CONDITION OF THE MID-ATLANTIC ESTUARIES: PRODUCTION OF A STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT REPORT

摘要

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released entitled Condition of the Mid-Atlantic Estuaries. That report summarizes the findings of several studies conducted by federal and state agencies and academic institutions in Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Estuary, and the coastal bays of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and simultaneously addresses two distinct audi- ences: environmental managers and the general public. This paper documents the process of prepar- ing the Estuaries Report, emphasizing the lessons learned in merging information from a wide- variety of sources and in reporting the results to multiple audiences.