Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
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Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Tidal Marshes and Estuarine Biogeochemical Processes
Published on August 14, 2023Cai, X., Shen, J., Zhang, Y. J., Qin, Q., & Linker, L. (2023). "Sea-level rise impacts on tidal marshes and estuarine biogeochemical processes." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128, e2023JG007450. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007450.
View detailsCharting a Course to 2025
Published on January 17, 2024 in ReportIn October 2022, the Chesapeake Executive Council charged the Principals’ Staff Committee with recommending a critical path forward that prioritizes and outlines the next steps for meeting the goals and outcomes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement leading up to and beyond 2025. The Executive Council Charge to the Principals’ Staff Committee: Charting a Course to 2025 and Beyond asked the Principals' Staff Committee to report back to the Executive Council at their 2023 annual meeting with recommendations on how to best address and integrate new science and restoration strategies leading up to 2025.
View detailsEnhancing the Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Networks: A Report to the Principals’ Staff Committee
Published on October 18, 2022In March 2021, the Principals’ Staff Committee (PSC) requested a study and recommendations on how to improve Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) monitoring networks. The monitoring networks include (1) CBP core networks supported primarily by EPA Chesapeake Bay Program funding, and (2) partnership networks supported by multiple federal and state agencies. The monitoring review was guided by leadership from the CBP Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) team, the CBPO Monitoring Team, with input from the CBP Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) leadership.
The report is organized into 4 major sections:
• Section 1: Chesapeake Bay Program Network Portfolios. Provides a summary of the existing CBP core networks (most with a focus on water quality) with recommendations and potential investments to address development, maintenance and improvement of these networks.
• Section 2: Chesapeake Bay Agreement Goals and Outcomes Monitoring Needs. Summarizes the partner-led monitoring and broader needs of the 10 goals and associated outcomes in the 2014 Watershed Agreement.
• Section 3: Partnership Opportunities to Enhance Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring. Provides potential approaches for partners to collaborate on addressing the vast number of monitoring data needs to support decision-making requirements of the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership.
• Section 4: Principals’ Staff Committee Charge to the Monitoring Review Team and Foundational Assessment Results. Provides an overview of methodology used to conduct the monitoring program assessment for the Principal’s Staff Committee request and details of input from the collective monitoring representatives to inform the information in the previous sections of the report.
Key Findings
1) Monitoring is critical to assess progress towards meeting goals and outcomes of
the 2014 Watershed Agreement.
2) Monitoring is insufficient for many CBP outcomes.
3) Opportunities for enhancing the networks exist but funding is a challenge.
2023 Blue Crab Advisory Report
Published on June 27, 2023 in ReportAnnual report published by the Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee that summarizes the results of the Winter Dredge Survey and harvest information, and provides management advice for the jurisdictions based on stock status.
View details2022-2023 Protected Lands Workgroup Logic & Action Plan
Published on June 9, 2023Executive Council Charge to the Principals' Staff Committee: Charting a Course to 2025 and Beyond
Published on October 11, 2022 in DirectiveAdopted by Chesapeake Executive Council at its October 11, 2022 meeting, this directive charges the Principals' Staff Committee (PSC) in recommending a critical path forward that prioritizes and outlines the next steps for meeting the goals and outcomes of the Watershed Agreement leading up to and beyond 2025. It directs the PSC to report back to the Executive Council at its 2023 annual meeting with recommendations on how to best address and integrate new science and restoration strategies leading up to 2025. It also directs the PSC to report back at the Executive Council's 2024 annual meeting with recommendations that continue to address new advances in science and restoration, along with a focus on our partnership for going beyond 2025.
View detailsChesapeake Bay Water-Column Hypoxia Monitoring Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)
Published on February 28, 20232022-2023 Brook Trout Workgroup Logic & Action Plan
This is the workgroup's workplan for 2022-2023. This two-year workplan was approved by the CBP Management Board as part of the Strategic Review System process.