2020-21, he is a performance certificate candidate at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.  More information about Torrin is available online at https://www.facebook.com/torrin.hallett.  Thanks very much to Torrin for composing the piece especially for Virginia Water Radio.  To hear the complete piece (51 seconds), please click here. Click here if you’d like to hear the full version (2 min./22 sec.) of the “Shenandoah” arrangement/performance by Ben Cosgrove that opens and closes this episode.  More information about Mr. Cosgrove is available online at http://www.bencosgrove.com.IMAGESSummary charts for Chesapeake Bay waters (upper) and watershed (lower) from the “2019 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card” (covering data through 2019; published in May 2020), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.  Images accessed from the report PDF, page 3, online at https://ecoreportcard.org/site/assets/files/2265/2019_chesapeake_bay_watershed_report_card-1.pdf, as of 8-10-20.SOURCESUsed for AudioKarl Blankenship, Chesapeake’s grasses hard hit by heat, high flows in 2019; SAV in higher salinity water fared the worst, Bay Journal, 7/8/20.Karl Blankenship, Heavy rains clobbered water quality, but it wasn’t a total washout, Bay Journal, 7/10/20. Cambridge Dictionary [Cambridge University], “Ballad,” online at https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/ballad.Chesapeake Bay Foundation, “State of the Bay 2018,” online at https://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/state-of-the-bay-report/.Chesapeake Bay Program, “Bay Barometer,” March 2020 (for 2018-19 data), online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/publications/bay_barometer_health_and_restoration_in_the_chesapeake_bay_watershed_2018_2.Chesapeake Bay Program, “Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement” (signed June 16, 2014), online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/what_guides_us/watershed_agreement.Chesapeake Bay Program, “Chesapeake Progress,” online at https://www.chesapeakeprogress.com/.Rachel Felver, This year’s Bay Barometer sets a different type of foundation for Bay restoration, Chesapeake Bay Program, 3/25/20.Maryland Department of Natural Resources, “Eyes on the Bay,” online at http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/.  See http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/whatsitmean.cfm for “Data Available for Viewing” (dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, turbidity, algal blooms, and temperature).  See http://eyesonthebay.dnr.maryland.gov/eyesonthebay/links.cfm for links to other Bay water-quality data and information sources.Jake Solyst, Annual Bay report card notes overall watershed health is faring better than the Bay itself, Chesapeake Bay Program, 5/20/20 news release.University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, “Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card,” online at https://ecoreportcard.org/report-cards/chesapeake-bay/publications/ (as a PDF) and at https://ecoreportcard.org/report-cards/chesapeake-bay/.For More Information about the Chesapeake Bay and its ConditionKarl Blankenship, Chesapeake crab population shows resiliency just in time for ‘price war,’ Bay Journal, 5/28/20. Chesapeake Bay Program, online at https://www.chesapeakebay.net/.Jeremy Cox, Mercury widespread in Chesapeake Bay headwaters fish, Bay Journal, 7/2/20.  This article refers to the following reference: James J. Willacker et al., Mercury bioaccumulation in freshwater fishes of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Ecotoxicology, Vol. 29, No. 4 (May 2020), pages 459-484; accessed online at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32239332/ (subscription may be required).Alice Jane Lippson and Robert L. Lippson, Life in the Chesapeake Bay, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2006.Maryland Department of Natural Resources, “2020 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey,” online at https://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/blue-crab/dredge.aspx.Timothy Wheeler, Maryland's wild oyster harvest doubles from last year, Bay Journal, 6/16/20.Timothy Wheeler, PCB cleanup makes uneven progress, Bay Journal, July 2020.Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), “Bay Info,” online at https://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/index.php; and “SAV Monitoring and Restoration,” online at https://www.vims.edu/research/units/programs/sav/index.php.RELATED VIRGINIA WATER RADIO EPISODESAll Water Radio episodes are listed by category at the Index link above (http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/p/index.html).  See particularly the “Rivers, Streams, and Other Surface Water” subject category.Following are links to some other episodes on the Chesapeake Bay. Bay Barometer and other reports – Episode 305, 2-29-16Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan – Episode 115, 6-18-12.Bay TMDL, Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan – Episode 475, 6-3-19.Chesapeake Bay Commission – Episode 496, 10-28-19.Estuaries introduction – Episode 326, 7-25-16.Oysters and nitrogen (Part 1) – Episode 279, 8-24-15 .Oysters and nitrogen (Part 2) – Episode 280, 9-7-15.Submerged aquatic vegetation (“Bay grasses”) – Episode 325, 7-18-16Following are other music pieces composed by Torrin Hallett for Virginia Water Radio, with episodes featuring the music.“Beetle Ballet” – used in Episode 525, 5-18-20, on aquatic beetles.