Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2) Publications

This report summarizes the proceedings of a workshop to identify the necessary information and analytical approaches needed to assess the condition and vulnerability of fish habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

View document [PDF, 2.8 MB] Factors Influencing the Headwaters, Nontidal, Tidal and Mainstem Fish Habitat Function

This 2017 addendum provides previously undocumented features of the procedures for assessing attainment of the Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria as well as refinements and clarifications to the previously published Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria assessment procedures.

View document [PDF, 4.2 MB] 2017 Technical Addendum Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 557.7 KB] Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Wetlands Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 463.8 KB] Wetlands Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Tree Canopy Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 563.0 KB] Tree Canopy Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Stream Health Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 539.5 KB] Stream Health Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Forest Buffer Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 559.0 KB] Forest Buffer Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Fish Passage Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 553.1 KB] Fish Passage Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Brook Trout Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 573.9 KB] Brook Trout Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Black Duck Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 558.1 KB] Black Duck Outcome Justification

The Living Resources Subcommittee (LRSc) is committed to the restoration, enhancement, protection and management of the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay. Living resources include fish, shellfish, birds and waterfowl, as well as the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), wetlands, and other shoreline and riverine systems important to water quality and fish and wildlife habitats. In cooperation with Bay Program partners, the LRSc supports the restoration of streams, wetlands, Bay grasses (SAV) and aquatic reefs, and the opening of stream blockages for migratory fish passage. The subcommittee also guides the development of Chesapeake Bay-specific fish management plans. LRSc-directed policies and projects have enhanced fish and shellfish populations, helped improve water quality and increased wildlife habitat in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ongoing biological monitoring and ecosystem modeling programs contribute significantly to the understand of the Chesapeake Bay's living resource and their relationships with each other, as well as the land and water.

View document [PDF, 476.8 KB] Chesapeake Bay Living Resources - 1998

Documents the findings of the two-year information gathering process of the strategy reevaluation but also recommends an approach for undertaking future toxics reduction and prevention actions in the Bay watershed.

View document [PDF] 1995-Synthesis of Nutrient and Sediment Data for Watersheds within the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin

The major objective of the Coordinated Split Sample Program is to establish a measure of comparability between sampling and analytical operations for water quality monitoring basin wide. The second objective is to evaluate the in-matrix dilution of standard EPA reference materials. These standard reference materials are analyzed in appropriate matrix, fresh to saline, and concentration level to match the sample.

View document [PDF] Chesapeake Bay Coordinated Split Sample Program Implementation Guidelines (Revision 3).