Upcoming Meetings

Scope and Purpose

The Stream Health Workgroup aims to affect overall positive change on streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by coordinating expert input on restoration techniques, funding options, and priority targets for natural channel design.

Projects and Resources

Stream Restoration Permitting Survey

In 2023, the Stream Health Workgroup's Stream Restoration Permitting Committee created a survey to track and report progress and identify remaining and/or new issues on permitting stream restoration projects. This survey was distributed to the workgroup on April 21, 2023, with the deadline of June 23, 2023, and workgroup members and interested parties were encouraged to send the survey to those outside the Bay Program Partnership. The results were discussed with the Workgroup to acknowledge progress and address identified issues.

Stream Health Indicators Project

The project “Scope of Work 12: Data Review and Development of Multi-Metric Stream Health Indicators” was a 2021 GIT-funded project that was completed in September 2023. This project was a continuation of work developed by the Stream Health Workgroup and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to better understand the drivers and stressors affecting stream health throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This project was awarded to Tetra Tech and is phase 3A of a larger process to develop additional stream health indicators. Phases 3B and 3C will be completed in the future.

Additional information on this project and the deliverables can be found below:

  • Watershed Wide Benthic Invertebrate Database - LINK

Stressor White Paper Project

Provided recommendations for the water quality impairments associated with a TMDL that will achieve co-benefits as a result of addressing other stressors through restoration practice implementation.

Publications

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Watershed Agreement

Vital Habitats Goal

Workgroups and Action Teams

Members

Alison Santoro (Chair), Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Ave.
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  alisona.santoro@maryland.gov
Sara Weglein (Chair), Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Avenue C-2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  sara.weglein@maryland.gov
Phone:  (410) 260-8621
Nick Staten (Staffer), Habitat Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 140
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  statenn@chesapeake.org
Bill Seiger, Maryland Department of the Environment
Address:
1800 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Email:  wseiger@mde.state.md.us
Brock Reggi, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Address:
1111 East Main Street
Suite 1400
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email:  Brock.Reggi@deq.virginia.gov
Chris Spaur, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Address:
10 S Howard St
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Email:  christopher.c.spaur@usace.army.mil
Claire Buchanan, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)
Address:
30 West Gude Dr. Suite 450
Rockville, Maryland 20850

Email:  cbuchan@icprb.org
Phone:  (301) 984-1908 x112
Denise Clearwater, Maryland Department of the Environment
Address:
Montgomery Park Business Center
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Email:  dclearwater@mde.state.md.us
Phone:  (410) 537-3000
Derrick McDonald, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Address:
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

Email:  emcdonald@state.pa.us
Phone:  (717) 772-5637
Emily Bialowas, Izaak Walton League
Address:
707 Conservation Lane
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

Email:  ebialowas@iwla.org
Emily Zollweg-Horan, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Address:
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12233-0001

Email:  emily.zollweg-horan@dec.ny.gov
Gabriella Vailati, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Address:


Email:  gabriella.vailati@delaware.gov
Greg Noe, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, Virginia 20192

Email:  gnoe@usgs.gov
Joe Berg, Biohabitats
Address:
2081 Clipper Park Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21211

Email:  jberg@biohabitats.com
Phone:  410.554.0156
Joe Wood, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Address:
1108 E. Main St
Richmond, Virginia 23219

Email:  jwood@cbf.org
Josh Burch, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Address:
1200 First Street, NE
5th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20002

Email:  josh.burch@dc.gov
Phone:  (202) 535-2600
Kelly Maloney, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
11649 Leetown Rd
Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430

Email:  kmaloney@usgs.gov
Ken Hyer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
12201 Sunrise Valley Dr
Reston, Virginia 20192

Email:  kenhyer@usgs.gov
Kip Mumaw
Address:
304 11th Street NW
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Email:  kip@ecosystemllc.com
Kristen Saacke Blunk, Headwaters LLC
Address:
2209 East Grace Street
Richmond, Virginia 23223

Email:  Kristen@headwaters-LLC.org
Phone:  (814) 360-9766
Matt Meyers, Fairfax County (VA)
Address:
12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 449
Fairfax, Virginia 22035

Email:  matthew.meyers@fairfaxcounty.gov
Matthew Cashman, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
5522 Research Park Drive
Catonsville, Maryland 21228

Email:  mcashman@usgs.gov
Nancy Roth, Tetra Tech
Address:
51 Franklin St. Ste. 400
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  nancy.roth@tetratech.com
Nat Gillespie, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Address:
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
3 SO Yates Federal Building
Washington, District of Columbia 20250

Email:  nathaniel.gillespie@usda.gov
Neely Law, Fairfax County (VA)
Address:
12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 449
Fairfax, Virginia 22035

Email:  Neely.Law@fairfaxcounty.gov
Phone:  (410) 461-8323
Rosemary Fanelli, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
3916 Sunset Ridge Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607

Email:  rfanelli@usgs.gov
Sandra Davis, USFWS Chesapeake Bay Field Office
Address:
177 Admiral Cochrane Drive
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  sandra_davis@fws.gov
Scott Lowe, Trout Unlimited
Address:
McCormick Taylor
509 S Exeter St
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Email:  scott@flyfishmend.com
Scott Stranko, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building C2
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  scott.stranko@maryland.gov
Phone:  (410) 260-8603
Sara Caldes
Address:
329 Riverview Trail
Severn River Keeper
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  s.caldes@severnriverkeeper.org
Scott Heidel, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Address:
400 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

Email:  scheidel@pa.gov
Phone:  (717) 772-5647
Rikke Jepsen, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)
Address:


Email:  rjepsen@icprb.org
Carrie Traver, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Address:
1650 Arch St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Email:  Traver.Carrie@epa.gov