“Corona Cue” – used in Episode 517, 3-23-20, on the coronavirus pandemic. “Geese Piece” – used most recently in Episode 440, 10-1-18, on E-bird. “Lizard Lied” – used in Episode 514, 3-2-20, on lizards. “New Year’s Water” – used in Episode 349, 1-2-17, on the New Year. “Rain Refrain” – used most recently in Episode 455, 1-14-19, on record Virginia precipitation in 2019. “Spider Strike” – used in Episode 523, 5-4-20, on fishing spiders.“Tropical Tantrum” – used most recently in Episode 489, 9-9-19, on storm surge and Hurricane Dorian. “Turkey Tune” – used in Episode 343, 11-21-16, on the Wild Turkey.FOR VIRGINIA TEACHERS – RELATED STANDARDS OF LEARNING (SOLs) AND OTHER INFORMATIONFollowing are some Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) that may be supported by this episode’s audio-transcript, sources, or other information included in this post.2013 Music SOLsSOLs at various grade levels that call for “examining the relationship of music to the other fine arts and other fields of knowledge.” 2010 Science SOLsGrades K-6 Earth Resources Theme3.10 – impacts on survival of species, including effects of fire, flood, disease, and erosion on organisms; effects of human activity on air, water and habitat; and conservation and resource renewal.4.9 – Virginia natural resources, including watersheds, water resources, and organisms.6.9 – public policy decisions related to the environment (including resource management and conservation, land use decisions, hazard mitigation, and cost/benefit assessments).Grades K-6 Living Systems Theme2.5 – living things as part of a system, including habitats.3.5 – food webs.3.6 – ecosystems, communities, populations, shared resources.4.5 – ecosystem interactions and human influences on ecosystems.6.7 – natural processes and human interactions that affect watershed systems; Virginia watersheds, water bodies, and wetlands; health and safety issues; and water monitoring.Life Science CourseLS.8 – community and population interactions, including food webs, niches, symbiotic relationships.LS.9 – adaptations for particular ecosystems’ biotic and abiotic factors, including characteristics of land, marine, and freshwater environments.LS.10 – changes over time in ecosystems, communities, and populations, and factors affecting those changes, including climate changes and catastrophic disturbances.LS.11 – relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity.Earth Science CourseES.6 – renewable vs. non-renewable resources (including energy resources).ES.8 – influences by geologic processes and the activities of humans on freshwater resources, including identification of groundwater and major watershed systems in Virginia, with reference to the hydrologic cycle.ES.10 – ocean processes, interactions, and policies affecting coastal zones, including Chesapeake Bay.Biology CourseBIO.8 – dynamic equilibria and interactions within populations, communities, and ecosystems; including nutrient cycling, succession, effects of natural events and human activities, and analysis of the flora, fauna, and microorganisms of Virginia ecosystems.2015 Social Studies SOLsGrades K-3 Geography Theme1.6 – Virginia climate, seasons, and landforms.Grades K-3 Economics Theme2.8 – natural, human, and capital resources.3.8 – understanding of cultures and of how natural, human, and capital resources are used for goods and services.Virginia Studies CourseVS.1 – impact of geographic features on people, places, and events in Virginia history.VS.10 – knowledge of government, geography, and economics in present-day Virginia.Civics and Economics CourseCE.6 – government at the national level.CE.7 – government at the state level.CE.8 – government at the local level.CE.10 – public policy at local, state, and national levels.World Geography CourseWG.2 – how selected physical and ecological processes shape the Earth’s surface, including climate, weather, and how humans influence their environment and are influenced by it.WG.3 – how regional landscapes reflect the physical environment and the cultural characteristics of their inhabitants.WG.4 – types and significance of natural, human, and capital resources.Government CourseGOVT.7 – national government organization and powers.GOVT.8 – state and local government organization and powers.GOVT.9 – public policy process at local, state, and national levels.GOVT.15 – role of government in Va. and U.S. economies, including examining environmental issues and property rights. Virginia’s SOLs are available from the Virginia Department of Education, online at http:--www.doe.virginia.gov-testing-.Following are links to Water Radio episodes (various topics) designed especially for certain K-12 grade levels.Episode 250, 1-26-15 – on boiling, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 255, 3-2-15 – on density, for 5th and 6th grade.Episode 282, 9-21-15 – on living vs. non-living, for kindergarten.Episode 309, 3-28-16 – on temperature regulation in animals, for kindergarten through 12th grade.Episode 333, 9-12-16 – on dissolved gases, especially dissolved oxygen in aquatic habitats, for 5th grade.Episode 403, 1-15-18 – on freezing and ice, for kindergarten through 3rd grade.Episode 404, 1-22-18 – on ice on ponds and lakes, for 4th through 8th grade.Episode 406, 2-5-18 – on ice on rivers, for middle school.Episode 407, 2-12-18 – on snow chemistry and physics, for high school.Episode 483, 7-29-19 – on buoyancy and drag, for middle school and high school.Episode 524, 5-11-20 – on sounds by water-related animals, for elementary school through high school.Episode 531, 6-29-20 – on various ways that animals get water, for 3rd and 4th grade.

