Does Your Science Serve Coastal Communities?
Consider submitting an abstract to the CERF 2011 conference session SCI-080, Science Serving Coastal Communities: Research translated to management actions. […]
Consider submitting an abstract to the CERF 2011 conference session SCI-080, Science Serving Coastal Communities: Research translated to management actions. […]
What should farmers be doing to improve the health of Chesapeake Bay? How about watermen? And regulators?
The UVA Bay Game is a large-scale simulation that allows players to take the perspectives of these and other stakeholders in the Bay region. In honor of Earth Day 2011, on April 22, students at seven universities in the region gathered on their home campuses and communicated with each other through internet videoconferencing for a little bit of friendly competition and a lot of learning.
Coastal populations are booming, making access to the water a national problem. Virginia Sea Grant is collaborating with several other programs to bring together stakeholders from communities around the country to share local solutions to preserving public access and working waterfronts.
This fall at Deltaville Yachting Center, volunteers gathered to help the owners find a more natural way of combatting coastal erosion. See how they did it in this slideshow.