Maps
Browse through maps depicting Bay health and restoration, including pollution trends, public access sites and more.
Bay Grasses (SAV) Restoration Goal Achievement: Single Best Year 2006-2008
Date created: March 24, 2009This map shows progress toward achieving the Chesapeake Bay Program segment-specific underwater bay grass restoration goals. It is based on the single best year of acreage as observed through the most recent three years of data from the Chesapeake Bay underwater bay grasses aerial survey.
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Fish Passage Progress (2008) in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Date created: March 18, 2009Fish passage is a key component to the restoration of anadromous fish (shad and river herring) in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These fish are blocked from much of their historic spawning areas, which included waters over 200 miles from the Bay. Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia have set goals to provide fish passage to make much of those historic spawning areas once again accessible to migratory fish. Other species that benefit from the unblocking of streams include eels, native species such as brook trout and other resident species.
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Bay Grasses Planted (2008)
Date created: March 11, 2009In 2003, the CBP adopted the Strategy to Accelerate the Protection and Restoration of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay including a commitment to plant 1,000 acres by 2008. The program partners have thus far planted 15% of their initial goal. In 2008, 8.5 acres were planted with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other sources. Both funding for SAV planting, and capacity for doing it, will need to be increased dramatically to meet the goal on time.
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Point Sources and Priority Agricultural Watersheds - New York
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the location of point sources of nutrient pollution and priority agricultural watersheds as identified by the Chesapeake Bay Program with input from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Point sources include both monitored and estimated data submitted from or approved by each jurisdiction. Priority agricultural watersheds include SPARROW catchments ranking in the top quartile for delivered loads of nitrogen or phosphorus from agricultural sources normalized by the total amount of agricultural areas within the catchment. The priority areas were further refined to emphasize high loading areas which also contained potential agriculture-related water quality impairments based on individual state 303d (impaired waters) lists.
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Point Sources and Priority Agricultural Watersheds - Virginia
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the location of point sources of nutrient pollution and priority agricultural watersheds as identified by the Chesapeake Bay Program with input from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Point sources include both monitored and estimated data submitted from or approved by each jurisdiction. Priority agricultural watersheds include SPARROW catchments ranking in the top quartile for delivered loads of nitrogen or phosphorus from agricultural sources normalized by the total amount of agricultural areas within the catchment. The priority areas were further refined to emphasize high loading areas which also contained potential agriculture-related water quality impairments based on individual state 303d (impaired waters) lists.
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Point Sources and Priority Agricultural Watersheds - Pennsylvania
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the location of point sources of nutrient pollution and priority agricultural watersheds as identified by the Chesapeake Bay Program with input from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Point sources include both monitored and estimated data submitted from or approved by each jurisdiction. Priority agricultural watersheds include SPARROW catchments ranking in the top quartile for delivered loads of nitrogen or phosphorus from agricultural sources normalized by the total amount of agricultural areas within the catchment. The priority areas were further refined to emphasize high loading areas which also contained potential agriculture-related water quality impairments based on individual state 303d (impaired waters) lists.
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Point Sources and Priority Agriculture Watersheds - Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the location of point sources of nutrient pollution and priority agricultural watersheds as identified by the Chesapeake Bay Program with input from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Point sources include both monitored and estimated data submitted from or approved by each jurisdiction. Priority agricultural watersheds include SPARROW catchments ranking in the top quartile for delivered loads of nitrogen or phosphorus from agricultural sources normalized by the total amount of agricultural areas within the catchment. The priority areas were further refined to emphasize high loading areas which also contained potential agriculture-related water quality impairments based on individual state 303d (impaired waters) lists.
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Point Sources and Priority Agricultural Watersheds - Maryland
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the location of point sources of nutrient pollution and priority agricultural watersheds as identified by the Chesapeake Bay Program with input from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Point sources include both monitored and estimated data submitted from or approved by each jurisdiction. Priority agricultural watersheds include SPARROW catchments ranking in the top quartile for delivered loads of nitrogen or phosphorus from agricultural sources normalized by the total amount of agricultural areas within the catchment. The priority areas were further refined to emphasize high loading areas which also contained potential agriculture-related water quality impairments based on individual state 303d (impaired waters) lists.
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Riparian Forest Buffer Restoration (2008)
Date created: March 9, 2009This map shows the locations of riparian forest buffer restoration projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Project locations were provided by Forestry Workgroup representatives from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Chlorophyll a (2008) Percent Goal Achieved
Date created: March 9, 2009The 2008 Chlorophyll a percent of goal achievement by CBP segment.
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