See the May/June issue of Journal of Environmental Quality, which features in-depth USGS investigations in five agricultural watersheds across the U.S. The papers can be accessed at http://jeq.scijournals.org/content/vol37/issue3/ by selecting "Special Submissions."

The Chesapeake Bay Program released the annual health and restoration report on the bay ...read more

More User friendly bibliography of USGS Chesapeake Bay references ...visit

Circular 1316 - Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management ...read more

New USGS findings about intersex characteristics of fish in the Potomac watershed...Read the press release or obtain the journal article.

To read previous USGS features about the Chesapeake Bay visit...

The Journal of Environment and Toxicology released USGS report "Utilization of Protein Expression Profiles as Indicators of Environmental Impairment of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) from the Shenandoah River, Virginia, USA". Read more...

Reconnaissance of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants in the Shenandoah and James River Basins, Virginia, During Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1231

Geomorphic Map of Worcester County, Maryland, Interpreted from a LIDAR-Based, Digital Elevation Model, — OFR 2008-1005M

Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1093

Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management — USGS Circular 1316

Review paper on the relevance of Chesapeake and Everglades paleoecological studies to ecoystem restoration, part of a special issue in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Read more...

Noe, G.B., and C.R. Hupp. 2007. Seasonal variation in nutrient retention during inundation of a short-hydroperiod floodplain. River Research and Applications 23: 1088-1101. Read more...

Open-File Report 2007-1372 Changes in Streamflow, Concentrations, and Loads in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 1985-2006 is now available online. Read more...

For more visit the Bibliography of USGS Chesapeake Bay Publications page.