Project Spotlights – Chesapeake Watershed CESU

Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Project Spotlights

CW CESU Project Spotlights

Here we feature recent projects through the Chesapeake Watershed CESU with Project Spotlights. Click on each to learn more.

Stygobromus scottsruni sp. nov., habitus. A holotype female, 6.85 mm (USNM 1456546) B allotype male, 6.70 mm (USNM 1456549). Scale bar: 1 mm.

Two Species of Amphipods New to Science in the National Capital Region of the National Park Service

Painted turtle on a river log

Helping Tiny Turtles Cross the Road

Photograph taken north of the Ball Family Cemetery facing northeast looking over a cornfield on Portici farm.

The Evolution of Virginia Agriculture on the Portici Cultural Landscape

Photo of a freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii)

Freshwater Jellyfish: A Mysterious Presence in Our Waterways

Photo of the water monitoring field team collects data at a stream in National Capital Parks-East

Freshwater Salinization: Saltier Rivers Are a Growing Concern

National Park Service staff walk through an old growth remnant grassland at Gateway National Recreation Area that was first identified as a remnant in 2024. NPS/Casey Reese

Hidden in Plain Sight: Old Growth Remnant Grasslands