Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action
Published on October 1, 1983 in ReportSeptember 1983. Published in 1983, at the culmination of the seven-year research phase of the program, describing the state of the Bay, sources of pollution, control alternatives for reducing pollution and a recommended range of actions for improving the Bay.
View detailsA Work in Progress - A Retrospective on the first decade of the Chesapeake Bay Restoration
Published on January 1, 1998 in ReportThroughout this retrospective, the work to restore the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay is highlighted. Progress in this arena is a kind of generic target by which our experience improving the health of the Bay can, to some, extent, be gauged. The status of the real targets-the striped bass, the soft shell clam and others-is featured through the document.
View detailsEstimation of Nonpoint Source Loading Factors in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model
Published on September 1, 1990 in ReportThis document is available electronically only. Attention focused on water quality problems in the Chesapeake Bay has revealed that agricultural activities are in large part responsible for the degradation of water quality and associated animal and plant life.
View detailsExecutive Council's Agricultural Nonpoint Source Initiative: Subcommittee Report
Published on September 1, 1993 in ReportThis is a report contains reports from several subcommittes, including: Techncial Assistance, Outreach and Education Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Coordination and Partnership subcommittee and the Research Subcommittee on agricultural non-point source iniatives
Progress at the Chesapeake Bay Program '92 and '93
Published on September 1, 1993 in ReportThe Chesapeake Bay is the nation's largest estuary and the first to be targeted for restoration as a single ecosystem. The Chesapeake Bay Program-the cooperative compact forged to spearhead the cleanup-has become a model for other estuary recovery efforts across the country
View detailsPublic Access Strategy - Agreement Commitment Report; EC
Published on July 1, 1988 in Reportnone provided
View detailsAmbient Toxicity Testing Chesapeake Bay Year 5 Report
Published on February 1, 1998 in ReportEvaluation of ambient toxicity of living resource habitats in Chesapeake Bay during the fall of 1995 at Pamunkey River (two stations), York River (two stations), James River (two stations), Willoughby Bay (one station) and Lynnhaven River (one station).
View detailsAnalyzing Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Problems: Nutrient Control Policy in the Chesapeake Bay St
Published on January 1, 1997 in ReportThe 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement set a goal to reduce nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients entrance into the Bay by 40% by year 2000. In 1992's Amendments to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement, partners agreed to maintain the 40% goal beyond the year 2000 and to attack nutrients at their source -- upstream in the tributaries.
View detailsProgress Report of the Baywide Nutrient Reduction Reevaluation
Published on February 1, 1992 in ReportInformation on the financial cost effectiveness and nutrient removal effectiveness of point and nonpoint source technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Expresses costs on an equivalent annual basis, so that relative comparisons can be made among nutrient removal options.
View detailsBaywide Nutrient Reduction Strategy Progress Report #1
Published on December 1, 1989 in ReportThis report documents the pollutant removal efficiency of commonly used and innovative urban stormwater practices. One hundred and twenty-three studies, spanning a 19-year period, are summarized in this report.
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