Center for Environment & Society
Research
Regional
What impact do growth and land-use issues have on the visual character and livability of a community? Center associates Wayne Bell, Phil Favero and Wendy Miller put forth a plan for sustaining agriculture in Talbot County that is generating serious discussion across the Shore about channeling growth to revitalized village centers and away from productive farmlands and sensitive natural areas.
Over in Queen Anne's County, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Maryland and Washington College is helping to monitor the soil and bird populations at Chino Farms to gauge the success of native grassland restoration efforts. Findings will be used to assess the overall health of the farm, to guide long-term management decisions, to identify the potential for new research, and to support state and regional restoration programs.
Vision Plan for Sustaining Agriculture in Talbot County approved by Talbot County Farm Bureau April 2008
The "Vision Plan for Sustaining Agriculture in Talbot County, Maryland" was formally approved by the Talbot County Farm Bureau in pril 2008. The Vision Plan and the visioning process itself has attracted the attention of the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, Dorchester County Citizens for Planned Growth, Urban Land Institute, and a new coalition of local developers concerned with growth that retains community, quality of life, and sense of place across the Delmarva Peninsula.
National
Building on John Seidel's work with acoustic seabed classification systems in the Chester River, CES and a team of marine scientists are working with the Submerged Resource Center at the National Park Service to build a system that NPS can use nationwide to map estuarine bottoms and to better understand benthic habitats. Future surveys are anticipated in Biscayne National Park and the Dry Tortugas.
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