Publications by Heath Kelsey

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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Chesapeake Global Collaboratory: Baltimore Harbor in Context (Page 1)

Chesapeake Global Collaboratory: Baltimore Harbor in Context

Results of the Workshop on October 10th, 2024

Bill Dennison, Heath Kelsey, Vanessa Vargas-Nguyen, Roshni Nair-Gonzalez ·
28 May 2025

The recent tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has highlighted the critical importance of Baltimore Harbor to the region’s infrastructure, environment, and economy. In response, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), through its Chesapeake Global Collaboratory (CGC), hosted “Baltimore Harbor in Context” on October 10, 2024. The event gathered diverse stakeholders and featured plenary talks, panel discussions, and interactive breakout sessions.

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Understanding Linkages Between Coastal Environment and Community Health (Page 1)

Understanding Linkages Between Coastal Environment and Community Health

Vargas-Nguyen V, Kelsey H, Badri L, Adebayo A, Breton T, Byun J, Fife A, Kalama I, Matthew L, Novara A, Sequeira R ·
24 January 2025

Coastal environments face unique challenges that profoundly affect human well-being. Stressors such as pollution, rising temperatures, flooding, harmful algal blooms (HABs), and emerging contaminants threaten ecosystems and disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. This report presents the findings from the Fall 2024 Coastal Environment and Community Health course, by graduate students in the Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science program at the University System of Maryland.

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Luangwa Basin Health Report Card Workshop Newsletter (Page 1)

Luangwa Basin Health Report Card Workshop Newsletter

Lili Badri, Alexandra Fries, Heath Kelsey ·
21 August 2024

For the development of the Luangwa River Basin Report Card, IAN and WWF Zambia conducted two stakeholder workshops, with one held in Katete, Zambia from May 6-8 and the other held in Mpika, Zambia from May 13-15. This newsletter summarizes the activities and main findings of the workshops and serves as the foundation for the socio-environmental analysis of the Luangwa River Basin.

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2023/2024 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card (Page 1)

2023/2024 Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card

Vargas-Nguyen V, Edgerton J, Nair R, Anderson S, Badri L, Lucchese V, Fife A, Kelsey H, Dennison B, Knauss C, Trenholm N ·
9 July 2024

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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