Summer 2007

Climate Change Alters Bay, According to Report — by esmith — last modified 2007-07-19 20:20

By David A. Fahrenthold Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 19, 2007; 12:20 PM Climate change is already beginning to alter the Chesapeake Bay, slowly warming and raising its waters in a way that threatens to damage ecosystems and erode islands and coastlines, according to a report released today by the nonprofit Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Station to Be Installed on Potomac River to Monitor Water Quality — by esmith — last modified 2007-07-19 13:44

Washington Post ( AP ) -- July 19, 2007 -- Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The monitoring station is planned at the mouth of Monroe Bay in a section of the Potomac plagued by fish kills. It will collect water-quality information every 15 minutes and post it on a Virginia Institute of Marine Science Web site (www.vims.edu) The station, which should be in place next month, is the first of two real-time monitoring sites the institute will offer on its year-old Virginia Estuarine and Coastal Observing System. A second real-time station will keep tabs on the James River near Hopewell.

BOATU.S. Foundation Funds Grassroots Environmental Projects — by esmith — last modified 2007-07-19 20:37

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Virginia isn’t prepared for rising sea, study warns — by esmith — last modified 2007-06-07 08:28

Skip Stiles is the Executive Director of Wetlands Watch (WW), a Norfolk-based non-profit environmental organization. WW has completed an analysis of sea level rise in Virginia looking on the potential consequences for the state’s coastal ecosystem. With relative sea level rise in the range predicted by state and federal scientists – 1 ½ to 2 feet by 2107 – Virginia could lose between 50% and 80% of its remaining vegetated tidal wetlands unless mitigation efforts start soon. In addition, there will be serious negative consequences for other coastal ecosystems – dunes, shoreline buffers, mudflats, oyster reefs, and submerged aquatic vegetation.

Rising tides in Tidewater by John Blandin — by esmith — last modified 2007-07-19 20:10

John Blandin is secretary and cofounder of Wetlands Watch (www.wetlandswatch.org), a Norfolk based organization working statewide to protect and conserve wetlands.

Chesapeake Bay News and Info — by esmith — last modified 2007-05-31 13:29