Abstract
This case study serves as an extension to another case study originally published in 2006, “Can Suminoe Oysters Save Chesapeake Bay?” The original case provides students with a solid foundation for understanding the complexities of resource management. After completing it, students engage with the extension case to explore what has happened to the watershed since then. Students assess whether the restoration activities that have been implemented to date have been successful and speculate on the future of the ecosystem. This case was developed for an introductory, non-majors undergraduate environmental science course that is taught both in-person and online, but it could easily be incorporated into ecology units in biology, landscape management, bioethics, political science, and other social science courses that deal with examining human impacts on various ecological systems.