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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center is a 2,800-acre environmental research and educational facility operated by the Smithsonian Institution located in Edgewater, MD on the Rhode and West Rivers.
SERC has 3,000+ acres of wildlife conservation area along 14 miles of pristine shoreline. There are two trails open to everyone, each approximately 1.5 miles long. They offer Saturday programs for the public ranging from walks and talks to canoe tours of Muddy Creek and the Rhode River.
The center’s focus of study is on the ecosystems of coastal zones, particularly in the Chesapeake Bay wetlands. The Center leads the Nation in research on linkages of land and water ecosystems in the coastal zone and provides society with knowledge to meet critical environmental challenges in the 21st century.
The SERC conducts research on a wide variety of topics that include terrestrial, atmospheric, and estuarine environmental research within the disciplines of botany, ecology, environmental education, biology,chemistry, mathematics, microbiology, physics, and zoology. The Center trains interns, graduate students, pre-doctoral and doctoral students. Annually, the Center receives over 10,000 students, teachers, and families who come to visit. It also gives advice, consultation, and testimony to local, state, federal, and international governmental agencies, natural resource managers, policy makers, and conservation groups.
Additionally, it serves as a center of research and education on human impacts in land-sea interactions of the coastal zone. Their laboratory focuses on being a model of human interaction with the environment. The Center receives $20,000,000 in current extramural grants and contracts funded from governmental agencies, foundations, and industry.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Nature, Parks, Water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, conservation, smithsonian, trails, wetlands, wildlife
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge has its own web site by the Maryland Transportation Authority. Here you can read about the history of the bridge, view images, view live web cams of traffic on the bridge and at toll booths, get toll rates and traffic advisories, and sign up for email alerts for bridge information.
SIlboat under Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Government, Transportation
Tagged bridge, Chesapeake Bay, chesapeake bay bridge, transportation
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CHesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society
CHEARS, the CHesapeake Education, Arts and Research Society, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the health of all who share the Chesapeake watershed environment.
CHEARS has a special focus on the cross-boundary linkages between our homes in urban, suburban and rural areas in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, and between the cross time linkages looking to the past heritage and future visions for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and our relationship to the past, current and future earth community worldwide.
CHEARS is a tribe of friends and volunteers -environmentalists, natural and social scientists, artists, educators, children, parents, grandparents, and activists interested in learning together and facilitating and enabling others in the areas of ecological stewardship and artistic expression.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Education, Nature
Tagged Arts, Chesapeake Bay, ecology, Education, environment, heritage, watershed
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South River Federation
The South River Federation, Inc is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to restore, protect, preserve and celebrate the South River and its ecosystem. Behind this mission is growing movement to create a new mindset about the behavior and involvement of every individual who impacts the South River. The Federation is a growing, healthy, grass-roots nonprofit environmental organization with some 500 members, three staff and a board of directors comprised of dedicated community leaders. Full time staff includes the South RiverKeeper who monitors and documents the health of the South River via weekly bacteria testing and water quality sampling from May through September.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Community Groups, Nature, Water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, river, riverkeeper
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Chesapeake Research Consortium
The Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc. (CRC) is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of Maryland. It is an association of six institutions, each with a long-standing involvement in research on problems affecting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The Chesapeake Research Consortium supports scientific and technical activities (including research) in the tidal Chesapeake Bay, its drainage basin and adjoining airshed, as well as adjacent offshore waters of the Middle Atlantic Bight. Recognizing that processes acting in Earth systems far from the Bay also affect it, its environment and resources, CRC may also support appropriate projects far beyond the traditional Bay boundaries.
Chestory: The Center for the Chesapeake Story
A group of Chesapeake artists, scientists, and citizen activists, educators, poets, writers and waterfolk gather around a hope: That it is possible to change the quality of the story driving us and our culture toward a deeper, more joyful and life-giving relationship with the place in which we live.
15 billion years ago, in a great flaring-forth, the story of our Universe began unfolding. About 12,000 years ago, with the melting of glacial ice, the story of the Mid-Atlantic coastal riverlands and culture emerged. Join us in re-envisioning — with story, song and art — the on-going wonder of The Chesapeake Story…
Posted in Arts, Chesapeake Bay, History, Water
Tagged Chesapeake Bay, culture, History, visual arts
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Maryland Watermen’s Association
The Maryland Watermen’s Association is dedicated to the interests of all who derive beauty & benefit from Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Waters.The Maryland Watermen’s Association website is up and running. The website features articles and information from the Waterman’s Gazette, as well as links to other sites of interest, such as the state legislature, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Natural Resources.
Posted in Chesapeake Bay, Community Groups, Water
Tagged boating, Chesapeake Bay, fishing, watermen
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Maryland Saltwater Sportfishers Association
The MSSA is working to provide a unified voice to preserve and protect the rights, traditions and the future of recreational saltwater fishing in Maryland. The Annapolis Chapter is one of the largest and most active chapters in the MSSA. Our Members share a passion for Saltwater Fishing in both the Chesapeake Bay and the Bluewater found off the Delmarva Coast. In addition to fun and informative meetings, our members organize and participate in numerous events during the year.
Chesapeake Bay Magazine
Chesapeake Bay Magazine is a monthly publication dedicated to boating, leisure, and lifestyle in the Mid-Atlantic region. The web site features Bay News, Calendar, Chesapeake Marinas, Boat Reviews, Bay Weather, Restaurant Reviews, Chesapeake Bay Lighthouses, Cruising the Chesapeake, Marina Hopping, Marina Directory, Marine Services, Boat Brokers, Nautical Gear & Gifts, Chesapeake Tide Tables, and Chesapeake Bay Museums.
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Tagged boating, boats, Chesapeake Bay, cruising, magazine, marinas, restaurants
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NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Office is a division of the National Marine Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation, which works to protect and restore coastal and marine habitat at the national level. The Office is also a key collaborator with NOAA’s North Atlantic Regional Team, which integrates NOAA’s program activities to address priorities at both the national and regional scale.
NOAA has been a partner in Chesapeake Bay Program restoration and protection efforts since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1984.