Governor McDonnell Announces Launch of VEDP 'Going Global' Defense Initiative
RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) has launched its ‘Going Global’ initiative to mitigate the impact of defense spending cuts on Virginia’s economy, the nation’s leading state recipient of federal spending. VEDP- International Trade’s focus is to assist Virginia businesses in capturing export opportunities overseas. As the…
Governor Bob McDonnell Announces New $31 Million Investment in Clean Water
RICHMOND – Just prior to embarking on the first day of his “This Commonwealth of Opportunity” statewide tour, Governor Bob McDonnell announced this morning that a new deposit of over $31 million will be made to the Commonwealth’s Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) as a portion of the most recent budget surplus, the fourth in…
Plans Announced for DPI-Sponsored National Meeting in Ocean City, MD in October
The newly named 48th National Meeting on Poultry Health, Processing, and Live Production will be held October 7 – 9, 2013 in Ocean City, Maryland. Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. has assumed responsibility for what used to be “The Delmarva Poultry Conference” planned and operated in prior years by the University of Maryland and University of…
Forecasting – and Avoiding – Jellyfish (Sea Nettles) in the Chesapeake Bay
The jellyfish often encountered in the Chesapeake Bay in the summer is the sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha. Check out the map to see where they are most prevalent, and read more about how to avoid this biotic nuisance to alleviate an unpleasant encounter here…http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/forecasting-sea-nettles/
Tropical Storm Lee Brought An Estimated Six Years’ Worth of Mud to the Bay in 2011
When Tropical Storm Lee drenched the Chesapeake Bay region in late 2011, newspaper reports ran wild with allusions to coffee. Satellite photos taken after the storm passed showed an ominous-looking brown streak stretching halfway down the Bay’s 200-mile length. Local writers compared the color to “coffee with milk.”