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Reginald Truitt: The origin of Chesapeake Bay science in support of management

Launching the Chesapeake Bay Story website: Telling fact-based stories about Chesapeake Bay health

Launching the Chesapeake Bay Story website: Telling fact-based stories about Chesapeake Bay health ... In a partnership with the Maryland state government...

Growth and the future of Chesapeake Bay conference at Hood College

...o set a max And we heard about a Genuine Progress Indicator and the controversial rain tax. Rob Dietz 16 told us a scary story about his little daughter Linking to lessons about food, land and water Bill Ryerson 17 had a compelling story of using...

Exploring New York Harbor: Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge

...g across the Brooklyn Bridge ... As part of our involvement in the New York Harbor . I read " The Great Bridge: The epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge " by David McCollough . It was a wonderful read, providing historical context and...

How Big Chicken Stole Chesapeake Bay

... classic, “ How the Grinch Stole Christmas ” by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) . I consider the best part of the story to be when the Grinch’s small heart grew three sizes, representing his redemption. I look forward to when the poul...

One Planet One Ocean conference in Barcelona, Spain

...does not make We need to pull together like a crew So that we integrate science like tiramisu. Shin-ichi Uye told a story about jellies They stopped folks from getting fish into their bellies He modeled the Asian marginal seas To help fisherm...

Growing minds through growing oysters

Teams compete to design a sustainable Louisiana Coast

...ple recognize that something must be done soon to prevent " the greatest environmental and economic disasters in [...] history " from coming to a catastrophic conclusion. A coastal restoration master plan developed by state authorities outlines a...

Four interesting books from the 2014 International Riversymposium: River Journeys 3, Chasing Water, Blue Mind, and Finnley's Great Escape

...ren's book written and illustrated by thirteen children, facilitated by Emma Mactaggart from Child Writes . It tells the story of a little Australian smelt named Finnley who, along with several other fish, is exposed to the dangers of polluted wat...

Long Island Sound Report Card

...ld in the Town of Mamaroneck, New York , at the Town Center. Mamaroneck is a small town formed in 1788, with a storied history. The meeting occurred in the Town’s Court Room, a different but interesting venue than where we usually meet - com...

2014 International Riversymposium

... incentivizes water consumption and does not allow for market forces to be used. Brian finished off with a great success story of the flow of the Colorado River into the Sea of Cortez , the first time this has occurred in 35 years. (left) Nick Sch...

Mississippi report card video

...on. This is accomplished by choosing the right images and sequence, carefully editing the narration, and having a strong storyline. The process used to develop this powerful video is 'storyboarding'. Conversant convened a series of conference call...

Draft Mississippi River report card released at 2014 America's Watershed Initiative Summit

...ing document and a suite of conceptual diagrams, maps and posters used in the Summit. In addition, we contributed to the story boarding of the three-minute report card video. View of Ohio River from Galt House Hotel, Louisville, KY Heath Kelsey, B...

Thiess International Riverprize finalists for 2014

...further degrading the Petitcodiac River. The Riverkeeper initiated a campaign with four objectives: 1) Communicate a new story for the river, 2) Enforce water quality regulations, 3) Raise funds for legal fees and communication costs, and 4) Perce...

The importance of university child care: Attending the dedication of Munro Center, University of Queensland

...niversity of Queensland Vice-Chancellor who we met when he was visiting Washington, D.C. and we met the Chancellor, John Story and his wife Sally. We shared the story that our daughter, now nineteen years old and attending St. Mary's College of Ma...

USAUS-H2O Canberra workshop

...e were doing thirteen years ago. Trev Gilmour was based at the Australian embassy in Washington, D.C. and had an amazing story of his experiences with the visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard . The teachers came from schools in each of t...

Failte gu Alba! (Welcome to Scotland!)

...nt to MPAs but diverse in design, scope, and topics. This was what the audience was there to see. The IAN table and storyboard area of our session. Furthermore, on the wall, I set up sketched butcher paper that showed the progression from new...

Insights on story-telling from the salmon in the tree

Insights on story-telling from the salmon in the tree ... I first heard the story of the salmon in the tree while visiting in Haida Gwaii this summer. Haida Gwaii is a set of islands along the northwest...

Louisiana Sea Grant Discovery, Integration and Application initiative (LA DIA)

...gnettes of their experiences in science communication in a session entitled 'Lessons from the field'. Rusty Gaude told a story about his efforts in the catfish aquaculture industry. A mysterious 'black hole' disease was killing the fingerling catf...

The CEER Conference provides insight to the future of report cards

...eans, Louisiana this July. Much of the conference focus was in Mississippi River restoration, management, ecology, and history, from the upper Missouri to the Mississippi River Delta and the Gulf of Mexico . Restoring Mississippi River environment...

Large Marine Ecosystems – An Australian in Paris

...o behold. This was followed by a tour of the artwork in the building including “ The Fall of Icarus ”, a two story sized painting by Picasso , and “ Walking Man” by Giacometti worth an estimated £60 million! We also w...

Integration and Application Network retreat: June 2014

...editing, computer coding), graphic design skills (e.g., Adobe creative suite, photography, video production, web design, story boarding), stakeholder engagement skills (e.g., developing and maintaining collaborations, workshop facilitation, social...

Upper Mississippi River: Environmental Literacy

... recreational areas, with popular boating, swimming, fishing and hunting areas. The Upper Mississippi River has a rich history of human settlement, with Native American paleo-Indians, hunters and gathers, potters and mound builders, and farmers, f...

Visiting the Nickel Preserve in eastern Oklahoma

...rve. The Ozarks support a high biological diversity, enhanced by the diverse landscapes and the long stable geological history of the region. We hiked a nature trail along Pine Ridge where we could view the oak dominated forest on the north facing...

Bahamian adventures: Columbus on the Niña and seagrass scientists on the R/V Calanus

...alk around the Niña and gain a sense of one of the vessels that did so much to change the course of human history. R/V Calanus docked in the Bahamas. We had some wonderful experiences during our visits to San Salvador Island. We visit...

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