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Airsheds and Watersheds - The Role of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition
Publication date: 10/11/1995 | Type of document: Report
This report summarizes the workshop proceedings which focused on atmospheric nitrogen compounds. Scientists in key policy and regulatory officials explored mechanisms by which air and water pollution control programs worked together to protect coastal ecosystems.
Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: Second Report to Congress
Publication date: 1/1/1997 | Type of document: Report
Second report to Congress on the atmospheric deposition of pollutants to the Great Waters. This report documents findings since the First Report to Congress and describes recent progress in these issues. This report places emphasis on local and federal activities, including many that support section 112(m) directives, taking place at specific waterbodies including the Chesapeake Bay.
Directive 06-1 Protecting the Forests of the Chesapeake Watershed
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Publication date: 10/22/2006 | Type of document: Directive
Retaining and expanding forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed is critical to our success in restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Forests are the most beneficial land use for protecting water quality, due to their ability to capture, filter and retain water, as well as absorb pollution from the air. In Chesapeake 2000, we committed to "Permanently preserve from development 20 percent of the land area in the watershed by 2010" and "conserve existing forests along all streams and shorelines.
Airsheds and Watersheds II: A shared resources workshop
Publication date: 3/7/1997 | Type of document: Report
This report summarizes the findings of the workshop. The first objective of the workshop was to determine connections between issues, programs, agencies, organizations, and jurisdictions to advance their abilities to address atmospheric nitrogen issues. The second objective was to identify platforms for discussion of solutions, and the last objective was to determine research and policy work needed to advance the understanding of ecosystem impacts of nitrogen in the air and watershed.
Airsheds and Watersheds III - The Significance of Ammonia
Publication date: 11/1/2001 | Type of document: Report
The Significance of Ammonia to Coastal and Estuarine Areas is a report on the third Shared Resources workshop on Airsheds & Watersheds. The report covers the potential detrimental effects of ammonia to air quality' the role ammonia plays as a form of nutrient enrichment of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; the sources, airborne transport and fate of ammonia emissions; and the need to manage ammonia emissions to protect human health and the environment.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue Ribbon Finance Panel Members
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Publication date: 3/11/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet
The Chesapeake Executive Council selected fifteen members to a new
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue Ribbon Finance Panel charged with
developing innovative solutions to financing the multi-billion dollar
Bay restoration effort. The 15-member panel includes high-level
business leaders of major companies, financial and economic experts,
and stakeholders with experience in storm water, agriculture, air
emission and wastewater treatment plant funding and pollution control.
Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment Part Two: Restoration Efforts
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Publication date: 3/1/2006 | Type of document: Environmental Assessments
The Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment is presented in two parts. Part Two: Restoration Efforts is divided into five sections. In Reducing Pollution, efforts are compared to goals defined by the Bay states' river-specific cleanup plans. Monitoring data, tracking information, and computer simulations are used in this section. In the remaining parts, restoration efforts are compared to goals adopted by the Bay Program. Monitoring and tracking data are used in these sections.
Blue Ribbon Finance Panel: Seeking Solutions to Secure the Bays Future
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Publication date: 12/10/2003 | Type of document: Fact Sheet
On December 9, 2003, the Chesapeake Executive Council called for the
establishment of a Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue Ribbon Finance Panel
to seek new and innovative ways to finance and secure the Bay's future.
The Blue Ribbon Panel has been asked to consider funding sources to
implement the tributary strategies basin-wide and to make
recommendations regarding other actions at the federal, state and local
level to the Executive Council.
Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action
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Publication date: 10/1/1983 | Type of document: Report
September 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.
What are Tributary Strategies?
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Publication date: 4/30/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet
To accelerate the protection and restoration of the Bay watershed,
Chesapeake Bay Program partners are developing 36 river-specific
cleanup strategies that cover all 64,000 square miles in the basin.
These "Tributary Strategies" aim to reduce nutrient and sediment
pollution coming from all non-point pollution sources.