Publications by Alexandra Fries

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Tomo River Report Card 2016 (Page 1)

Tomo River Report Card 2016

Simon Costanzo, Alexandra Fries, Jane Thomas ·
6 July 2016

This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Tomo River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Tomo River is a 84%, an A-. This means the Tomo is in good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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Tuparro River Report Card 2016 (Page 1)

Tuparro River Report Card 2016

Simon Costanzo, Alexandra Fries, Jane Thomas ·
6 July 2016

This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Tuparro River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Tuparro River is a 77%, a B+. This means the Tuparro is in moderately good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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Vichada River Report Card 2016 (Page 1)

Vichada River Report Card 2016

Simon Costanzo, Alexandra Fries, Jane Thomas ·
6 July 2016

This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of the Vichada River, a sub-basin in the Orinoco River Basin. In 2016, the overall grade for the Vichada River is a 61%, a B-. This means the Vichada is in moderately good health. For further details, visit the report card website at orinocoriver.ecoreportcard.org.

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2015 Chesapeake Bay Report Card (Page 1)

2015 Chesapeake Bay Report Card

Caroline Donovan, Alexandra Fries, Bill Dennison ·
17 May 2016

This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Chesapeake Bay. In 2015, the report card includes five water quality indicators and two biotic indicators. In 2015, the overall grade for Chesapeake Bay is a 53%, a C. This means the Bay is in moderate health. Long term trends of each reporting region health and a fisheries index are also presented. For further details, visit the Report Card website.

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Assessing the health of Guanabara Bay and its river basins (Page 1)

Assessing the health of Guanabara Bay and its river basins

Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, Alexandra Fries ·
29 April 2016

We held an initial workshop April 25, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to begin production of a report card for the Guanabara Bay and its watershed. This newsletter summarizes the discussions with environmental and social scientists, engineers, and government officials who developed a first draft of the indicators and reporting regions for the assessment of Guanabara Bay and its river basins.

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Avaliando a saúde da Baía de Guanabara e sua Bacia Hidrográfica (Page 1)

Avaliando a saúde da Baía de Guanabara e sua Bacia Hidrográfica

Bill Dennison, Dave Nemazie, Alexandra Fries ·
29 April 2016

Nós realizamos um workshop com o objetivo de produzir um Boletim (Score Card) para a Baía de Guanabara e sua bacia hidrográfica. Essa newsletter resume as discussões que aconteceram entre um grupo de cientistas sociais e ambientais, engenheiros e representates do governo, reunidos para desenvolver um esboço preliminar dos indicadores e regiões a serem reportadas para a avaliação da Baía de Guanabara e sua bacia hidrográfica.

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Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card (Page 1)

Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card

Alexandra Fries, Caroline Donovan, Heath Kelsey ·
13 November 2015

The Coastal Georgia Ecosystem Report Card was developed through a collaborative effort between the staff at Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division, Environmental Protection Division, Wildlife Resources Division and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Integration & Application Network. This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Coastal Georgia.

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Report card of the Guaviare River Basin, Colombia (Page 1)

Report card of the Guaviare River Basin, Colombia

Simon Costanzo, Alexandra Fries ·
14 October 2015

This newsletter summarizes the outcomes from the workshop to develop the Guaviare River Basin Report Card. This is one of three tributaries to the Orinoco River that report cards are being developed for in Colombia, and the third workshop for this effort. Values, threats, and indicators were the key items determined in the three day workshop that took place in San José del Guaviare, Colombia.

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Reporte de Salud de la Cuenca del río Guaviare, Colombia (Page 1)

Reporte de Salud de la Cuenca del río Guaviare, Colombia

Simon Costanzo, Alexandra Fries ·
14 October 2015

Este boletín resume los resultados del taller para desarrollar el Reporte de la cuenca del río Guaviare. Este es uno de los tres afluentes del río Orinoco que las boletas de calificaciones se están desarrollando en Colombia, y el tercero taller para este esfuerzo. Los valores, las amenazas y los indicadores fueron los elementos clave determinados en el taller de tres días que tuvo lugar en San José del Guaviare, Colombia.

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