With the Chesapeake Bay still ailing despite accelerated cleanup efforts, could the region's population growth and development be undermining the estuary's recovery?
A two-day conference next week at Hood College in Frederick tackles what its sponsors say is an oft-neglected threat to the bay. They say growth remains largely unabated — and even unquestioned — despite warnings going back 25 years that it jeopardizes the continued vitality of the Chesapeake.
The session Jan. 13 and 14 — sponsored by the Bay Journal, the Chesapeake Research Consortium and the college — features presentations by demographers, economists, environmentalists and scientists. For more information and to register, go here.