From UVA Today

Teams of students from seven institutions of higher learning in Virginia and Maryland played the University of Virginia Bay Game on Friday, Earth Day.

The Bay Game is an interactive computer simulation representing the seven major watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay and the stakeholders in the six-state bay region. It demonstrates to players how their actions and decisions as role players – farmers, policymakers, land developers, watermen – affect the short- and long-term health of the bay, as well as their personal finances and the regional economy.

The tool provides a scientifically sound and true-to-life method to demonstrate the importance of political and civic collaboration in conservation efforts.