Chesapeake Executive Council

Directive No. 24-1 establishes the Chesapeake Bay Program's Agricultural Advisory Committee. The intent of this committee is to facilitate greater engagement of the agricultural sector in the policy development conversations of the Chesapeake Bay Program and to serve as a voice for producers to Chesapeake Bay Program leadership by providing high-level policy recommendations to the Chesapeake Executive Council, Principals’ Staff Committee and Management Board. Reciprocally, Advisory Committee members will also help inform their agricultural networks on the goals and progress of the partnership.

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This charge celebrates the Chesapeake Bay Program's progress toward the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and commends the Principals' Staff Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program partners and countless interested and impacted parties in meeting the Charting a Course to 2025 and Beyond charge of 2022. It directs the Principals' Staff Committee to revise the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and recommend a simplified and streamlined structure and process for the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership by December 2025.

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This charge directs the Principals' Staff Committee in recommending a critical path forward that prioritizes and outlines the next steps for meeting the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement leading up to and beyond 2025. It directs the Principals' Staff Committee to report back to the Chesapeake Executive Council with recommendations on how to best address and integrate new science and restoration strategies leading up to 2025, as well as recommendations that continue to address new advances in science and restoration, along with a focus on our partnership for going beyond 2025.

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