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UMCES HOME DONATE COVID-19 Search form Search Work with Us Science communication services Environmental report card production Training and capacity building Stakeholder Engagement Careers Publications Books Report Cards Newsletters Reports Brochures Posters Papers Media Library Symbols Graphics Photos Videos Report cards Education Professional Certificate MEES Graduate Program Short Courses Initiatives Blog Enewsletter Projects About Who we are What we do Our Mission History Partnerships Contact Land Acknowledgment Statement Project Videos University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Integration and Application Network Communicate Better, Empower Change Featured Highlights Report Cards for the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge Rivers Watershed report cards are powerful tools to describe ecosystem status, increase public awareness, and inform and influence decision makers to improve the health of a watershed. This is the first Southeast Michigan Report Card, which provides an overall socio-environmental assessment of Southeast Michigan based on the combined scores from six river watersheds: Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge. This report card is the collective effort of dozens of stakeholders throughout Southeast Michigan. Overall, Southeast Michigan earned a score of 49%, a C. Learn More Featured Highlights Building Resilience in the Maryland Coastal Bays The theme of this 2022 State of the Coastal Bays is building ecological resilience in the region. The structure of the State of the Coastal Bays is to 1) establish the challenge of climate change, 2) discuss various aspects of ecosystem health, 3) conceptualize key features and major threats and highlight features that increase health and resilience, and 4) discuss various aspects of resilience. Learn More Featured Highlights Climate Change and Fiji Coasts The first-ever Fiji Socioenvironmental Report Card is now available! This report, released by the PACPATH team, examines threats to Fiji’s communities and coasts and proposes actions to fight the impacts of climate change on the ocean and coastal livelihoods Learn More Featured Highlights 2022 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card The aim of this report card is to provide a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of 2022 Coastal Bays health. Coastal Bays health is defined as the progress of four water quality indicators (total nitrogen, total phosphorus, chlorophyll a , dissolved oxygen) and two biotic indicators (seagrass, hard clams) toward scientifically derived ecological thresholds or goals. The six indicators are combined into one overarching Coastal Bays Health Index, which is presented as the report card score. The Coastal Bays had an overall score of B- for 2022, an incremental improvement over last year. Learn More Featured Highlights 2022 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card This report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed. Since 2016, UMCES has engaged stakeholders throughout the watershed to transform the report card into an evaluation of the Chesapeake Watershed health. Watershed health includes traditional ecological indicators, but also economic and societal indicators. This is the fourth year the watershed has been scored, and one new ecological indicator has been added. Linkages and relationships between the ecological, economic, and societal indicators will be evaluated in future report cards. Learn More Report Cards for the Clinton, Detroit, Huron, River Raisin, and Rouge Rivers Building Resilience in the Maryland Coastal Bays Climate Change and Fiji Coasts 2022 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card 2022 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card What’s New BLOG POST CERF Conference in Portland Oregon Co-production and inclusion themes on the rise at the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation bi-annual conference. PUBLICATION Boleta de calificaciones de la cuenca del Rio Huron Las boletas de calificaciones de cuencas hidrográficas son herramientas poderosas que se utilizan en todo el mundo para describir el estado del ecosistema, aumentar la conciencia pública e informar a los responsables de la toma de decisiones. PROJECT Luangwa River Basin Report Card This project builds on the longstanding partnership between UMCES and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), known as Healthy Rivers for All. UMCES Links Home About Campuses News & Events Directory Employment Research Press Room Contact Info 2020 Horns Point Rd Cambridge, MD 21613 410-221-2048 Contact Enewsletter Subscribe to our enewsletter Comment Subscribe Copyright 2024 UMCES | Privacy/Terms of Use | An Institution of the University System of...