These features help to synthesize USGS findings or provide links to selected sites where USGS findings have been used or presented.

General
USGS contributes to summary of 2007 summer conditions...read more

The Impact of Human Activities on Land Use
USGS studies population growth in the Bay watershed..read more...

Identifying critical land and habitats in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

USGS poster map of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Water Quality and Quantity

2007 was an "average" water year for river flow to the Bay...read more

Water-quality and quantity information for management decisions...more

USGS co-chairs session on sediment in the Chesapeake Bay watershed at the Geological Society of America Meeting

Water Year 2006: A year of extremes for river flow into Chesapeake Bay
See the USGS results for the year...
Read an article in the Bay Journal...
USGS contributes to the Summer Wrap Up...

The USGS conducted a water-quality workshop to enhance the science-based approaches to implementing the tributary strategies for nutrient and sediment reduction in the Bay watershed.

Record Low Streamflow to the Chesapeake Bay in March 2006...read more

USGS contributes to Estuarine Research Federation Meeting ...read more

The Impact of Sediment on the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed

Nutrients in the Watershed and Impact on Chesapeake Bay ...read more

Ground Water and Its Influence on Nitrogen Delivery to the Chesapeake Bay Features Page

Nutrient and Sediment Loads of Major Rivers Entering Chesapeake Bay in 2003

High flow, droughts, and Isabel: Impacts to the Bay

The Ability of Habitat to Support Fish and Bird Populations

USGS research shows link between sea duck and oyster populations ...read more

Information Related to the Intersex Characteristics of Fish in the Potomac Watershed learn more ...

USGS Co-sponsors Workshop on Mycobacteriosis in Striped Bass...read more

The USGS studies riparian forest buffers learn more...

USGS scientists study the Atlantic Seaduck, a poorly understood group of North American waterfowl ... read more

Diving Duck Distribution, Abundance, and Food Habits in Chesapeake Bay

Impact of sea-level rise on wetland loss in Chesapeake Bay....

Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV) Database

Synthesis and Forecasting to Improve Ecosystem Assessment, Conservation, and Restoration
USGS information used to help develop ecological forecasts for the Chesapeake Bay... see more

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