Heath Kelsey
IAN Director
UMCES Cambridge Office
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Heath Kelsey
IAN Director
UMCES Cambridge Office
Heath Kelsey has been with IAN since 2009, as a Science Integrator, Program Manager, and as Director since 2019. His work focuses on helping communities become more engaged in socio-environmental decision making. He has over 10-years of experience in stakeholder engagement, environmental and public health assessment, indicator development, and science communication. He has led numerous ecosystem health and socio-environmental health report card projects globally, in Australia, India, the South Pacific, Africa, and throughout the US. Dr. Kelsey received his MSPH (2000) and PhD (2006) from The University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. He is a graduate of St Mary’s College of Maryland (1988). He was also a Peace Corps Volunteer in Papua New Guinea from 1995-1998.
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2019
Re-envisioning Coastal Sustainability through Future Earth Coasts
A Symposium on Coastal Resilience Highlights the Need for Transdisciplinary Science
Future Earth Coasts Goes to Bremen!
A future for global biological ocean monitoring networks
Finding the value of Transdisciplinary Research on Food Security and Land Use Change
2018
Talking River Basin Report Cards at the International Waters Conference, Marrakech
Creating the Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card
The Future of Future Earth Coasts
Next steps for the Tennessee River Basin Report Card
Focusing on outcomes: What are we really shooting for?
Coastal Yucatán Report Card Completed!
Cork conference on coastal sustainability
Training local teams in report card creation
Lower Kafue River Environmental Literacy
2017
Evolution of the Report Cards in Brisbane: Part Two
Evolution of The Report Cards in Brisbane: Part One
WWF and UMCES Retreat 24-25 May 2017
Progressing toward a Report Card for the Gulf of Mexico
2016
Raising the Grade for the Upper Mississippi River Basin
The Basin Report Card Initiative goes to Monterrey, Mexico!
A visit to Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha, India
UMCES active in the 2016 River Symposium in Delhi, India
A Report Card for Coastal Yucatán
IAN participates in Coastal Resilience Meeting at University of Tabasco in Villahermosa, Mexico
The NOAA Coral Reef Report Card - Reflections on the report card process
EcoHealth Metrics for the Texas Coast Workshop
2015
Developing a report card for the Florida Reef Tract
The Mississippi River Watershed Report Card is released
Northern Australia floodplains research workshop in Brisbane
Invasive grasses pose a threat to natural and cultural resources in Kakadu National Park
Water, food webs, and production on the Kakadu floodplains
Fish and energy movement in Kakadu National Park
Mackay Report Card Workshop – Mackay, Queensland Australia 24 February 2015.
Collective impact and ecosystem health report cards: The product enables the process
Kick-starting Collective Impact in Five Easy Report Card Steps
Environmental Literacy for the tropical Northern Territory, Australia
Threats to traditional resources in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory Australia
2014
Within Our Reach provides insights into engaging communities and restoration of the Willamette River
State of the South Atlantic Ecosystems kickoff workshop
Water supply is a concern in report card planning for the Missouri River Basin
Climate Change and resilience create new challenges in tracking ecosystem health status
The CEER Conference provides insight to the future of report cards
Missouri River: Environmental Literacy
A New IAN Science Communication Course on Ecosystem Health Report Cards in Adelaide, Australia
2012
Mississippi River Report Card Vision and Framework
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2023
Setting the stage for the UMCES Chesapeake Global Collaboratory (SEPTEMBER)
The White River Report Card is complete! (SEPTEMBER)
2022
Pacific Ocean Pathways Project Science-Society Council Meeting (MAY)
University of the South Pacific Seminar on SDG 14 Indicators for Pacific Island Countries (MAY)
Stakeholder workshops for the White River Report Card (MARCH)
2021: a year in review (JANUARY)
2021
Darwin Harbour Integrated Report Card now available (NOVEMBER)
Co-developing watershed report cards in Detroit (JUNE)