I talk with Charlie Grugan about how running transformed his life and showed him that change is possible. Joining Team CMMD and fundraising for the American Cancer Society was a key part of his running journey. We also discuss his experience race directing the Uncle Charlie 5k that was a gift for his father and raises money for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Follow Charlie on Instagram: che_effe Learn more about fundraising for cancer research: Cancer.org and Team CMMD Connect with the show and tell us why you love running! Twitter: @loverunningpod Instagram: @fortheloveofrunningpodcast Facebook: Join the group For The Love Of Running Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fortheloveofrunning/message

On this packed episode, Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham first check in with Steve and Annie (Dorrie) Mercer to preview their new father/daughter show on ASPN, the Carolina Coast Podcast. This is a show all about getting to know the interesting personalities and characters who live and work on the Carolina Coast. Then, we check in with Captain Paul Amaral, owner of TowBoatUS Ventura, a marine assist and rescue company based in Ventura, CA. Earlier this month, Paul led a volunteer effort to free an entangled humpback whale off the Channel Islands. His account of how the rescue was carried out is a must-hear story. We conclude the show with a fascinating discussion with Karen Mullin and AJ Metcalf, both of The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, to learn about how CBF has adapted its education programming in the face of stay home orders and social distancing. Its a packed show to kick off another busy week on the American Shoreline!

The EPA is giving leniency to industries who don't comply with some regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is worried about lack of enforcement.

On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, Michael Sanderson and Kevin Kinnally discuss the latest news and notes from Annapolis, including a new report from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation criticizing state efforts on bay cleanup – with its sharpest barbs for Pennsylvania, new cost estimates for Baltimore City to recover from a devastating ransomware attack, the growing cybersecurity threat, and a breakdown of the latest article from a special Conduit Street blog series on Maryland's school funding formulas: School Funding, Part 2: Money Changes Everything (The Wealth Formula).MACo has made the podcast available through both iTunes and Google Play Music by searching Conduit Street Podcast. You can also listen on our Conduit Street blog with a recap and link to the podcast.You can listen to previous episodes of the Conduit Street Podcast on our website.Useful LinksPrevious Conduit Street Coverage: CBF: PA is Far Off Track With Bay CleanupPrevious Conduit Street Coverage: Baltimore City Estimates Cost of Ransomware AttackPrevious Conduit Street Coverage: Russian Hackers Targeted Election Databases in Florida CountiesPrevious Conduit Street Coverage: School Funding: This Is How We Do ItPrevious Conduit Street Coverage: School Funding, Part 2: Money Changes Everything (The Wealth Formula)Previous Conduit Street Coverage: Kirwan Commission Mulls Changes to Education Funding Formulas

Many thanks to today's sponsor.... Mac Medics, located conveniently in Severna Park and Lanham. Check them out--you'll never go back to the mall! CONNECT WITH US!  LOTS OF WAYS:  http://bit.ly/EOAConnect Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle.   Today...Yesterday, The Capital picked up their Pultizer Citation in New York. Anne Arundel County police are investigating a rape and a double shooting. Annapolis Police are investigating a possum that was on fire and euthanized. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is pissed at Pennsylvania. Punkin Chunkin is headed to Illinois. And tickets are limited for the Wendi Winters PR Bazaar on June 3rd at Maryland Hall.  And, of course, George from DMV Weather with your local weather forecast!  Flash Briefing for Alexa. Yep, I finally brought the Daily News Brief to Alexa. Search for "Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief" in your Alexa app and enable it--and be sure to drop us a rating! More info here.  The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Google Music, Stitcher Radio, tunein, IHeartRADIO, Amazon Echo,  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and of course at Eye On Annapolis. Our weather partner is DMV Weather based in Annapolis. Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! Please be sure to check out our weekly sister podcast, The Maryland Crabs!

