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As a member of the ChesapeakeStat and BayTAS (select TMDL Tracking) Teams, John was recognized for "outstanding accomplishments in creating <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://egsc.usgs.gov/archivehighlights.html" target="_blank"> <i>(<u>More...</u>)</i></a> <hr> <strong><align="left" class="black">"The Alternative Futures: Accounting for Growth in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed" workshop - </strong><br> was held on September 15, 2011, at the USGS MD-DE-sDC Water Science Center in Baltimore, Maryland. County and Regional Planners, State Agency Representatives, and select NGO and academic participants attended. This workshop, hosted by USGS, provided a forum for identifying and discussing policies and assumptions for use in creating regionally consistent alternative future land-use scenarios. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://egsc.usgs.gov/data.html" target="_blank"> <i>(<u>More...</u>)</i></a> </td><td colspan="1"> <vt height="80%"> <font size="2"> With a focus east of the Mississippi River, our research staff applies expertise in geography, remote sensing, geology, biology, and computer science to better understand our land. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://egsc.usgs.gov/locations.html"><img src="/web/20111015012632im_/http://egsc.usgs.gov/images/locationsmap.gif" width="90" height="90" hspace="15" vspace="1" border="1" alt="Small map showing eastern United States. 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Jones <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/570037354-72464324/content~db=all~content=a933738372~frm=titlelink" target="_blank"><u><i>More</u>...</i></a> <br> <br> <br> <br> <font size="1"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.pnas.org/content/108/14/5510" target="_blank"> <img src="/web/20111015012632im_/http://egsc.usgs.gov/images/PNAS2011April5Cover.jpg" height="100" hspace="5" width="70" border="1" alt="Journal cover of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America" align="left"/></a> "Users as essential contributors to spatial cyberinfrastructures" by<br> Barbara Poore <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.pnas.org/content/108/14/5510" target="_blank"><u><i>More</u>...</i></a> </tr></td> <tr><td> <hr> <font size="2"><strong><i>Live view</i> of the Shenandoah!!</strong><br> <font size="1"> USGS Phenology WebCam<br><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://lcat.usgs.gov/shenandoah/pinnacles.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632im_/http://lcat.usgs.gov/shenandoah/pinnacles.jpg" height="75" width="100" alt="View of a portion of the Shenandoah Valley area at the Pinnacles Research site" hspace="15" vspace="0" border="1" align="left"/></a> This webcam is updated every 30 minutes 10am to 4:30pm.<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://lcat.usgs.gov/shenandoah/pinnacles.jpg" target="_blank"><br><br><i><u>Larger View</u>...</i></a><br/><br> Learn about the reasearch at the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://egsc.usgs.gov/shenandoah.html" target="_blank"><u>Phenology Web Site</u>!</a> <br> </tr></td> <tr><td> </td></tr> </td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </td></tr></table>  <div id="usgsfooter"> <p id="usgsfooterbar"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.usgs.gov/accessibility.html" title="Accessibility Policy (Section 508)">Accessibility</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.usgs.gov/foia/" title="Freedom of Information Act">FOIA</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.usgs.gov/privacy.html" title="Privacy policies of the U.S. Geological Survey.">Privacy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.usgs.gov/policies_notices.html" title="Policies and notices that govern information posted on USGS Web sites.">Policies and Notices</a> </p> <p id="usgsfootertext"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.takepride.gov/"><img src="/web/20111015012632im_/http://egsc.usgs.gov/images/footer_graphic_takePride.jpg" alt="Take Pride in America logo" title="Take Pride in America Home Page" width="60" height="58"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://usa.gov/"><img src="/web/20111015012632im_/http://egsc.usgs.gov/images/footer_graphic_usagov.jpg" alt="USA.gov logo" title="USAGov: Government Made Easy" width="90" height="26"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.doi.gov/">U.S. Department of the Interior</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.usgs.gov/">U.S. Geological Survey</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/http://www.doioig.gov/">DOI Inspector General</a><br/> URL: http://egsc.usgs.gov/index.html <br/> Page Contact Information: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111015012632/mailto:jtilley@usgs.gov?subject=EGSC Page Feedback">Web Administrator</a><br/> Page Last Modified: Monday, 26-Sep-2011 17:27:59 EDT </p> </div>  </body> </html>