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Marine Spotlight
Paying for the Bay
 At their January 2005 meeting at Mount Vernon,
Virginia, the Chesapeake Executive Council - composed of the governors
of the Bay states, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Chair of
the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and the Administrator of the U.S. EPA -
formally accepted the report of a Blue Ribbon Finance Panel charged with recommending ways to pay for the Bay restoration effort.
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Puzzle Over White Perch Deaths
Bacteria Implicated in Perch Kill Puzzle
Recent fish deaths blamed on
Vibrio anguillarum
Chris Luckett's phone started ringing off the hook on
May 16.
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New Science Writer Joins Maryland Sea Grant
A new science writer has arrived at Maryland Sea Grant, Erica Goldman. With a Ph.D. in biomechanics from the University of Washington, and
experiences both in journalism and marine policy, Goldman is well
suited to tackling the often complex topics that emerge from marine
issues in the Chesapeake region.
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Leffler Takes His Leave
 After twenty-three remarkable years of writing about and reflecting on
science and the Chesapeake Bay, Merrill Leffler retired from his post
as writer and editor for the Maryland Sea Grant College on April 1,
2004.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in North Carolina, where his
family had moved during his preteen years, Leffler graduated from the
North Carolina State University with a degree in physics. One of his
first jobs was with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), where he became a vehicle manager, in charge of launching
rockets for atmospheric and meteorological research.
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