In a brand new sub-series "Young People in Politics" Amelie and Mallory sit down to interview youth activists leading change in their communities. In this episode, they talk to Amelia Farrell about the importance of advocacy and climate change. From organizing the Youth Climate March to lobbying with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Amelia is heavily involved in environmental policy. We discuss her motivations and difficulties she faced along the way as well as the effects of youth activism in politics.

No-till agriculture promotes soil health and sequesters carbon, so why isn’t everybody doing it? The practical reality is that farmers are limited by their infrastructure and financial obligations. Making a change is not always profitable and often means fighting against a father who’s mastered the conventional system. To facilitate large-scale change, we need a market that allows farmers to get paid for growing crops unconventionally. Trey Hill is the champion of change behind Harborview Farms, an agricultural operation that produces corn, wheat, and soybeans for the Mid-Atlantic region. Harborview focuses on sustainable farming and environmental stewardship, treating the land as a canvas rather than a commodity. Trey’s creative approach combines traditionalism with technology and environmentalism, making him an ideal candidate for Nori’s pilot program Today, Trey joins Ross and Christophe to discuss how working with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation led him on a path to environmentalism. He shares the fundamental idea behind cover crops and speaks to the rising use of technology in agriculture. Trey also offers his take on what farmers and environmentalists have in common and the advantage of a market-based approach to promoting regenerative practices. Listen in for Trey’s insight on the practical realities of farming green and learn about his experience as part of the Nori pilot!   Resources Harborview Farms Chesapeake Bay Foundation Pilot Episode of RCC National No-Tillage Conference Dr. Charles Massy on RCC EP053 Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy Chester River Watershed Observatory Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems Granular Farm Management Software ‘Soil My Undies’ Challenge in Modern Farmer USDA Farm Service Agency Planet Video of Trey’s Cereal Rye   Connect with Ross & Christophe  Nori Nori on Facebook Nori on Twitter Nori on Medium Nori on YouTube Nori on GitHub Email hello@nori.com Nori White Paper Subscribe on iTunes   Key Takeaways [0:45] Trey’s path to reversing climate change Farmers blamed for Pfiesteria outbreak Work with Chesapeake Bay Foundation Cover crop movement, environmentalism [8:33] The fundamental idea of cover crops Monocultures fail to build ecosystem (unnatural break) Plant other grasses for more diversity Sequester carbon year-round Lower fossil fuels burned, fertilizers  [13:49] The practical realities of farming green Limited by infrastructure, financial obligations Organic no-till never been done before  [19:30] Trey’s take on farmland as canvas Cover crops bring abstract way of thinking Relatable to those outside industry [22:30] How to bring farmers and environmentalists together Focus on commonalities (e.g.: work for less than deserve) Avoid accusations, political topics [26:53] Trey’s experience with the Nori pilot program Monetize carbon already sequestering Develop market to facilitate change [36:16] Why Trey supports a market-based approach Drop in commodities prices + overproduction Trend to consolidation (economies of scale) [44:32] The rise of technology in agriculture Crop health map based on satellite imagery Allows to fine tune nitrogen management Team learns from each other at rapid pace  [48:20] How Trey is taking planting green to the next level Leverage technology for more biomass Healthier soil = better future  [52:27] Why slugs have become Trey’s nemesis No-till environment creates habitat Can only kill with contact (live underground)

Virginian-Pilot reporter Katherine Hafner tells us about a scam sweeping the Commonwealth. Also, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation reports on the health of our Bay in the face of a shutdown and a rollback of federal regulations. Finally, state Sen. David Marsden talks about school safety and his proposal to raise the minimum wage.

Harry Campbell, Director of Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania talks about the stormwater situation with Frank Andrews See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jay Ford from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will argue against offshore drilling. We will also talk about ODU's new report about the quality of life in Hampton Roads. Then, Cathy will talk to artist P.J. Lynch, whose illustrations for Dickens's A Christmas Carol are featured this month at Nauticus.

Alison Prost is an attorney and CBF’s Maryland Executive Director. She directs policy and manages a diverse team of scientists, land use specialists, lawyers, grassroots coordinators and volunteers to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. The organization’s mission is to reduce pollution and restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay, a national treasure.

