Session Lead: Michael Maddox (University of Maryland, Climate Resilience Network) Co-Lead(s): Taryn Sudol Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: On December 2nd, 2025, the new 15-year plan was signed into action by the Chesapeake Bay Program Partners. The new agreement adds [...]
Session Lead: Taryn Sudol (Maryland Sea Grant) Co-Lead(s): Kayle Krieg, Lauren Mariolis Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Understanding current monitoring and future forecasts under changing environmental conditions, such as sea level rise and other effects of a warming climate, is [...]
Session Lead: Ryan J. Woodland (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Chesapeake Biological Laboratory) Co-Lead(s): Victoria Coles Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Human activities continue to catalyze change in Chesapeake Bay and coastal ecosystems around the world. These activities and [...]
Session Lead: Peter Claggett (U.S. Geological Survey) Co-Lead(s): John Wolf Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Achieving the goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement requires tools that combine cutting-edge science with practical usability. This two-part session explores how emerging technologies [...]
Session Lead: Raymond Najjar (Penn State University) Co-Lead(s): Cassie Gubisz, Whitman Miller, and Amanda Knobloch Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Carbon is a common thread that links numerous important estuarine issues, such as hypoxia, acidification, marsh inundation, and declining water [...]
Session Lead: Alexandra Fries (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) Co-Lead(s): Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rapidly transforming how we observe, model, and manage complex environmental systems. Within the Chesapeake Bay [...]
Session Lead: Zhengui Wang (Virginia Institute of Marine Science) Co-Lead(s): Gopal Bhatt, Joseph Delesantro, Wenfan Wu Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: This session explores the evolving Chesapeake Bay ecosystem through watershed, airshed, and estuarine perspectives. We are interested in [...]
Session Lead: Raleigh Hood (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) Co-Lead(s): DG Webster, Patrick Bitterman, Victoria Coles, Peter Claggett, Sevgi Erdogan, Theodore Lim Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: The grand challenges confronting management and decision making in Chesapeake Bay [...]
Session Lead: Rosemary Fanelli (U.S. Geological Survey) Co-Lead(s): Kelly Maloney Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: Maintaining and improving the health of freshwater stream ecosystems remains a major goal of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. Landscape and regional drivers, such as [...]
Session Lead: Lisa Wainger (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) Co-Lead(s): Caitlin Grady Session Format: Oral presentations Session Description: The goals and implementation strategies of Chesapeake Bay restoration are being adjusted as partner agreements evolve and incentive structures are reconsidered. [...]
