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The Chesapeake Research Consortium, Inc. (CRC) is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of Maryland. It is an association of six institutions, each with a long-standing involvement in research on problems affecting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.


CRC Regional Conference

Ecosystem Based Management (EBM): the Chesapeake Basin & Other Systems

http://www.chesapeakemeetings.com/EBM

Baltimore Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
March 22-25, 2009


The Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) and its partners NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office, MD Sea Grant College, the US Geological Survey, Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET), Chesapeake Bay Trust, Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, the US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service convened a 4-d regional conference, Ecosystem Based Management (EBM): The Chesapeake Basin and Other Systems. The goal of the conference is to assess science supporting EBM, policy in implementing EBM, and current practices in place for EBM throughout the watershed. Lessons from other systems, in the US or abroad, were high-lighted as well. Keynote and plenary presentations on the first two days prefaced 27 sessions on EBM throughout the watershed, now and into the future. Presentations from the Conference and other related information will be available on the Conference webpage soon. Please see the EBM Conference website (http://www.chesapeakemeetings.com/EBM) for more information.

Thanks to the interests of the sponsors, the CRC Regional Conferences from 15-25 years ago are back!


Please see the Potomac Monitoring Forum announcement and agenda on the Workshops Page!

CRC
Member Institutions

The Johns Hopkins University

University System of Maryland

Smithsonian Institution

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Old Dominion University

Pennsylvania State University

CRC Function

  • Assemble teams of scientists and engineers to work with public-policy specialists to design and undertake multidisciplinary projects.
  • Suggest individuals or institutions appropriate for special research tasks.
  • Provide access to scientists, excellent laboratories, experienced technicians, computer capabilities, and research vessels on a scale sufficiently large to address complex Bay or system-wide problems.
  • Work with state, federal, and private agencies and institutions in joint approaches to solving specific problems of both local and national concern.
  • Assist management agencies by producing new insights, assessing knowledge, conducting workshops and symposia, and contributing to educational programs.

Last Update: April 14, 2009