Science Serving Maryland's Coasts

On the Bay

Jorge Bogantes Montero of the Anacostia Watershed Society loads the mussels up on Blue Jeans, the AWS' pickup truck, for transport to the Anacostia.

Mussels in Action in the Anacostia River

Alexandra Grayson • August 22, 2019
Once called the “Forgotten River,” the Anacostia has been beset with trash, sediment, and pollution from nearby industries for decades.  Read more . . .
 
Five attendees posing in front of tanks used for aquaculture systems.

Education Professionals Gather for the 2019 Sea Grant Education Network Aquaculture Summit

Rona Kobell • July 29, 2019
Glen Hedelson stood in front of two dozen educators, all of them staring at bits and pieces of a micro-computing system at their lab tables, and asked a simple question: “Are you ready to build?”  Read more . . .
 
James Hunter

Morgan State University Professor Engineers Tool to Keep Runoff out of the Chesapeake

Devon Ashby • June 11, 2019
Runoff water from storms is one of the leading causes of pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. James Hunter, Ph.D., a professor at Morgan State University, intends to change that with a special project.  Read more . . .
 
These mussels will soon return to the Anacostia River. Photo courtesy Jorge Montero, AWS.

Mussels as a Matter of Policy

Alexandra Grayson • March 27, 2019
Amidst a constantly changing political scene, the environment and the policies set to solve conservation and restoration challenges seem to have earned a place at the top of many people’s priorities in recent years.  Read more . . .
 
Silhouette of a man standing in front of a slide presentation

Marshes Are Getting Some Newfound Respect

Rona Kobell • February 27, 2019
Once considered little more than nuisances to progress, marshes across the United States have been filled in and paved over to make room for important projects, such as JFK International Airport in Queens or, say, the city of Miami.  Read more . . .
 

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