Status and Trends Workgroup
Upcoming Meetings
No upcoming meetings.
Scope and Purpose
Update status and trends (indicators) of ecosystem conditions.
Many of the Goal Team and associated WGs have the lead responsibility to update CBP indicators. The STAR will collaborate with the Goal Teams and science providers to ensure updating of the indicators, or plan for additional indicators that are needed for the new Watershed Agreement. The CBP GIS group will oversee compilation and support of spatial data related to the indicators to have it on the CBP website. The STAR will work with the CBP communications team to have the results reported on the CBP website, in ChesapeakeStat, and the annual Bay Barometer. Finally, delivery of status and trends will be enhanced through ChesapeakeStat, which is being redesigned and other data delivery tools.
Projects and Resources
Anticipated Indicator Release Calendar for 2024 - March 2024
This is the anticipated indicator release calendar for 2024, as of March 2024.
Status and Trends Finalized Workplan and Workgroup Structure
This is the finalized version of the Status and Trends Workgroup Workplan, which was approved in 2022, and the new workgroup meeting structure and calendar of themed meetings.
Guidance for GITs as They Identify Assessment and Accountability Metrics for Public Reporting
Updating, Adapting & Establishing New Indicators Process Document
This document contains the revised processes for updating existing, adapting existing, and establishing new indicators. These processes were originally discussed at the initial Status and Trends Workgroup meeting on April 7, 2016 and has been revised in March 2022.
Approved CBP Indicators Framework and Management Process November 2015
Purpose and Background
The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Management Board established an Indicators Framework Action Team in May 2015 to align the Indicators Framework with the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and ensure it supports our adaptive management and communication needs.
Indicators Framework
The Indicators Framework (Framework) is a conceptual model that demonstrates the relationships between indicators and describes how they will be used. The Framework is aligned with the Agreement at the Outcome level and includes the information needed to support and communicate progress towards these outcomes. This model is a mechanism to support external and internal communication.
Publications
Developing Indicators Guiding Questions
This document was developing to provide guidence for GITs when an outcome need has been identified and they would like to develop a new assessment and accountability metric (indicator).
View detailsMembers
Doug Bell (Coordinator), Senior Technical Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Gabriel Duran (Staffer), Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Susanna Pretzer, Web Content Specialist, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: spretzer@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: 410-267-5710
Rachel Felver, Director of Communications, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: rfelver@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5740
Breck Sullivan, Scientific, Technical Assessment & Reporting Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5788
Peter Tango, Monitoring Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: ptango@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-9875
Angie Wei, Geospatial Analyst, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: zwei@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5735
Qian Zhang, Data Analyst, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: qzhang@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5794
Bruce Vogt, Ecosystem Science Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: Bruce.Vogt@noaa.gov
Phone: (240) 628-4812
Julie Mawhorter, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
151 Grey Towers Dr.
Milford, Pennsylvania 18337
Email: julie.mawhorter@usda.gov
Phone: (570) 296-9626
Lucinda Power, Branch Chief, Partnerships and Accountability, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: power.lucinda@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5722
Greg Allen, Environmental Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: allen.greg@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5746
Amy Handen, Local Implementation Programs Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: handen.amy@epa.gov
Phone: (410) 267-5793
Shannon Sprague, Education Workgroup Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: shannon.sprague@NOAA.GOV
Phone: (410) 267-5664
Chris Guy, Habitat Goal Implementation Team Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Gina Hunt, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Peter Claggett, Research Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: pclagget@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5771
Emily Majcher, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
5522 Research Park Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
Email: emajcher@usgs.gov
Phone: 443-498-5520
Laura Cattell Noll, Local Government Advisory Committee Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
841 Flory Mill Rd
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601
Email: lnoll@allianceforthebay.org
Phone: (443) 949-0575
Jackie Kramer, National Park Service (NPS)
410 Severn Avenue
Suite 314
Annaoplis, Maryland 21403
Email: Jackie_Kramer@nps.gov
Phone: (717) 792-0556
Julie Reichert-Nguyen, Climate Resiliency Workgroup Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
200 Harry S Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: julie.reichert-nguyen@noaa.gov
Jake Solyst, Web Content Manager, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: jsolyst@allianceforthebay.org
Phone: 240-377-6360