Tonight, County Executive Steve Schuh and Steuart Pittman squared off in an environmental forum at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.  The forum was jointly presented by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the League of Women Voters and the Anne Arundel County Alliance for Livable Communities. The event was moderated by Josh Davidsburg. Three questions developed by the sponsors were presented to each candidates and each was given two minutes to respond. The candidates each received the same question. The remaining questions were submitted by audience members who were in attendance. Approximately 100 people were in attendance. NOTE: Actual forum questions start at 6:30 after the introductions! Flash Briefing for Alexa. Yep, I finally brought the Daily News Brief to Alexa. Search for "Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief" in your Alexa app and enable it--and be sure to drop us a rating! More info here.  The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,  Google Music, Stitcher Radio, tunein, IHeartRADIO, Amazon Echo,  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and of course at Eye On Annapolis. Our weather partner is DMV Weather based in Annapolis. Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! Please be sure to check out our weekly sister podcast, The Maryland Crabs!

How do the farmers and watermen in the Chesapeake Bay affect each others' livelihoods? Chris Moore, Senior Scientist from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will take us through this delicately balanced system we depend on. Then we will talk to farmers and watermen from the area and take your questions. Finally, we'll check in with Mal Vincent to find out what's going on this week in Mal's World.

Pennsylvania is getting ready to tackle the next phase of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, with a new emphasis on getting things done at the county level. But will it be enough to get us back on track after a disappointing EPA assessment? We'll get an update from Harry Campbell of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and take a ride on a historic railroad line that could become the setting for northeastern PA's newest trail system.

Joe diGenova joins the show to discuss the Inspector General's report. Also, Beth McGee of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation discusses the latest report which shows signs of both improvement and challenges in the Chesapeake Bay.

Thank you for listening to the 12th episode of #TeachAgTalks, the podcast bringing you the news and the voices of Pennsylvania Agricultural Education! Be sure to check out teachagpsu.blogspot.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more publications from @TeachAgPSU! Want to see what else is going on in PA Agricultural Education? If you would like to be added to the Thursday Teach Ag Topics email blast, please send us an email at teachag@psu.edu. Details of this episode: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences July 16th - 20th. We heard from Dr. Kevin Curry of Penn State’s Center for Professional Personnel Development about the MWEE workshop for in-service and pre-service teachers going on this summer. Penn State Teach Ag! has partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to bring our state pre-service and in-service ag teachers a new and exciting professional development opportunity which includes an investigation of resources for supporting students’ SAE’s, exploring watershed hydrology, touring a fish hatchery, and a water treatment facility. Join us for a 5 day field-based workshop focused on integrating MWEES into your program. The cost for the program is $50 and includes hotel, materials, and all meals. The program is taking place at Toftrees in State College, PA. For more information or to register, follow this link: http://www.cbf.org/join-us/education-program/professional-learning/summer-courses/professional-learning-july-courses.html#PA-July CASE Workshop: Agricultural Power & Technology (APT) June 17-28, 2018. Agricultural Power and Technology is a foundation level course designed to prepare students for the wide array of career opportunities in agricultural engineering. Students are immersed in inquiry-based exercises that tie in the math and science of agricultural mechanics and engineering. Throughout the course, students apply technical skill while becoming competent in the process used to operate, repair, engineer, and design agricultural tools and equipment. Teachers are provided detailed professional development to facilitate instruction. http://aese.psu.edu/teachag/workshops/inservice-opportunity/case/copy_of_2017-case-institute Educator’s AG Institute July 8th - 12th, 2018 in State College, PA Participants will visit farms, attend classroom sessions and gain hands-on experience that focus on integrating agricultural concepts into your existing curriculum. You will become the student as you experience ag first hand and you will leave with plenty of resources, ideas and lesson plans! In addition, you can earn Act 48 credits. All of this for the low cost of $100 (after a $750 sponsorship from a generous donor) includes 4 nights lodging, all meals but one, and all the tours and sessions! Space is limited. For more information please contact the Program Coordinator, Leigh Ann G. Courtney at (717) 713-3556. That’s a wrap for the spring! Stay in touch through Facebook, Twitter or our Blog; teachagpsu.blogspot.com! #TeachAgTalks is supported by the Center for Professional Personnel Development in Agricultural Education. The Center is dedicated to the empowerment of all educators to advance the food, fiber and natural resources industry through student success! Theme Music Adapted From: Android Sock Hop Kevin MacLeod USUAN1700060 https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/android-sock-hop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Thank you for listening to the eleventh episode of #TeachAgTalks, the podcast bringing you the news and the voices of Pennsylvania Agricultural Education! Be sure to check out teachagpsu.blogspot.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more publications from @TeachAgPSU! Want to see what else is going on in PA Agricultural Education? If you would like to be added to the Thursday Teach Ag Topics email blast, please send us an email at teachag@psu.edu. Details of this episode: 2019 Tractor Restoration, PA Farm Show You and your students are invited to restore a tractor to show at the 2019 PA Farm Show. Check out last year’s rules here: http://www.farmshow.pa.gov/exhibit/rules-regulations/Documents/Department%2035-Antique%20Tractor%20Restoration.pdf The only change is that the model years can be up to and including 1975. If you and your students are interested please send an email to Carole Fay and Mike Brammer and let them know you’re interested in participating. Growing SAE Participation Through Education Earn AET Professional Certification by attending an SAE-focused workshop. Simulate the complete SAE process of planning, documenting, and reflecting on SAE case studies. Enrollment is limited! When: Monday June 4, 2018 Where: Educational Service Center, San Antonio, TX Cost: $190 includes breakfast, lunch, and materials More Information: https://conta.cc/2Jeh410 Google for Education Boot Camp During this two day learning experience, participants will learn the essentials of GSuite for Education with a focus on Google Classroom, Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sites, and Chrome. This event will guide participants through various activities and classroom examples using media rich content, responsive instruction techniques, and design labs. When: June 19-20, 2018 Where: Westmoreland Intermediate Unit 7 More Information: https://bit.ly/2EgD2N3 Teach Ag Essay Contest The annual Teach Ag Essay Contest is going on NOW and submissions are due today. Winners will be announced at the Pennsylvania FFA State Convention and Activities Week in June. Any questions? Please reach out to Dylan Schoemaker (dus45@psu.edu) of the LEAD Society at Penn State. Information Packet and Flyers: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_QmiTAIONeZ5pTLRYn4Ye1dSftCIno5y Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU8W1fq9YaMoyIKZqd-2wL486xJZN-m8PyMbGjoq633Yip5w/closedform Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences, July 16th - 18th. Penn State Teach Ag! has partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to bring our state pre-service and in-service ag teachers a new and exciting professional development opportunity of investigating resources for supporting students’ SAE’s. The cost for the program is $50 and includes hotel, materials, and all meals. For more information or to register, follow this link: http://www.cbf.org/join-us/education-program/professional-learning/summer-courses/professional-learning-july-courses.html#PA-July Educator’s AG Institute July 8th - 12th, 2018 in State College, PA Participants will visit farms, attend classroom sessions and gain hands-on experience that focus on integrating agricultural concepts into your existing curriculum. Space is limited. For more information please contact the Program Coordinator, Leigh Ann G. Courtney at (717) 713-3556. 2018 Student Teacher We heard from Ms. Katie Smith (@KatieLady1995), current student teacher at Northwestern High School with Albion FFA. You can read her blog and keep up with her experiences here: https://emusinprek.blogspot.com/ #TeachAgTalks is supported by the Center for Professional Personnel Development in Agricultural Education. The Center is dedicated to the empowerment of all educators to advance the food, fiber and natural resources industry through student success! Theme Music Adapted From: Android Sock Hop Kevin MacLeod USUAN1700060 https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/android-sock-hop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Thank you for listening to the fourth episode of #TeachAgTalks, the podcast bringing you the news of Pennsylvania Agricultural Education! Be sure to check out teachagpsu.blogspot.