Gulf of Mexico Coral Reef Report Card (JANUARY)
Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card (JANUARY)
2020
Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card released (OCTOBER)
"Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches" now available online (AUGUST)
Attending the virtual Science of Team Science conference (JULY)
Preliminary Gulf of Mexico Coral Reef Report Card released! (APRIL)
Belmont Biodiversity Newsletter (JANUARY)
Belmont Global Change Newsletter (JANUARY)
Texas Coast Report Card (JANUARY)
2019
Belmont Forum Newsletters released (NOVEMBER)
Future Earth Coasts (OCTOBER)
Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card Released (OCTOBER)
Merida, Mexico! (JULY)
Texas Coast Report Card released! (JULY)
New release: Drought in the U.S.- Affiliated Pacific Islands (JUNE)
Verde River, AZ (JUNE)
Report card course (MARCH)
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2022
Advancing the Patuxent River Watershed (PATUXENT RIVER - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
2021
Rogue River Report Card Facilitation and Training (ROGUE RIVER - PACIFIC COAST)
Pacific Ocean Pathways in Support of Sustainable Development (FIJI - SOUTH PACIFIC, NEW CALEDONIA - SOUTH PACIFIC, PACIFIC OCEAN)
Expanding the Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card (TEXAS COAST - GULF OF MEXICO)
Landscape Exchange Network for Socio-Environmental Systems (LENS) (USA - NORTH AMERICA)
Report Cards for the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge Rivers (DETROIT RIVER - GREAT LAKES, RIVER RAISIN - GREAT LAKES, HURON RIVER - GREAT LAKES, CLINTON RIVER - GREAT LAKES, ROUGE RIVER - GREAT LAKES)
Kwando River Basin Report Card (KWANDO RIVER BASIN - AFRICA)
2020
Rio Grande Resilient Basin Report Card (RIO GRANDE - SOUTHWEST)
Coastal Adaptation Report Card 2021 (MARYLAND - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Darwin Harbour Report Card (DARWIN HARBOUR - AUSTRALIA)
2019
Statewide Ecosystem Assessment of Coastal and Aquatic Resources (FLORIDA - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
2018
Development of the Verde River Watershed Report Card (VERDE RIVER - ARIZONA)
Support of Community Engagement Core (SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
Ministry for the Environment and Climate Change Report Card Training Workshop (GREAT LAKES - NORTH AMERICA)
Offshore Assateague Water Quality (ASSATEAGUE ISLAND - MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS)
Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card Development (KAFUE - AFRICA)
Chesapeake Bay Report Card Expansion (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Future Earth Coasts Partnership (BREMEN - GERMANY)
2017
Tennessee River Basin Report Card (TENNESSEE RIVER - SOUTHEASTERN USA)
2016
Belmont Forum workshop facilitation, support, and communication (WORLDWIDE)
Evaluation of Multi-Year Data Sets to Establish Status and Trends of Environmental Restoration Success in the Everglades (EVERGLADES - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
State of Yucatan Report Card (YUCATAN - GULF OF MEXICO)
Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card (TEXAS COAST - GULF OF MEXICO)
2015
Indian River Lagoon Report Card (INDIAN RIVER - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
The Water Institute of the Gulf: Creation of a synthesis report (COASTAL LOUISIANA - GULF OF MEXICO)
The Water Institute of the Gulf: Creation of conceptual diagrams (COASTAL LOUISIANA - GULF OF MEXICO)
2014
Coral Reef Ecosystem Status Reports (HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO - NORTH PACIFIC, GUAM - NORTH PACIFIC, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - NORTH PACIFIC, FLORIDA KEYS - CARIBBEAN, PACIFIC REMOTE ISLANDS - NORTH PACIFIC, FLOWER GARDEN BANKS - GULF OF MEXICO, VIRGIN ISLANDS - CARIBBEAN, PUERTO RICO - CARIBBEAN)
Georgia Coastal Zone Ecological Report Card (COASTAL GEORGIA - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
Healthy Rivers For All (ORINOCO RIVER - SOUTH AMERICA, RIO GRANDE - SOUTHWEST, KAFUE - AFRICA, TUUL RIVER - MONGOLIA)
Synthesis of South Atlantic Ecosystem Health Indicators (SOUTH ATLANTIC)
Chesapeake Bay Health Stories (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Willamette River Report Card Development and Production (WILLAMETTE RIVER - PACIFIC COAST)
Expansion of a survey tool to measure behavior change and impacts within watersheds (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
