South River Shoreline Management Plan Synopsis

This Shoreline Management Plan (Plan) has been developed with funding from the Keith Campbell Foundation and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in response to the Anne Arundel County’s desire to create a comprehensive shoreline management plan for the South River coast (Figure 1). The study area includes shorelines along the South River from Chesapeake Bay west and north to just above the Route 2 Bridge. The total shoreline assessed for the study is about 82 miles. This study makes recommendations that address shoreline erosion on an as-needed basis. The impacts of “doing nothing” to the shoreline are assessed as are various structural and nonstructural alternatives. Recommendations include shoreline protection strategies that are relatively non-intrusive to natural surroundings yet effective within the context of long-term shoreline erosion control. The strategies may combine stone structures such as sills, revetments, and/or breakwaters along with sand nourishment to create a stable substrate for establishing wetland vegetation. The South River has two basic shoreline settings: 1) those coasts along the main stem of the South River, and 2) the shorelines that occur up the sub-tributary creeks of the South River. A variety of shore types occur along the South River coast including high banks and low banks, marsh fringes and low sandy terraces. An abundance of shore protection structures, mostly bulkheads, presently exist along the reach. The purpose of this Plan is to provide alternatives to shore hardening that will provide shore protection as well as increased habitat value particularly wetlands

Citizen science for cuneiform studies

This paper examines the potential applications of Citizen Science and Open Linked Data within a critical Web Science framework. Described here is a work-inprocess concerning an interdisciplinary, multiinstitutional project for the digitization, annotation and online dissemination of a large corpus of written material from ancient Mesopotamia. The paper includes an outline of the problems presented by a large, heterogeneous and incomplete dataset, as well as a discussion of the potential of Citizen Science as a potential solution, combining both technical and social aspects. Drawing inspiration from other successful Citizen Science projects, the current paper suggests a process for capturing and enriching the data in ways which can address not only the challenges of the current data set, but also similar issues arising elsewhere on the wider Web

Tangier Island, Virginia Shoreline Management Plan for the West Coast of the Uppards

Utilizing geo-rectified aerial photography from 1938, 1960, 1987, and 2001, shoreline change rates were determined along the Uppards. Shoreline change rates vary but are all erosional except for areas around the north end where sand bars come and go. In the area of concern between baseline stations 4000 and 4600, the rates of erosion have increased with time. Using the rate calculated from the 1938 to 2001 shorelines for station 4000, 16 ft/yr, the 400 ft marsh isthmus width between the shoreline and Toms Gut would breach in about 25 years. This would essentially break the Uppards in two and accelerate the defragmentation of the island mass. By assuming a linear rate of shoreline change, the position of the shoreline was projected 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years into the future based on the rates calculated between the 1938 and 2001 shorelines. The smaller oxbow tidal channel at Station 4000 would breach in about 15 years. Typically, these smaller channels fill with sand and maintain some type of shoreline continuity. However, if a “permanent” tidal channel is formed and maintains itself, island breaching, as previously discussed, may accelerate

Marine Corps Base, Quantico Shoreline Protection Plan

One goal of this management plan is to provide more habitat-friendly management strategies which utilize the creation of marshes and beaches for shore protection rather than hardening the coast. Many of these strategies have been implemented around the Bay. These approaches include creating a marsh fringe by direct planting of the existing substrate, adding sand, and adding sand with stone sills. On more open coasts, breakwaters and beach fills can be built to achieve a stable sandy habitat of beaches and dunes. These “Living Shoreline” strategies can, if properly designed and constructed, provide shore protection as well as create a viable vegetated fringe that 1) restores natural functions and 2) provides a water quality buffer. The fundamental objective of the living shoreline approach is to protect eroding shorelines while also enhancing water quality and habitat for living resources in the Bay

AS-862-19 Resolution on Creation of New Department for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts

The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) has identified several benefits for formally combining two programs – the Interdisciplinary Studies (BA) program and the Science, Technology and Society (minors) program and elevating the combined programs into one new department called Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts Department; and the benefits and the structure of the new department are provided in the attachment to this resolution; and said change in status and name has been approved by the college of Liberal Arts department chairs/program directors and the CLA Interim Dean; and approval for combining these two programs into a new department has been given by all college Deans and the Provost; therefore be it that the Academic Senate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo approve the creation of a new CLA department, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Liberal Arts Department

Maintenance & Repair in Science and Technology Studies

This essay contains an overview on worldwide researches on Maintenance and Repair topics in Science and Technology Studies

GNEP Quarterly Input – UNLV July 1 through September 30, 2007

Quarterly report highlighting research projects, activities and objectives of the Transmutation Research Program at the Nuclear Science & Technology Division, Harry Reid Research Center. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas supports the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) through research and development of technologies for economic and environmentally sound refinement of spent nuclear fuel. The UNLV program has four components: infrastructure, international collaboration, student-based research, and management and program support

Optical Spectroscopy: Quarterly Report: 01/01/06 – 03/31/06

Progress report for the quarter: laser system alignment finished, site visit scheduled for final spectrometer configuration; initial studies on UO2 2+/NO3 -/H+ completed; preliminary data regression in progress; preliminary work on uranyl/AHA and organic/aqueous interface systems started

AFCI Quarterly Input – UNLV April through June, 2003

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas supports the AFCI through research and development of technologies for economic and environmentally sound refinement of spent nuclear fuel. The UNLV program has four components: infrastructure, international collaboration, student-based research, and management and program support

AFCI Quarterly Input – UNLV October through December, 2003

Quarterly report highlighting research projects and objectives of the Transmutation Research Program at the Nuclear Science & Technology Division, Harry Reid Research Center. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas supports the AFCI through research and development of technologies for economic and environmentally sound refinement of spent nuclear fuel. The UNLV program has four components: infrastructure, international collaboration, student-based research, and management and program support