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more publications from @TeachAgPSU! Want to see what else is going on in PA Agricultural Education? If you would like to be added to the Thursday Teach Ag Topics email blast, please send us an email at teachag@psu.edu. Details of this episode: ACES Workshop with Penn State CPPD and CBF We heard from Dr. Kevin Curry from the Center for Professional Personnel Development about the professional development workshop being held during all three weekends of ACES in collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation titled, “Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences in Agricultural Science”. Workshops are held from 1:00 to 4:00 PM each Saturday of ACES, and all teachers and advisors are welcome to attend. The workshop is intended to explore how Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE’s) can be used to support student achievement in agricultural sciences as well as enhance and extend Supervised Agricultural Experiences for students across the state. More information on ACES: Reach out to John Ewing (jce122@psu.edu) More information on MWEE’s: www.baybackpack.com Banquet Visits If you would like a State Officer to attend your spring FFA banquet, please submit all requests to Mike Brammer (c-mbrammer@pa.gov). Meet Your State Officer The annual Meet Your State Officer at Hoss’s night will be held on February 20th. State officers will be at 7 convenient locations around the state: Elizabethtown, Huntingdon, Meadville, Lititz, DuBois, Enola, and Williamsport. Be sure to RSVP to Mike Brammer (c-mbrammer@pa.gov) with a location and number of guests by February 12th. SLLC The State Legislative Leadership Conference will be held March 18-20, 2018. This conference will teach over 400 students the legislative process. Teaching today's youth how government works is vital to the future of our industry and our country. The deadline to register is February 19, 2018. More Information: http://www.paffa.org/page.aspx?ID=343 The “Mechanics” Of Teaching Ag Workshop This Penn State Teach Ag workshop focuses on the power, structural, and technical systems AFNR content standards and is intended for any student interested in becoming an Agriculture teacher. The first 30 students registered will receive a Teach Ag Mechanics Essentials kit. Registration closes February 28th. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX9bYBG1QviTnSHiDPRMifqct-rsOsswN5X0lU6ygbNqtwDg/viewform Theme Music Adapted From: Android Sock Hop Kevin MacLeod USUAN1700060 https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/android-sock-hop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Thank you for listening to the second episode of #TeachAgTalks, the podcast bringing you the news of Pennsylvania Agricultural Education! Be sure to check out teachagpsu.blogspot.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more publications from @TeachAgPSU! Want to see what else is going on in PA Agricultural Education? If you would like to be added to the Thursday Teach Ag Topics email blast, please send us an email at teachagpsu@gmail.com. Details of this episode: Article from Jaclyn Ryan Jaclyn Ryan is an Agriscience Teacher and FFA Advisor at Signal Knob Middle School in Strasberg, VA. Signal Knob Middle School was named the Number One Middle School FFA Program in the United States during the 2013-2014 school year by the National FFA Organization. http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/importance-agricultural-education-and-ffa ACES Workshop for FFA Advisors During all three weekends of ACES, an interactive workshop in collaboration with the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will be held from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Saturday. The workshop is titled, “Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences in Agricultural Science”, and is intended to explore how Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE’s) can be used to support student achievement in agricultural sciences as well as enhance and extend Supervised Agricultural Experiences for students across the state. More information on ACES: Reach out to John Ewing (jce122@psu.edu) More information on MWEE’s: www.baybackpack.com SLLC The State Legislative Leadership Conference will be held March 18-20, 2018. This conference will teach over 400 students the legislative process. Teaching today's youth how government works is vital to the future of our industry and our country. The deadline to register is February 19, 2018. More Information: http://www.paffa.org/page.aspx?ID=343 Banquet Visits If you would like a State Officer to attend your spring FFA banquet, please submit all requests to Mike Brammer(c-mbrammer@pa.gov). Meet Your State Officer The annual Meet Your State Officer at Hoss’s night will be held on February 20th. State officers will be at 7 convenient locations around the state: Elizabethtown, Huntingdon, Meadville, Lititz, DuBois, Enola, and Williamsport. Be sure to RSVP to Mike Brammer (c-mbrammer@pa.gov) with a location and number of guests by February 12th. Calling for 2019 Cooperating Teachers! We currently have 10 candidates looking to student teach in Ag Ed in Spring 2019. We would like to provide them a list of possible cooperating centers in early February. We encourage students to visit programs until after Spring Break (March), interview candidates about placement in April and hope to finalize our 2019 placements by May 15th! Thanks for Your Consideration from Dr. Daniel Foster. New Century Farmer Conference July 8-14, 2018 in Des Moines, IA. All applications must be completed by Feb. 15, 2018 at 5 p.m. EST. More Info: https://www.ffa.org/participate/conferences/new-century-farmer The “Mechanics” Of Teaching Ag Workshop This Penn State Teach Ag workshop focuses on the power, structural, and technical systems AFNR content standards and is intended for any student interested in becoming an Agriculture teacher. The first 30 students registered will receive a Teach Ag Mechanics Essentials kit. Registration closes February 28th. Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScX9bYBG1QviTnSHiDPRMifqct-rsOsswN5X0lU6ygbNqtwDg/viewform Student Teacher We heard from Ms. Cheyenne Myers, one of The Pennsylvania State University’s 2018 student teachers currently teaching at Kennard-Dale High School in York County. Follow Cheyenne of Twitter: @MyersCheyenneM Read Cheyenne’s Blog: http://gallopingintoaged.blogspot.com/ Theme Music Adapted From: Android Sock Hop Kevin MacLeod USUAN1700060 https://soundcloud.com/kevin-9-1/android-sock-hop License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Maryland has taken the EPA to court for failing to require power plants in five nearby states to control the air pollution they emit. Smog caused by these power plants is harmful to both public health and waterways. We discuss the lawsuit with Alison Prost, Maryland executive director for the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