2013
Climate Change Resilience Index (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Design and layout of Maryland's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan (MARYLAND - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Development of the Mississippi River Watershed Report Card (MISSISSIPPI RIVER - GULF OF MEXICO)
Lake Tahoe conceptual diagrams (LAKE TAHOE - SOUTHWEST)
Linking Habitat Restoration and Fish Productivity (USA - NORTH AMERICA)
Report Card for Chilika Lake (CHILIKA LAKE - SOUTH ASIA)
Vision for Marismas Nacionales (MEXICO - NORTH AMERICA)
2012
Development of an adaptive survey tool to measure behavior change within watersheds (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Old Woman Creek Report Card (OLD WOMAN CREEK - GREAT LAKES)
Pipe Creek Report Card (PIPE CREEK - GREAT LAKES)
Development of a Reef Resiliency Index (GREAT BARRIER REEF - AUSTRALIA)
SPREP-PIFS: Streamlined environmental reporting (FIJI - SOUTH PACIFIC)
Samoa State of the Environment (SAMOA - SOUTH PACIFIC)
MedPAN Science Communication Products (MEDITERRANEAN)
NOAA Beach Water Quality Prediction Mobile App Development (SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
2011
Bay of Bengal booklet and policy advisories (BAY OF BENGAL - SOUTH ASIA)
Beach Advisory Decision Making (SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
Gulf of Mexico Report Card (GULF OF MEXICO)
2010
Baltimore Harbor Ecosystem Status (BALTIMORE HARBOR - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Deep Creek Lake Report Card (DEEP CREEK LAKE - MARYLAND)
Great Barrier Reef Report Card (GREAT BARRIER REEF - AUSTRALIA)
Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition Coordination (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Statistical Hypoxia Models & Forecast in the Gulf of Mexico & Chesapeake Bay (CHESAPEAKE BAY, GULF OF MEXICO)
2009
Nanticoke Tributary Report Card (NANTICOKE RIVER - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Chesapeake Tributary Report Card Standardization (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
Beach Advisory Decision Support Systems (SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES - SOUTH ATLANTIC)
Patuxent River Report Card (PATUXENT RIVER - CHESAPEAKE BAY)
2008
Assateague Island National Seashore Climate Change (ASSATEAGUE ISLAND - MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS)
2006
EcoCheck (CHESAPEAKE BAY)
2002
Maryland Coastal Bays Science Communication Products and Report Cards (MARYLAND COASTAL BAYS)
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2023
Guía práctica para la elaboración de reportes de salud de cuencas (BOOK)
Developing the Chesapeake Global Collaboratory: Results from a framing workshop (NEWSLETTER)
2022 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Rogue River Basin Report Card (REPORT CARD)
The first New Caledonia socio-environmental Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2022
2021 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Cuando River Basin 2021 Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Selecting Indicators for Basin Health Report Cards (BOOK)
2021 Maryland Coastal Adaptation Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2021 Maryland Coastal Adaptation Report Card Methods Document (REPORT)
Southeast Michigan Report Cards: First Virtual Stakeholder Workshop Summary (NEWSLETTER)
2021
2019-2020 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Darwin Harbour 2021 Integrated Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card 2020 (REPORT CARD)
Local economy indicators coming next year (NEWSLETTER)
2020 Mississippi River Watershed Report Card Methods Document (REPORT)
Creating a resilient river report card and scenario model for the Upper Rio Grande (NEWSLETTER)
Tarjetas de Reporte para los Observatorios Costeros (REPORT)
2020
2020 Mississippi River Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Coral reef condition : A status report for U.S. Coral Reefs (REPORT)
2020 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Atlantic Jurisdictions (REPORT)
Lower Kafue River Basin 2019 Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Evaluating Transdisciplinary Approaches (NEWSLETTER)
Kwando River Basin Report Card Stakeholder Workshop Summary (NEWSLETTER)
