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Published on March 16, 20232024-2025 Brook Trout Workgroup - Outcome Review Summary
Published on March 15, 2024This is the workgroup's "Looking Back Questions" for 2024-2025. This document was presented to the CBP Management Board on December 14, 2023 as part of the Strategic Review System process. This document summarizes efforts made on outcome attainment over the past two years.
View details2024-2025 Brook Trout Workgroup Workplan
Published on April 15, 2024 in Management PlanThis is the workgroup's workplan for 2024-2025. This two-year workplan was presented to the CBP Management Board on December 14, 2023 as part of the Strategic Review System process. This document was later updated on April 15, 2024.
View details2023 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Restoration Update
Published on May 13, 2024Large-scale Multi-objective Optimization for Watershed Planning and Assessment
Published on February 28, 2024G. Toscano-Pulido, H. Razavi, A. P. Nejadhashemi, K. Deb and L. Linker, "Large-Scale Multi-objective Optimization for Watershed Planning and Assessment," in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, doi: 10.1109/TSMC.2024.3361679.
View detailsSimulation of benthic microalgae impacts on water quality in shallow water systems, Corsica River, Chesapeake Bay
Published on January 22, 2024Tian, R., Cai, X., Cerco, C.F., Zhang, J.Y., and Linker, L.C., 2024. "Simulation of benthic microalgae impacts on water quality in shallow water systems, Corsica River, Chesapeake Bay." Frontiers in Marine Science. Volume 10 - 2023. 10:1295986. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1295986.
View detailsThe Development of Climate Projections for Use in Chesapeake Bay Program Assessments
A workshop entitled Development of Climate Projections for Use in Chesapeake Bay Program Assessments was organized to help the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) assess the applicability of available climate data, downscaling techniques, projections and scenarios to establish an approach for climate analysis in CBP models and assessments. The goal of this workshop was to assist the CBP with the selection process and formulate recommendations for future application of climate projections in assessments to be undertaken by the Partnership, including modeling efforts to support the 2017 Midpoint Assessment, as well as other programmatic climate change impact assessments.
The workshop was well attended by climate change scientists as well as CBP decision-makers and technical managers. A key finding of the workshop was that substantial scientific understanding currently exists, supporting the need to plan and act on the ongoing, continuous – but heretofore unrecognized – influence of climate change on Chesapeake restoration efforts, despite uncertainties. The workshop centered entirely on technical aspects related to climate science, research, data and information needs; matters of CBP policy were not addressed. Nevertheless, the workshop was partly motivated by existing policies, such as the 2010 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), that call for an assessment of the impacts of a changing climate on Chesapeake Bay water quality and living resources. The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement also includes 29 individual management strategies, covering a wide range of watershed restoration goals that can only be sustained over the long term by addressing climate change impacts
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