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  Believe it or not, maps are still useful!
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  Environmental literacy for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers

  ...eary. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Walden Pond is an example of a kettle pond near the Sudbury River that has a lot of history. Thoreau spent 2 years, 2 months and 2 days living in a small cabin on Walden Pond in the Sudbury River watershed, resul...
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  Fort Monroe National Historical Park Natural Resource Condition Assessment

  ...anagement issues of concern include rising sea level, the effects of increasingly frequent and intense coastal storms, history of military use, water quality degradation, introduction of exotic species, air pollution, habitat fragmentation, and th...
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  Maps and Legends, Are We Really Understood?

  ...;meat and potatoes” of my map it is important to get it right. As we have seen earlier in class the data tells the story. In my map you might be able to see an attractive blue color for Chesapeake Bay, this is a grid. And those sometimes wei...
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  Visiting the National Press Club to talk about Chesapeake Bay

  ...re effectively leveraged by the watershed states, local municipalities and community groups. Chesapeake Bay has a long history of high quality research and comprehensive monitoring. Thus, we have access to excellent time course data sets that allo...
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  She blinded me with science! But data visualization is here to help

  ...ay also help you better define your message. Defining the key message – Make sure you give this some thought. What story do you want to tell? Does your data visual do this on its own? There may be opportunities to better frame your data by p...
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  Scientific synthesis paper shows Chesapeake Bay nutrient diet is working

  ...acts of population growth and climate change on the planet. This PNAS paper, however, which is fundamentally a good news story about management inventions that are working to improve Chesapeake Bay, is receiving broad attention. My interpretation...
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  Data is the Centerfold: Illustrating statistical data to communicate your research

  ...isualization. Emily Nastase said it best; she described data visualization as a way to effectively reveal trends, tell a story, and represent things that are not easily observed from words and numbers alone. However, producing a visual representat...
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  Returning to My Ohio Roots: Scoping Out A Lake Erie Report Card

  ...ommunication. At the reception following the board meeting, I told a couple of stories and introduced a guest. The first story was the 1913 flood in Dayton, Ohio that my grandmother told me about. This flood was and still is the biggest natural di...
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  Reflections on teaching a global course on developing environmental report cards

  ...Taking the first steps toward developing a basin report card ' by Nancy Sheehan , posted on 15 Nov 2017. 2) ' What's the story in your report card? ' by Jodie Mehrtens , posted on 22 Nov 2017. 3) ' Defining report card indicator thresholds to achi...
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  Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it?

  Storytelling and Science: What's ABT got to do with it? ... Rebecca Wenker If you had to group Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin...
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  Last but not least... Now that you know, it's time to work!

  ... improve future grades, carefully plan resource use (financial and human), and remember the importance of telling a good story . Irina shared her plans for improving her report card process for future publications, using lessons learned during the...
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  A Long Love Affair with The Chesapeake Bay Part II

  ...but did not have long term negative effects on the Bay. Cover photos of three books published in 2003, chronicling the history and current issues with the Chesapeake Bay1,2,3. Hurricane Isabel over the East Coast4. In 2004, Maryland Governor Rober...
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  A Long Love Affair With Chesapeake Bay Part I
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  Healthy Rivers for All: December 2017 retreat

  ...sentation and include a suite of interactive exercises. Heath Kelsey and Michele Thieme discussing the training handbook storyboard. During this workshop, we also: Filmed a session of our team playing the ‘Get the Grade’ report card ga...
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  Now What? Life After the Launch of a Report Card

  ...ds to be addressed in the report card, via strategic messaging techniques, in order to make sure that everyone hears the story in the report card . Different strokes for different folks—creating convincing messages and compelling recommendat...
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  Medulla of the Report Card Success: Project Management and Workshop Planning

  ... and defining a clear understanding of what are you trying to accomplish will allow a report card to share the authentic story of a place with the local community and with the world....
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  Telling the River Story

  Telling the River Story ... Kennedy Onyango Last week the Healthy Rivers For All class held its sixth session, during which our discussion cente...
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  Science of Science Communication IV: What Future Conferences Should Consider

  ...covered in the future: cognitive studies of information processing, science visualization techniques and approaches, and storytelling analysis and interpretation. Dr. Marsha McNutt, President of the National Academies of Science, opening the Scien...
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  Five principles of holistic science communication

  ...e attendees of the Colloquium exhibited and embraced the growing diversity and interdisciplinarity of science. 2. Tell a story a) Great science and great stories have something in common—as Frank Sesno explained, both involve “Compelling character...
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  Grading basin or ecosystem health to track and address change

  ... or site-based means or medians . This observation raised the question of how we can analyze data so it “tells the story that needs to be told” in a report card, while still honoring our ethical responsibility of objectivity when it co...
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  The Science of Science Communication

  ... was pleasantly surprised by the creative, science themed artwork inside. When viewing this artwork, together with the history and inherent prestige of the Academy, one can't help but be instantly inspired. The two-day conference brought together...
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  A Trip to The Queen City

  ...ning brewery to be retrofit into an existing grain silo. Grain elevators are an important part of Buffalo’s port history—standing at the intersection of several important water routes—the Great Lakes and the Erie Canal—grai...
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  Defining Report Card Indicator Thresholds to Achieve Healthy Outcomes

  ...threats and choose report card indicators . Values and threats identified in Step One are the villains and heroes of the story of a basin, while indicators selected during Step Two measure data that is most important for assessing and communicatin...
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  What’s the Story in Your Report Card?

  What’s the Story in Your Report Card? ... By Jodie Mehrtens story . Since we first learned to communicate, humans have shared our hopes, dreams, fears, knowledge, experiences, and values...

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