2019 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Coral reef condition: A status report for Florida's coral reef (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for Puerto Rico (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for the Flower Garden Banks (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for the U.S. Virgin Islands (REPORT)
2019 Gulf of Mexico Coral Reef Preliminary Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2020 Verde River Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2019
Moving beyond the ecosystem in ecosystem health report cards (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NEWSLETTER)
Understanding Responses to Global Change (NEWSLETTER)
2018 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Texas Coast Ecosystem Health Report Card 2019 (REPORT CARD)
2018 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Verde River Watershed Report Card 2nd Newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
2012-2017 Everglades Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Conceptual Framework for Assessing Ecosystem Health (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
Healthy Rivers for All (BROCHURE)
2018
2018 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Pacific Jurisdictions (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for American Samoa (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for Guam (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for the Hawaiian Archipelago (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for the Northern Mariana Islands (REPORT)
Coral reef condition: A status report for the Pacific Remote Islands (REPORT)
IAN Report Card 2017 (REPORT CARD)
Using Basin Report Cards to support the TDA/SAP process (NEWSLETTER)
Transforming our coastal futures through partnerships to foster sustainability (NEWSLETTER)
Healthy Rivers for All (BROCHURE)
Yucatán State Report Card 2017 (REPORT CARD)
2017 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (REPORT CARD)
How to develop and report on performance measures in the Great Lakes (NEWSLETTER)
Towards a framework to support coastal change governance in small islands (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
Tennessee River Basin Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Tennessee River Basin Report Card Methods Document (REPORT)
2017
2016 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Greater Everglades region ecosystem health workshop (NEWSLETTER)
Lake Okeechobee ecosystem health workshop (NEWSLETTER)
Northern Estuaries ecosystem health workshop (NEWSLETTER)
Southern Coastal Systems ecosystem health workshop (NEWSLETTER)
Integration & Application Network Strategic Plan 2017-2022 (REPORT)
Practitioner's Guide to Developing River Basin Report Cards (BOOK)
Using indicators for improved water resources management (REPORT)
Assessing bacterial levels in Charleston Harbor (NEWSLETTER)
Assessing bacterial levels in Charleston Harbor (NEWSLETTER)
Exploring Everglades ecosystem health (NEWSLETTER)
Researchers and stakeholders address coastal vulnerability and freshwater security (NEWSLETTER)
Report cards and system dynamics modelling (NEWSLETTER)
2016
Upper Mississippi River Conference 2016 Action Agenda (NEWSLETTER)
Assessing the health of the Indian River Lagoon (NEWSLETTER)
Costa del Estado de Yucatán (NEWSLETTER)
Yucatan State Coast (BROCHURE)
Maryland Coastal Bays 2016: Land and bay perspectives (REPORT)
Maryland Coastal Bays 2016: Bay perspectives (REPORT)
Maryland Coastal Bays 2016: Land perspectives (REPORT)
Massive Algal Bloom Leads to Record Fish Kill (BROCHURE)
2015
America's Watershed Initiative Report Card for the Mississippi River (REPORT)
2015 Willamette River Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Coastal wetlands will become less resilient (POSTER)
Willamette River Report Card 2015 (REPORT)
Mississippi River Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
Report Card Review (REPORT)
State of the South Atlantic 2015 (REPORT CARD)
Model Results and Software Comparisons in Myrtle Beach, SC Using Virtual Beach and R Regression Toolboxes (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
2014
Gulf of Kachchh: A Framework for the Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment (REPORT)
Model Performance Results in Myrtle Beach, SC Using Virtual Beach and R Regression Software (CONFERENCE ARTICLE)
America's Watershed Initiative Mississippi River Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Mississippi River Report Card whole watershed report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
