Kyle Point Wins 2023 Best Restored Shores Award
Underwood & Associates is honored to have our Kyle Point Dynamic Living Shoreline project win a 2023 Best Restored Shores Award from the...
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NEWSLETTER
- Sep 6, 2023
BODIES OF WATER
Consider the term “bodies of water”. We are surrounded by them, we are them. Upstream, downstream, bloodstream. Water is in each breath...
- Jun 1, 2023
Seeing Is Believing
Japanese Delegation Pursues Nature-Based Solutions When asked what the biggest takeaway was from the Japanese delegation’s visit to...
- Mar 17, 2023
New scientific paper on RSC
Changes in hydrology and pollutant loads from stream restoration in an urban headwater catchment Underwood supports and encourages more...
- Feb 1, 2023
CASCADES
People will hike for miles up mountains, travel to foreign countries, and plan family vacations to stand in the presence of waterfalls....
- Jan 3, 2023
From Japan, to Maryland
Dr. Komatsu studies nature-based restoration in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays The icy breeze waved Dr. Masayuki Komatsu’s tie like a...
- Oct 5, 2022
US Naval Academy Students Pursue Nature-Based Design for Senior Capstone Project
For many, reminiscing on college courses brings memories of dimly lit lecture halls, scribbling to copy lengthy notes from PowerPoint...
- Aug 31, 2022
AN INTERNATIONAL BOG DAY CELEBRATION
To some, bogs may not be as majestic as snow-dusted crags or shimmering turquoise lakes, but the ecosystem services and carbon...
- Jul 18, 2022
Underwood & Associates visits Japan to consult on nature-based restoration
Nature-based restoration is not limited to the brackish waters and slow flowing tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, it can be applied all...
- Mar 24, 2022
- Jan 18, 2022
SAND ACCRETION ON DYNAMIC LIVING SHORELINES
On an unusually balmy October day a few members of the Underwood & Associates team gathered around a wooden post at the Kyle Point...
- Jan 18, 2022
CREATING A SHORELINE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATORS
In mid-December we had the privilege of attending the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Education Department’s winter meetings at Holly Beach...
- Dec 1, 2021
THE POWER OF PEAT BOGS
Underwood & Associates has been working to protect and restore peat bogs for over 30 years, although many people have had difficulty...
- Aug 24, 2021
Ribbon-Cutting and Planting Event at United Methodist Center Coastal Resilience Project
“Dig dig dig!” the shouts of chanting children echoed over the new dynamic living shoreline project at West River United Methodist Church...
- Jul 1, 2021
ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT IS KEY TO A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM
They say change is the only constant in life, and as time ticks on we do our best to adjust, acclimate and enjoy each day as we spin...
- Jun 3, 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
When we think of education, we often envision tidy rows of desks, children clad in peter pan collars, and teachers standing at the front...
- Mar 31, 2021
IRON FLOC IN STREAM RESTORATIONS
Have you ever walked by a local stream and noticed pockets of vibrant, rust-orange water and thought to yourself, “Wow check out that...
- Mar 3, 2021
OUR UNIQUE LIVING SHORELINES
Maryland has over 3,000 miles of shoreline, all of which are being impacted by climate change and erosion. As sea levels rise our shores...
- Feb 4, 2021
BELONGING: DO BEAVERS HAVE A PLACE IN MODERN AMERICA?
Before leather-booted colonists with their own rigid ideas of progress stepped onto the shores of America, beavers defined the landscape....
- Dec 2, 2020
WATER QUALITY SAMPLING
Underwood and Associates was awarded the NRCS State Conservation Innovation grant to reduce stormwater discharge on a local sod farm...
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