Regional Agricultural Coordination

Funding: About $67,000 per year since 1997 from Maryland DNR to support Dr. Tom Simpson’s work on the regional Chesapeake Bay activities. In addition, he serves as an advisor and technical resource to state agencies, cabinet members and legislators on Bay science and policy. He represents the College on the Governor’s Bay Workgroup and serve as an alternate for the Dean on the Governor’s Bay Cabinet.

These funds also allow Dr. Simpson to support the activities of the tri-state legislative Chesapeake Bay Commission and to serve as a reviewer and advisor to Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Trust, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the Bay Funders network on topics needing research and outreach funding and on the merits of specific proposals. The P.I. for this project is Dr. Tom Simpson.

For more information, contact Dr. Tom Simpson

Last updated: 04/8/2009

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