The last of three virtual workshop sessions for the development of individual and regional socio-environmental report cards for the Detroit, Clinton, Huron, Rouge, and Raisin rivers in Michigan concluded on November 16, 2021. The main goal of these sessions was to work with stakeholders to identify indicators that reflect the social, cultural, economic, and environmental values of the Southeast Michigan region.

Oregonian IAN intern Joe Edgerton journeys to Maryland to discover the Chesapeake Bay.

In the Pacific Northwest the leaves are changing colors, the mountains are capped with snow, and salmon have once again returned to the streams and rivers to spawn.

A national rollup of jurisdictional coral reef reports reveals reefs are fair, but vulnerable and declining.

After attending a UMCES meeting about DEIJ, I discovered how IAN is making an impact on this important topic.

September 25 was World Rivers Day. Our partners at World Wildlife Fund Zambia combined that celebration with the release of the Lower Kafue River Basin Report Card.

The Western Lake Erie 1st Report Card is the newest science communication achievement for IAN and the report's stakeholders. After an evaluation of almost a dozen environmental health indicators for both the Lake basin and watershed's health, the IAN team scored both areas as having moderate health for 2018.

To increase awareness for the National Water Quality month of August, we take a look at water quality indicators and how IAN incorporates them into science communication.

The Cooks river is a small, urbanized river in Sydney, Australia. IAN recently hosted a report card workshop with the Cooks River Alliance as part of efforts to improve its health.

Students in the Science Visualization course at UMCES learned how to use InDesign last week.