Missouri River Basin report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
Arkansas River and Red River Basins report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
Baltimore's Annual Healthy Harbor Report Card: 2013 (REPORT CARD)
2013 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Lower Mississippi River Basin report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)
Catoctin Mountain Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment (REPORT)
Ohio River Basin report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
2013
Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin report card workshop newsletter (NEWSLETTER)
2012 Chilika Lake ecosystem health report card (REPORT CARD)
2012 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic non-tidal stream indicators (REPORT)
More habitat means more fish (BROCHURE)
Assessing Progress (REPORT)
Stakeholder Engagement (REPORT)
2012 Old Woman Creek Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2012 Pipe Creek Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2012
Assateague Island is Changing (BROCHURE)
Rising to the Challenge (NEWSLETTER)
Healthy Harbor Report Card (REPORT CARD)
A vision for America's Great Watershed Report Card (REPORT CARD)
A vision for effective and streamlined reporting in the Pacific (NEWSLETTER)
Tropical Connections: South Florida's marine environment (BOOK)
Samoa 2012 Environmental Outlook: developing a vision for the next 50 years (REPORT CARD)
Samoa 2012 Environmental Outlook: developing a vision for the next 50 years (Samoan) (REPORT CARD)
Bacteria sampling and data analysis protocol addendum for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators (REPORT)
2011
Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010 (REPORT CARD)
State of Baltimore Harbor's Ecological and Human Health: 2010 (REPORT)
A vision for the Gulf of Mexico Report Card (NEWSLETTER)
Gulf of Mexico Report Card Initiative (REPORT)
Great Barrier Reef Report Card Summary - 2009 Baseline (REPORT CARD)
Great Barrier Reef Report Card Regional Summaries - 2009 Baseline (REPORT CARD)
Great Barrier Reef Technical Report Card - 2009 Baseline (REPORT CARD)
2010 Chester River Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2010 Maryland Coastal Bays report card (REPORT CARD)
Sampling and data analysis protocols for Mid-Atlantic tidal tributary indicators (REPORT)
Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2010 (REPORT CARD)
Deep Creek Lake Baseline Condition Assessment (NEWSLETTER)
Deep Creek Lake Baseline Assessment Report (REPORT)
Successful Integration Efforts in Water Quality From the Integrated Ocean Observing System Regional Associations and the National Water Quality Monitoring Network (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
2010
2009 Sassafras River Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Expanding the diversity of the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Assessment Coalition (POSTER)
2009 Nanticoke River Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Blue Crab Status Report (NEWSLETTER)
Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay: A Retrospective (NEWSLETTER)
Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2009 (REPORT CARD)
2009 Chester River Report Card (REPORT CARD)
Chesapeake Bay Report Card 2009 (REPORT CARD)
A Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Tributary Report Cards (NEWSLETTER)
Chapter 10: Spatial analysis: Making maps and using spatial analyses (BOOK CHAPTER)
Improvements to Shellfish Harvest Area Closure Decision Making Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Predictive Models (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
2009
Research findings for key bay fisheries species (NEWSLETTER)
2008 Coastal Bays report card (REPORT CARD)
2008 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (REPORT CARD)
2008 Severn River report card (REPORT CARD)
2008
Spatial and temporal variability of ribotyping results at a small watershed in South Carolina (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
2004
Assessing photoinduced toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urbanized estuary (JOURNAL ARTICLE)
2003
Using multiple antibiotic resistance and land use characteristics to determine sources of fecal coliform bacterial pollutiion (JOURNAL ARTICLE)