This episode of the World Resources Institute Podcast features special guests from both inside and outside WRI. Cy Jones is a Senior Fellow in WRI's Water Program, Sara Walker is an Associate in WRI's Water program and Beth McGee is Director of Science and Agricultural Policy at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Together with Lawrence MacDonald, they discussed how nutrient and water quality trading can help meet the nutrient reduction targets needed to restore the Chesapeake Bay.

As we approach the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 50th anniversary and the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint's halfway point, CBF President Will Baker reflects on decades of leading the charge for a saved Bay.

A federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirms the legality of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint and ensures that efforts to clean up local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay will continue. CBF President Will Baker and CBF Vice President Jon Mueller discuss the just-in historic ruling in favor of EPA, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and other intervenors.Learn more about this historic win: http://www.cbf.org/news-media/newsroom/2015/07/06/a-historic-win-for-clean-water

Nitrogen-based fertilisers have banished hunger in the rich world and ushered in an era of abundance. But they are a double-edged sword - the glut of food also comes with a glut of nitrogenous pollution that threatens to destroy our rivers and oceans. In our latest programme about the elements of the periodic table, Professor Andrea Sella of University College London tells presenter Justin Rowlatt why exactly our crops - and we humans - could not survive without nitrogen.The BBC's Washington correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan sees - and smells - first-hand the denitrification of raw sewage, and hears from water scientist Dr Beth McGee of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation about the eutrophication of America's largest river estuary.And, Justin travels to Norwich to meet Giles Oldroyd of the John Innes Centre, who is seeking to genetically engineer cereal crops that can fix nitrogen from the air. He also meets farmer David Hill, who explains the hi-tech lengths he goes to in order to squeeze the maximum yield out of his fertiliser.

Hampton Roads' relationship with the Chesapeake Bay is complex. Local industries rely on it for their livelihoods and countless families enjoy the recreational opportunities it affords, yet the health of the Chesapeake Bay is often threatened by those same activities and industries. Today we talk with members of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Wetland's Watch, the Virginia Conservation Network, and The Army Corps of Engineers about the state of the Chesapeake Bay and the best practices for preserving its health and usability.

Five hundred years ago, Amerigo Vespucci first realized the scope and size of the body of water that lay between Europe and the new world. With that revelation, The Atlantic Ocean quickly became the key Western Civilization. On today's broadcast, we'll talk with author Simon Winchester about his biography of The Atlantic Ocean. Later in the program, we'll talk with Will Baker, president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and get an update on the health of the Chesapeake Bay.

We begin the week with the latest news headlines that have you talking. We open up our lines for you to let us know your thoughts by calling in live at 440-2665 or 1-800-940-2240. You can also e-mail the program at hearsay@whrv.org or join us on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/hearsaywithcathylewis. Headlines this week include: The latest from the General Assembly, the Blue Planet Forum at Nauticus, and the upcoming weekend closures at Norfolk's Downtown Tunnel. The Blue Planet Forum is a free lecture series, presented by Nauticus, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, NOAA and Old Dominion University. The first lecture of the 2011 is "The Gulf Spill: Hitting Home," featuring David M. Kennedy, NOAA Acting Assistant Administrator. This is Wednesday, February 16th at 6:30pm. It's free, but seating is limited. RSVP online at www.cbf.org/blueplanet or by e-mail at blueplanet@cbf.org or call the Chesapeake Bay Foundation at (757) 622-1964.

Whether you're new to Hampton Roads or a life-long resident, one of the best things about our region is the abundant, and delicious seafood. What's being done to prevent our coastal waters from overfishing and pollution? Has the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico affected the seafood industry in Hampton Roads? We'll be joined by Virginia Marine Products Board executive director Mike Hutt, Kate Wilson from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Karen Burns from the Virginia Aquarium. Plus, Jerry Bryan, owner of Coastal Grill in Virginia Beach will discuss how local seafood is an advantage and a challenge. HearSay's resident foodie, Patrick Evans-Hylton will get our mouths watering as he shares his seafood secrets as well.