Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5) Publications
The Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5) aims to foster a greater connection between the public and the Chesapeake Bay watershed by supporting conservation initiatives, increasing public access to waterways, supporting environmental education, increasing stewardship actions, and embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility throughout the Program’s work.
Call for Stewardship Co-Chair
This voluntary position leads and coordinates the work of the Stewardship Workgroup, with support from the GIT 5 coordinator and staffer. This is an opportunity to work with a broad team of partners within the Chesapeake Bay watershed representing government and nongovernment entities, to have significant impact on shaping and achieving commitments to public stewardship, and to diversifying the people who participate in and benefit from these efforts.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Watershed 2019 Environmental Literacy Report: Results from Watershed ELIT Survey
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement: Enable every student in the region to graduate with the knowledge and skills to act responsibly to protect and restore their local watershed.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Program 2017 Baseline Citizen Stewardship Indicator Field Questionnaire
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.
View detailsCBP 2017 Baseline Citizen Stewardship Indicator Methodology and Profile of Respondents
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.
Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool Survey
The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) is to help local and state schools systems collect important information that will help advance the implementation of environmental education efforts in schools in the mid-Atlantic region. This tool, the data collected, and related efforts supporting environmental education in the region are in direct support of the Environmental Literacy Goal and Outcomes of the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement (signed 6/19/14).
View detailsChesapeake Bay Watershed 2017 Environmental Literacy Report: Results from Watershed ELIT Survey
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement: Enable every student in the region to graduate with the knowledge and skills to act responsibly to protect and restore their local watershed.
View detailsAn Educator’s Guide To The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)
An Educator’s Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) is an easy-to-use manual for constructing high-quality educational experiences for all students. Our hope is that this guide is used by teachers and non-formal educators to deepen and strengthen outdoor learning for students throughout the region and that this leads to young citizens who understand and respect our natural world.
View detailsLand Use Options Evaluation Outcome Justification
Published in Agreement and OutcomeLand Use Options Evaluation Outcome: By the end of 2017, with the direct involvement of local governments or their representatives, evaluate policy options, incentives and planning tools that could assist them in continually improving their capacity to reduce the rate of conversion of agricultural lands, forests and wetlands as well as the rate of changing landscapes from more natural lands that soak up pollutants to those that are paved over, hardscaped or otherwise impervious. Strategies should be developed for supporting local governments’ and others’ efforts in reducing these rates by 2025 and beyond.
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