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States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are implementing strategies to restore the health of the Bay and the region’s creeks, streams, and rivers. These activities are being implemented in accordance with the US EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load, which identifies necessary pollution reductions from major sources of nitr

In partnership with The Nature Conservancy and George Mason University, EFC worked to provide rural communities with the tools and data necessary to make financially and socially responsible decisions for adapting to climate-induced flooding from sea level rise, storms, and precipitation.

Parks are vital infrastructure for healthy, flourishing communities, and are essential to improving the quality of life for city residents. In this report, Trust for Public Land (TPL) quantified the benefits of the network of city, state, and federal parks in New York City (NYC).

Over the period of six months (October 2021-March 2022), EFC conducted a comprehensive Stormwater Utility Feasibility Study for the Town.

The Town of Slaughter Beach is working to build economic resilience by valuing natural resources, exploring ecotourism, and promoting economic opportunity in the Mispillion River and Cedar Creek watersheds. EFC partnered with the Town on its efforts to build the local economy, educate and restore the town, and provide new opportunities for oyster habitat recovery in the Delaware Bay.

Md Saiful Alam is currently a doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University of Maryland. His research interests are focused on understanding the accessibility and equity issue in the field of transportation planning. He previously worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Toledo.

ResearchWendy Nevett Bazil is a doctoral student the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program. She is a licensed attorney, avid reader, history buff, vegetable whisperer, and in addition to law, formerly worked as a cooking teacher and recipe developer, and in food systems policy and advocacy.

Hannah Cameron is a doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design program at the University of Maryland. Her research interests and ongoing work examines discourses of monumentality and the ways in which social and spatial constructs intersect with past and present commemoration and memorialization in public spaces of cities.

Brittney Drakeford is a believer in FATE – the practice of combining faith, arts, and technology to energize communities to create equitable places for generations today and tomorrow. She is a current PhD student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University of Maryland College Park; an alumna of Wake Forest University (M.S.

Rebecca Garman is currently a doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design program at the University of Maryland. Her research is centered on how community resilience to climate change is related to and shaped by housing affordability.