Publications

WQGIT approved final report from the Manure Incorporation and Injection Expert Panel.

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Fact sheet that describes how nontidal wetland restoration is simulated in the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model. Version: August 7, 2018

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At the 2016 Chesapeake Executive Council meeting, members adopted a resolution to support and collaborate with local governments and noted the signs of resiliency that are beginning to be seen throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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At the 2017 meeting of the Executive Council, representatives from the six Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia and the Chesapeake Bay Commission signed a resolution in support of the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership. The resolution calls upon the President and United States Congress to continue the current level of federal support for the Chesapeake Bay Program, including the coordinating role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chesapeake Bay Program. It also calls for science, monitoring, modeling and restoration to continue with the full participation of local, state and federal agencies and private sector partners as appropriate. Because of advocacy statements contained within the resolution, federal law and practice prohibited the EPA from signing.

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Final planning targets for the Phase III WIPs at the state, state-basin and geo-basin level.

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This PowerPoint is designed for audiences that have some background in watershed implementation plans and knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL). It will inform them about the co-benefits associated with implementing certain conservation practices. The majority of these practices not only help in meeting your state’s water quality goals under the Bay TMDL, but also can meet other restoration goals not only for the Chesapeake Bay, but for the local waterways in your community. These conservation practices can benefit you and your community by providing economic and public health benefits; your state by helping to meet their goals for reducing nutrient pollution; and your local waterways by helping with their restoration and protection.

The workgroups at the Chesapeake Bay Program recommend 12 outcomes to consider when planning your conservation practices. They’ve developed a series of fact sheets to help you understand why they are beneficial and what would be the best for your and your community’s needs.

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This document details the field questionnaire used to receive baseline data on stewardship behaviors and attitudes among a random sample of Chesapeake Bay Watershed residents. The study was designed and conducted by OpinionWorks LLC of Annapolis, Maryland on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Program. OpinionWorks’ principal, Steve Raabe, has the lead investigator for this study, working under the direction of the Bay Program’s Citizen Stewardship workgroup. For questions about survey methods or analysis, Steve can be reached at 410-280-2000 or steve@OpinionWorks.com.

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This document details the methods used to conduct this baseline study of stewardship behaviors and attitudes among a random sample of Chesapeake Bay Watershed residents.
The study was designed and conducted by OpinionWorks LLC of Annapolis, Maryland on behalf of the Chesapeake Bay Program. OpinionWorks’ principal, Steve Raabe, has the lead investigator for this study, working under the direction of the Bay Program’s Citizen Stewardship workgroup. For questions about survey methods or analysis, Steve can be reached at 410-280-2000 or steve@OpinionWorks.com.

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Annual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee on the status of the blue crab population in the Chesapeake Bay and management advice for Bay jurisdictions.

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In 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL). This historic clean-up plan provides a guide for reducing pollution and restoring clean water to the Chesapeake Bay and its local rivers, streams and creeks. To guide these efforts, Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia (collectively referred to as the “Bay jurisdictions”) created a series of roadmaps—known as watershed implementation plans (WIPs)—describing how each would achieve the pollution reductions called for in the Bay TMDL.

There are three phases of WIPs. Phase I and II WIPs were developed in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and describe actions to be implemented by 2017 and 2025 to achieve the goals of the Bay TMDL. Phase III WIPs, under development in the 2018 to 2019 timeframe, will describe actions Bay jurisdictions intend to implement to meet Bay restoration goals by 2025. Despite some jurisdictions having to do more in order to achieve their nutrient and sediment targets, each of the seven Bay jurisdictions reaffirmed their commitment to having all the practices and controls in place by 2025 to meet applicable water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay.

On June 20, 2018, the EPA released its expectations for the Phase III WIPs, detailing what these documents should entail. Read the full expectations document.

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