News articles featuring IAN personnel http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/ Integration and Application Network The theme of the first major HoCoH2O event was connection. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/538/a_call_to_act_on_streams_bay_2008-05-02/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/538/a_call_to_act_on_streams_bay_2008-05-02/ Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT The Patuxent River received a D-minus for 2007 in the river system's first health report card, a poor result environmentalists say is largely caused by the effects of suburban and urban growth. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/533/patuxent_river_given_d_minus_first_overall_health_assessment_faults_suburban_and_urban_growth_2008-05-01/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/533/patuxent_river_given_d_minus_first_overall_health_assessment_faults_suburban_and_urban_growth_2008-05-01/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Two reports released in April continue to paint a picture of a Bay ecosystem that remains severely degraded despite a quarter century of restoration efforts. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/541/reports_reveal_a_degraded_chesapeake_despite_restoration_efforts_2008-05-01/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/541/reports_reveal_a_degraded_chesapeake_despite_restoration_efforts_2008-05-01/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay increased 10 percent last year but fell far short from the target, an annual aerial survey released Monday found. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/531/bay_grass_growth_promising_but_misses_goal_survey_says_2008-04-29/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/531/bay_grass_growth_promising_but_misses_goal_survey_says_2008-04-29/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT The Patuxent River barely escaped an F on the first report card issued by Patuxent Riverkeeper and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/528/patuxent_gets_d_minus_in_first_river_health_test_2008-04-27/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/528/patuxent_gets_d_minus_in_first_river_health_test_2008-04-27/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT It is a chilly, wet Monday afternoon in late March, as Allison Buckalew and Pierre Henkart pull in the fine mesh net trailing behind the boat. They have begun the annual Severn Riverkeeper Monitoring Program. Pierre and Allison are hoping to find at least one small yellow perch fry, one small survivor, from the once-prolific spring spawn in the Severn. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/530/commentary_the_last_yellow_perch_in_the_severn_river_2008-04-26/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/530/commentary_the_last_yellow_perch_in_the_severn_river_2008-04-26/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Water quality in the Patuxent River received poor marks in an assessment released yesterday by the Patuxent Riverkeeper and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/520/maryland_brief_patuxent_s_quality_gets_low_marks_2008-04-22/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/520/maryland_brief_patuxent_s_quality_gets_low_marks_2008-04-22/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Crushed Styrofoam cups, discarded food wrappers and empty plastic soda bottles, whose labels have been faded by weeks in the sun, dot the rocky hillside. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/521/can_the_chesapeake_bay_survive_the_garbage_choking_maryland_s_rivers_2008-04-22/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/521/can_the_chesapeake_bay_survive_the_garbage_choking_maryland_s_rivers_2008-04-22/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT CHESTERTOWN - The first-ever report card on the health of the Chester River gives the tributaries of the river a grade of "C" and a grade of "D" for the main river into which they flow. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/524/chester_river_tributaries_get_c_2008-04-22/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/524/chester_river_tributaries_get_c_2008-04-22/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Yet another report is out about the health of an area river - and, as usual, the news is not good. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/527/bad_grades_for_patuxent_on_report_card_2008-04-22/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/527/bad_grades_for_patuxent_on_report_card_2008-04-22/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT A proposed rate increase to household bills from the Hampton Roads Sanitation District would amount to roughly $30 more per year for homeowners and is mostly to pay for upgrades to wastewater treatments plants. The upgrades are to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Chesapeake Bay. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/518/editorial_chesapeake_bay_raise_sewer_rates_to_cut_pollution_but_monitor_for_results_2008-04-18/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/518/editorial_chesapeake_bay_raise_sewer_rates_to_cut_pollution_but_monitor_for_results_2008-04-18/ Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Now that spring is here, we might feel the urge to go out and fertilize our lawns, hoping for that lush green carpet of summer. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/508/opinion_fertilizer_may_help_lawn_but_it_hurts_water_2008-04-12/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/508/opinion_fertilizer_may_help_lawn_but_it_hurts_water_2008-04-12/ Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT On most report cards, a grade of C- would raise a lot of questions when you tried to explain it to Mom and Dad. They probably would demand a lot of improvement in the next grading period. Improvement is exactly what's needed for the Chesapeake Bay. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/505/a_penny_for_your_thoughts_the_news_of_greater_falls_church_2008-04-10/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/505/a_penny_for_your_thoughts_the_news_of_greater_falls_church_2008-04-10/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Chesapeake Bay Program, an amalgam of state and federal agencies, released another depressing report card on the estuary's health last week as lawmakers in Annapolis wrestled with bay-related measures. WYPR's Joel McCord reports. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/501/chesapeake_bay_program_releases_its_latest_report_card_2008-04-07/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/501/chesapeake_bay_program_releases_its_latest_report_card_2008-04-07/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT EASTON - An independent scientific analysis led by University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science researchers gave the Chesapeake Bay an improved C-minus grade for 2007, but the Choptank River watershed again lagged behind, receiving a D-plus grade. http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/502/bay_s_grade_shows_slight_improvement_choptank_improves_to_d_but_drought_may_be_biggest_factor_in_better_scores_2008-04-07/ http://ian.umces.edu/iannews/502/bay_s_grade_shows_slight_improvement_choptank_improves_to_d_but_drought_may_be_biggest_factor_in_better_scores_2008-04-07/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT