A number of case studies show that “best management practices”—including upgrading wastewater treatment plants, lowering vehicle and power plant emissions, and reducing runoff from farmland—have lowered nutrients and sediment in local waterways.
Maryland Sea Grant has awarded grants to scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science for studies that could help improve and sustain the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality and fisheries.
Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed an agreement with Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral Filho to share best practices for keeping the Chesapeake Bay and Rio’s Guanabara Bay clean, healthy, and sustainable.
Mating with more than one male increases reproductive success for female prairie dogs, despite a greater risk of predation and increased exposure to diseases and parasites. So why would a female prairie dog take the risk? The answer is simple: female prairie dogs that mate with two or more males rear more offspring than those that mate with only one.
