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ScanFish lowered into the Bay

New Tools for the Oceanographer, New Discoveries for the Bay [6:41]
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Oceanographer Bill Boicourt uses the Scanfish, an underwater flying wing, to document a new discovery in Chesapeake Bay: a Hydraulic Control Zone just north of the Rappahannock Shoals. Like a valve on a water faucet, the Hydraulic Control can regulate the flow of salty ocean water into the northern Bay. As the Scanfish glides up and down through the Bay, it can take tens of thousands of readings per hour, measuring salinity, chlorophyll, dissolved oxygen and plankton.

Brush awarded the Mathias Medal

Finding Gold at the Bottom of the Bay [6:11]
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A pioneer in estuarine paleoecology, Grace Brush has been charting the history of environmental change in the Chesapeake watershed. Her technique: dig up cores from the bottom of the Bay's rivers, marshes and mainstem. Her hypothesis: the sediment holds a history of ancient and recent events that altered the estuary. On May 6, 2004, Grace Brush became the first woman to be awarded the Mathias Medal for research that has a significant impact on public policy.

Chesapeake Quarterly : Volume 24 Number 1 : Restoration Takes Root: Living Shorelines for Changing Coasts
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Restoration Takes Root: Living Shorelines for Changing Coasts

June 2025 • Volume 24 Number 1
Forested shoreline, with grasses and rock sill at Franklin Point.

Roots at the Water’s Edge

By Ashley Goetz

As erosion threatens treasured places around the Chesapeake Bay, communities are turning to nature-based solutions. Explore how living shorelines are helping to protect coasts and heritage on opposite shores of the Bay.

A woman runs her fingers through cordgrass growing in a greenhouse.

Seeding Shorelines

By Madeleine Jepsen

Living shoreline plants have a tough job: they must hold down the sandy shoreline with their roots and ease waves with their stems, all while surviving salty water. 

 
person in waders measuring depth of water they are standing in, in front wall of rocks in the water.

Designing with Nature

By Madeleine Jepsen

Researchers are on a mission to determine which key components make a living shoreline successful at preventing erosion—but first they must gather crucial data. 

 
A woman places a reef ball into a 3,000-gallon tank with other reef balls. A man operating a crane stands by.

Living Rocks for Living Shorelines

By Madeleine Jepsen

Oyster biology is both an obstacle and an opportunity when it comes to living shorelines. Learn how and why oysters are sometimes included in living shoreline projects. 

 
Photo of shoreline, with construction vehicle placing stone and sand in water, and trees in foreground.

A Marsh Grows in Brooklyn

By Ashley Goetz

A living shoreline is under construction in Baltimore City—part of a sweeping project that aims to restore more than 50 acres of habitat along 11 miles of shoreline. 

 
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Cover photo by Logan Bilbrough
Cover photo by Logan Bilbrough

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