Did you know that Virginia has over one million acres of wetlands?

We’re already thick into the holiday season, and although gifts for loved ones are already piling up under trees, tucked away in closets or crammed into mailboxes, the hunt for those last-minute gifts continues for many of us.

In the latest entry to the Making Waves blog, we sit down with Christel Dyer to discuss her career at HRSD as well as her upcoming children's book, Lemon and Cedar.

In the latter half of an above-average Atlantic Hurricane season, storms including Hurricane Lee and Tropical Storm Ophelia brought persistent storm surge and coastal flooding to eastern Virginia. Behind only the notoriously beleaguered New Orleans, Hampton Roads is the most at-risk community to relative sea level rise in the United States.

The Chesapeake Bay is a Mecca for coastal wildlife, ranging from the regal Bald Eagle to the iconic blue crab. The nation’s largest estuary, the Bay serves as a critical nursery, seasonal foraging grounds, and permanent residence for a vast array of birds, fish, and other wildlife.