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Representatives from the Bay basin jurisdictions presented findings from their respective water column contaminant monitoring programs, with emphasis on concentration ranges observed at Bay tidal water stations.

This document summarizes the proceedings of the critical issues forum held on June 22, 1999: Achieving A Toxics Free Bay - The Role of Point Sources. The forum was comprised of a series of presentations, followed by three breakout sessions on the industry, governmental and environmental perspective on point sources. Several themes emerged throughout this forum that may be appropriate for consideration in a new toxics reduction strategy: establish and maintain partnerships, closing the loop on recycled products, the need to determine and then prioritize to fill data gaps, continue and enhance education outreach programs, engage pretreatment programs, continual improvement towards zero, and geographical targeting and basin specific toxic reduction strategies.

This is a compilation of articles based on the Chesapeake Bay Program: Science, Politics and Policy. These article include guest editors: Kent Mountford, Charles D. Rafkind, and John Donahue.

This document summarizes the proceedings of the critical issues forum held on June 22, 1999: Achieving a Toxics Free Bay _ The Role of Point Sources. This forum was the first in a series of critical issues forums held in response to the reevaluation and revision of the 1994 Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy and the renewal of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

This guidance document will better facilitate efforts to ensure Chesapeake Bay Program funds continue to be directed towards achieving the CBP's restoration and protection goals.

This document summarizes the goals developed by industry stakeholders for consideration in the revised Toxics Strategy (2000) and the Chesapeake Bay Agreement (2000).

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship.

This document is a first approach to develop consensus protocols for the use of biological indicators to monitor the effects of toxic contaminants in Chesapeake Bay habitats important to living resources.

Edited verbatim proceedings of the water trails conference held in Shepherdstown, WV, October 9013, 1998. Discussion topics include: a keynote speech by U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Middle Potomac Water Trail, water trail case studies, status and trends of water trails, getting started, sustaining trails, ecotourism, Federal role in water trails, State and Provincial programs, and Chesapeake Bay water trail workshop.

Presents characterizations of current status of 26 indicator species and two biological communities in each of 12 basins that comprise the Chesapeake Bay. The list of key species examined included 10 species of finfish, four species of shellfish, benthos and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)(as communities), four species of waterfowl, six species of colonial nesting waterbirds, and two raptors.