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Scope and Purpose

Changing climatic and sea level conditions may alter the Bay ecosystem and human activities, requiring adjustment to policies, programs and projects to successfully achieve our restoration and protection goals for the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. This challenge requires careful monitoring and assessment of these impacts and application of this knowledge to policies, programs and projects. The Climate Resiliency Workgroup coordinates climate-related efforts to address climate resiliency for the Chesapeake Bay Program as deemed a priority of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Jurisdictions noted in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.

Core Workgroup Values

  • Increase the resiliency of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including its living resources, habitats, public infrastructure and communities, to withstand adverse impacts from changing environmental and climate conditions.
  • Continually monitor and assess the trends and likely impacts of changing climatic and sea level conditions on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, including the effectiveness of restoration and protection policies, programs, and projects.
  • Continually pursue, design, and construct restoration and protection projects to enhance the resiliency of Bay and aquatic ecosystems from the impacts of coastal erosion, coastal flooding, more intense and more frequent storms, and sea level rise.

In March 2023, the Climate Resiliency Workgroup's Management Strategy and Logic and Action Plan were updated as a part of the Strategy Review System (SRS) process. This strategy and logic and action plan currently serve as the guide for climate related planning, research and programmatic efforts for the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership.

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Projects and Resources

Climate Change Indicator Frameworks

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Publications

A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance

Climate change in the Chesapeake Bay will affect the effort to reach the TMDL, and maintain needed nutrient and sediment reductions. In an effort to determine how baseline nutrient and sediment loads will likely change in response to climate, and the best management practices (BMPs) being used to reduce them will function, a modified systematic review process was undertaken. Using this process we reviewed research literature and studies related to two primary questions: 1. How do climate change and variability affect nutrient/sediment cycling in the watershed?; and 2. How do climate change and variability affect BMP performance?

Acknowledgements:

We want to thank and acknowledge the incredibly helpful and constructive comments from Julie Reichert-Nguyen, our steering committee (Raymond Najjar, Julie Shortridge, Kurt Stephenson, Lisa Wainger) and other reviewers including Lew Linker, David Wood, Alex Gunnerson, and Ken Staver. We are also grateful to Gary Shenk and Denice Wardrop for their valuable input. We also wish to thank members of the various Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Teams and workgroups that listened, and provided valuable input in response, to the numerous presentations dating back to 2020, particularly the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, Climate Resiliency Workgroup, Modeling Workgroup, and Urban Stormwater Workgroup.

Suggested Citation: Hanson, J., E. Bock, B. Asfaw, and Z.M. Easton. 2022. A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance. CBP/TRS-330-22.

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NOAA: Chesapeake Atlantis Model

An approach for conducting formal management strategy evaluation—a simulation that accounts for tradeoffs in performance across a range of management objectives

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NOAA: Ecosystem Modeling

Develops and hones tools to support ecosystem-based management of the Chesapeake Bay’s natural resources, including fisheries

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Members

Mark Bennett (Chair), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
1730 East Parham Road
Richmond, Virginia 23228

Email:  mrbennet@usgs.gov
Phone:  (804) 261-2643
Julie Reichert-Nguyen (Coordinator), Climate Resiliency Workgroup Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Address:
200 Harry S Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  julie.reichert-nguyen@noaa.gov
August Goldfischer (Staffer), Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  agoldfischer@chesapeakebay.net
Nicole Carlozo, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Ave
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  nicole.carlozo@maryland.gov
Joel Carr, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Address:
12100 Beech Forest Rd
Laurel, Maryland 20708

Email:  jcarr@usgs.gov
Cassandra Davis, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Address:
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12233

Email:  cassandra.davis@dec.ny.gov
Kevin DuBois, U.S. Department of the Navy
Address:
1510 Gilbert Street
Bldg N26, Room 3300
Norfolk, Virginia 23511

Email:  kevin.dubois@navy.mil
Phone:  (757) 341-0424
Joseph Galarraga, The Nature Conservancy
Address:


Email:  joseph.galarraga@tnc.org
Jim George, Maryland Department of the Environment
Address:
1800 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Email:  jgeorge@mde.state.md.us
Phone:  (410) 537-3579
Andrew Hall
Address:


Email:  ahall@eprusa.net
Brooke Landry, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Address:
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  Brooke.Landry@maryland.gov
Phone:  (410) 260-8629
Rachel Lamb, Maryland Department of the Environment
Address:


Email:  rachel.lamb@maryland.gov
Pam Mason, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
1375 Greate Road
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  mason@vims.edu
Phone:  (804) 684-7158
Ben McFarlane, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Address:


Email:  bmcfarlane@hrpdcva.gov
Molly Mitchell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Address:
1208 Greate Rd
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062

Email:  molly@vims.edu
Fredrika Moser, Maryland Sea Grant
Address:
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, Maryland 20740

Email:  moser@mdsg.umd.edu
Andrew Muller, U.S. Naval Academy
Address:
121 Blake Ave
Annapolis, Maryland 21402

Email:  amuller@usna.edu
Cindy Osorto, Maryland Department of the Environment
Address:


Email:  cindy.osorto1@maryland.gov
Vamsi Sridharan, Tetra Tech
Address:


Email:  VAMSI.SRIDHARAN@tetratech.com
Taryn Sudol, Maryland Sea Grant
Address:


Email:  sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Breck Sullivan, Scientific, Technical Assessment & Reporting Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

Email:  bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net
Phone:  (410) 267-5788
Taylor Woods, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Address:


Email:  tewoods@usgs.gov