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Resources & Links
I would like to thank the following sources for contributing to my learning experience about the Chesapeake Bay.
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Conowingo Dam
Bay Journal (2021). Can the Bay region dredge its way out of Conowingo Dam Problem? Retrieved from: https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/can-the-bay-region-dredge-its-way-out-of-conowingo-dam-problem/article_13f5448a-590f-11eb-b0c5-fb65340d1ef2.html
Bay Journal (2021). Conowingo Dam license reissued after long fight over ecological impacts. Retrieved from: https://somd.com/news/headlines/2021/23692.php
Chesapeake Bay Foundation (2022). Conowingo Dam and Chesapeake Bay. Retrieved from https://www.cbf.org/issues/polluted-runoff/conowingo-dam.html
Constellation Energy (2022). Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station. Retrieved from https://www.constellationenergy.com/our-company/locations/location-sites/conowingo-hydroelectric-generating-station.html
Environmental Protection Agency (2021). EPA Evaluates Plan to Reduce Bay Pollutants No Longer Contained by Conowingo Reservoir. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-evaluates-plan-reduce-bay-pollutants-no-longer-contained-conowingo-reservoir
Environmental Protection Agency (2022). Phase III WIP’s. Retrieved from https://www.epa.gov/chesapeake-bay-tmdl/phase-iii-wips
Maryland Department of the Environment (n.d.). Conowingo Innovative and Beneficial Reuse Pilot. Retrieved from https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/Marylander/Pages/conowingo_pilot.aspx
Palinkas, C. M., Testa, J. M., Cornwell, J. C., Li, M., & Sanford, L. P. (2019). Influences of a river dam on delivery and fate of sediments and particulate nutrients to the adjacent estuary: Case study of Conowingo Dam and Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 42(8), 2072-2095.
Wheelabrator Baltimore
Alamu, S. O., Wemida, A., Tsegaye, T., & Oguntimein, G. (2021). Sustainability Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste in Baltimore USA. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1915.
The Baltimore Sun (2017). How a trash incinerator — Baltimore's biggest polluter — became 'green' energy. Retrieved from: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/environment/bs-md-trash-incineration-20171107-story.html
Chromec, P. R., & Ferraro, F. A. (2008, January). Waste-to-Energy in the context of global warming. In North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (Vol. 42932, pp. 205-215).
Clean Air Baltimore (2022). Baltimore Clean Air Act. Retrieved from: https://www.cleanairbmore.org/cleanairact/
Inside Climate News (2021). Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council. Retrieved from: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19022021/baltimore-continues-incinerating-trash-despite-opposition-from-its-new-mayor-and-city-council/
Peterson, E., Fleming, M., Saund, S., & Stephens, B. (2019). Baltimore Clean Air Act; the need for a new waste management system in Baltimore. Journal of Science Policy & Governance. JSPG., Vol. 14, Issue 2
Wheelabrator Technologies (2022). Wheelabrator Baltimore. Retrieved from: hhttps://www.wtienergy.com/plant-locations/energy-from-waste/wheelabrator-baltimore
Stormwater: Patapsco Non-tidal Watershed
Aqualis (2022). Anatomy of a Wet Detention Pond. Retrieved from: https://www.aqualisco.com/anatomy-of-a-wet-detention-pond/
Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (2020). BMP Maintenance. Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/wprp/bmp_maintenance/index.html
Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (2020). Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination. Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/wprp/illicit-discharge/index.html
Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (2020): NPDES MS-4 Permit.
Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/wprp/npdes-ms4-permit/
Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (2020). Storm Drain Cleaning. Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/highways/road-maintenance/Drainage_Maintenance/storm-drain-cleaning
Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (2020). Stormwater Management Facilities. Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/highways/road-maintenance/Drainage_Maintenance/stormwater-management-facilities
Anne Arundel County Government (2012). Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan. Retrieved from: https://www.aacounty.org/departments/public-works/wprp/watershed-resources/Anne_Arundel_WIPII_2012.pdf
Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Polluted Stormwater Runoff: A Growing Threat. Retrieved from: https://www.cbf.org/issues/polluted-runoff/polluted-stormwater-runoff-a-growing-threat.html
Chesapeake Bay Magazine (2021). First Sighting of River Herring Since Bloede Dam Removal. Retrieved from: https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/first-sightings-of-river-herring-since-bloede-dam-removal/
Chesapeake Bay Program (2022). Stormwater Runoff. Retrieved from: https://www.chesapeakebay.net/issues/stormwater_runoff
Environmental Protection Agency (2021). National Menu of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Stormwater Documents. Retrieved from: https://www.epa.gov/npdes/national-menu-best-management-practices-bmps-stormwater-documents
Environmental Protection Agency (2021). Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Sources. Retrieved from: https://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater-discharges-municipal-sources
Wessler Engineering (2015). Stormwater Basins: How Detention and Retention Ponds Work. Retrieved from: https://info.wesslerengineering.com/blog/stormwater-basins-detention-retention-ponds
Wastewater: The Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant
Chesapeake Bay Foundation (2022). Sewage & Septic Systems. Retrieved from https://www.cbf.org/issues/sewage-septic-systems/
Chesapeake Bay Program (2022). Wastewater. Retrieved from https://www.chesapeakebay.net/issues/wastewater
Clark Construction (2022). Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant Addition No. 7. Retrieved from https://www.clarkconstruction.com/our-work/projects/little-patuxent-water-reclamation-plant-addition-no-7
Environmental Protection Agency (2016). Chesapeake Bay Progress: Wastewater Pollution Reduction Leads the Way. Retrieved from: https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-06/documents/wastewater_progress_report_06142016.pdf
Environmental Protection Agency (2021). Wastewater Pollution Reduction in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Retrieved from: https://www.epa.gov/chesapeake-bay-tmdl/wastewater-pollution-reduction-chesapeake-bay-watershed
Howard County Maryland (2021). LPWRP - Enhanced Nutrient Removal. Retrieved from: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/public-works/lpwrp-enhanced-nutrient-removal
Howard County Maryland (2021). Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Division. Retrieved from: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/public-works/little-patuxent-water-reclamation-division
Live Green Howard (2022). Wastewater. Retrieved from: https://livegreenhoward.com/water/wastewater/
Maryland Department of the Environment (2022). Bay Restoration Fund Enhanced Nutrient Removal. Retrieved from: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/bayrestorationfund/pages/enr.aspx
Maryland Department of the Environment (2022). The Evolution to Enhanced Nutrient Removal Technology. Retrieved from: https://mde.maryland.gov/programs/water/BayRestorationFund/Pages/evolution_enr.aspx
Water Research Foundation (2018). Understanding Biological Nutrient Removal. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3mDP0OVUc
Watermen
https://www.nationalfisherman.com/mid-atlantic/chesapeake-seagrass-beds-declined-38-percent-in-2019
Seitz, R. D., Lipcius, R. N., & Seebo, M. S. (2005). Food availability and growth of the blue crab in seagrass and unvegetated nurseries of Chesapeake Bay. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 319(1-2), 57-68.
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/issues/bay_grasses
https://www.capitalgazette.com/environment/ac-cn-md-blue-crab-survey-2021524-20210524-vlkv6hbmojg67kqxyyyek5kdba-story.html
Paolisso. (2007). Cultural Models and Cultural Consensus of Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab and Oyster Fisheries. NAPA Bulletin., 28(1), 123–135. https://doi.org/10.1525/napa.2007.28.1.123
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/touring-the-chesapeake-bay-with-its-legendary-watermen/2013/10/10/b47bb55a-305f-11e3-bbed-a8a60c601153_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/im-a-third-generation-waterman-you-cant-blame-us-for-the-oyster-collapse-in-the-chesapeake-bay/2019/11/22/176d0cd6-f125-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html
https://cityofcrisfield-md.gov/history
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0322-watermen-bay-20190319-story.html
https://datausa.io/profile/geo/crisfield-md/
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/the_bays_fisheries_are_feeling_the_heat
https://www.cbf.org/issues/fisheries/
https://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/more-than-just-the-bay/chesapeake-wildlife/eastern-oysters/index.html
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/chesapeake-bay#healthy-fisheries
https://www.cbf.org/issues/fisheries/shellfish-aquaculture.html
https://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/more-than-just-the-bay/chesapeake-wildlife/rockfish/
https://www.cbf.org/document-library/cbf-reports/CBF_BadWatersReport6d49.pdf
Agriculture
Forio, M. A. E., De Troyer, N., Lock, K., Witing, F., Baert, L., Saeyer, N. D., ... & Goethals, P. (2020). Small patches of riparian woody vegetation enhance biodiversity of invertebrates. Water, 12(11), 3070.
https://susches.org/projects/manure-injection-2/
https://www.cbf.org/issues/agriculture/regenerative-agriculture.html
https://www.wherepigsfly.farm/links
https://millionacrechallenge.org/about/
https://www.m2balliance.org/documents/report_grazing-case-study.pdf
https://www.maryslandfarm.com/
https://mda.maryland.gov/resource_conservation/Pages/Soil-Health.aspx
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/issues/agriculture
https://www.cbf.org/issues/agriculture/index.html
https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/agri.html
https://mda.maryland.gov/resource_conservation/pages/financial_assistance.aspx