Publications by Alexandra Fries

IAN is committed to producing practical, user-centered communications that foster a better understanding of science and enable readers to pursue new opportunities in research, education, and environmental problem-solving. Our publications synthesize scientific findings using effective science communication techniques.

1925 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (Page 1)

1925 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Ann Foo, Lili Badri, Conor Keitzer, Alexandra Fries, Heath Kelsey, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie ·
10 June 2025

The 1925 Chesapeake Bay Report Card was produced to celebrate the UMCES Centennial. Inspired by 1920s design, this report card offers a glimpse of what a Chesapeake Bay Report Card might have been like in 1925, when UMCES was founded. The state of the Bay in 1925 is not an accurate scientific assessment, but an estimation based on informed opinions and broad historical generalizations.

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2025 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card (Page 1)

2025 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card

Ann Foo, Conor Keitzer, Lili Badri, Heath Kelsey, Alexandra Fries ·
10 June 2025

This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed. Since 2016, UMCES has engaged stakeholders throughout the watershed to transform the report card into an evaluation of the Chesapeake Watershed health. Watershed health includes traditional ecological indicators, but also economic and societal indicators.

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Reporte de salud de 1925 sobre la bahía de Chesapeake (Page 1)

Reporte de salud de 1925 sobre la bahía de Chesapeake

Ann Foo, Lili Badri, Conor Keitzer, Alexandra Fries, Heath Kelsey, Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie ·
10 June 2025

El Reporte de Salud de la bahía de Chesapeake de 1925 se elaboró ​​para celebrar el centenario de la UMCES. Inspirado en el diseño de la década de 1920, este informe ofrece una visión de cómo habría sido un Reporte de salud sobre la bahía de Chesapeake en 1925, cuando se fundó la UMCES. El estado de la bahía en 1925 no es una evaluación científica precisa, sino una estimación basada en opiniones fundamentadas, y generalizaciones históricas generales.

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Boletín informativo de 2025 sobre la bahía de Chesapeake y su cuenca hidrográfica (Page 1)

Reporte de salud de 2025 sobre la bahía de Chesapeake y su cuenca hidrográfica

Ann Foo, Conor Keitzer, Lili Badri, Heath Kelsey, Alexandra Fries ·
10 June 2025

Este informe proporciona una evaluación transparente, oportuna, y geográficamente detallada de la bahía de Chesapeake y su cuenca. Desde 2016, UMCES ha involucrado a las partes interesadas de toda la cuenca para transformar el informe en una evaluación de la salud de la cuenca de Chesapeake. Los indicadores de la bahía evalúan la salud del ecosistema acuático, mientras que los indicadores de la cuenca hidrográfica cubren las condiciones ecológicas, sociales, y económicas.

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SECOORA Modeling and Reporting Workshop (Page 1)

SECOORA Modeling and Reporting Workshop

Heath Kelsey, Alexandra Fries, Sidney Anderson ·
4 June 2025

The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing System Regional Association (SECOORA) hosted a workshop in Wilmington, NC to discuss several prediction and reporting tools in use in the Southeastern United States. Researchers, developers, and experts came together to identify gaps in reporting, ways to improve current tools, and possible future tools, reporting methods, and research objectives.

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2023 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card (Page 1)

2023 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card

Alexandra Fries, Annie Carew ·
24 October 2024

The aim of this report card is to provide a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of 2022 Coastal Bays health. Coastal Bays health is defined as the progress of four water quality indicators (total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clams) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals.

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Methodology of socio-environmental report cards for the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge Rivers (Page 1)

Methodology of socio-environmental report cards for the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge Rivers

Methods report on data sources, calculations, and additional discussion

Alexandra Fries, Conor Keitzer, Annie Carew, Joe Edgerton, Ann Foo ·
13 September 2024

This document describes the methods and development process for the Southeast Michigan Report Card, and the five associated watershed report cards: the Clinton River Report Card, Detroit River Report Card, Huron River Report Card, River Raisin Report Card, and Rouge River Report Card.

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