Registration Eligibility
open to all
Start Date
05/10/2024
End Date
05/10/2024
Description
In the fall of 1985, an interdisciplinary panel sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) met to exchange views on the history of ecological change within the Chesapeake Bay. The directive to the speakers was simple –– How might humankind learn from the past in order to protect and restore our natural resources for future generations? Fast forward nearly 40 years, Estuary Urbanism has a similar intention –– inviting scientists, humanists, designers, managers, and engaged citizens –– to share long-term perspectives and valuable lessons motivated by natural events, human activities, and climate change. Although the discussion will be focused on the Chesapeake, we hope the insights gained will be applicable to estuaries across North America and the world and the communities that dwell within them. The symposium will conclude with a narrated boat tour within the greater Port of Baltimore, highlighting the privately and publicly owned marine terminals comprising it, how these facilities operate, and the depth of their importance to the local, state, regional, and national economies.
Location
Baltimore, MD
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Horticulture / Plants
Remediation / Brownfields
Sustainable Development & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
2.50
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this morning session, attendees will be able to:
• Describe how geology influences the urban morphology of Baltimore, and the Chesapeake Bay tidal estuary.
• Appreciate how shifts in land use and land cover (from forest, to agriculture, to urban) impact estuarine systems structurally, chemically, biologically.
• Describe the roles that port cities play in local, state, regional, and national economies.
Instructors
Kent Mountford, PhD Estuarine ecologist; Grace Brush, PhD Paleoecologist; Andrew Miller, PhD Hydrologist and Geomorpologist
Course Codes
Provider
Maryland Chapter ASLA