Wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: 11/11/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

Fact sheet describing the functions and values of wetlands , status and trends in wetlands, wetland hot spots, causes of wetland loss, and partnerships for conservation and protection of wetlands

Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Research Recommendations and Program Descriptions

Publication date: 1/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Research Recommendations and Program Descriptions.

2005 Wetlands Evaluation (46 KB)

Publication date: 11/8/2005 | Type of document: Policy Memorandum

The Chesapeake Bay Program recognized the importance of wetlands in Chesapeake 2000, which charged signatories to reach specific goals by 2010. This memo provides an update on the 2005 Wetlands Evaluation and outline the the PSCs decisions concerning the next steps, including focusing restoration efforts on an acreage gain of 25,000 for the remainder of the decade. 

Reassessment Task Force Report on the Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Policy Implementation Plan

Publication date: 9/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

The Wetlands Implementation Plan is designed to achieve the wetlands policy goals of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Both guidance and recommendations to restructure the original implementation plan are addressed.

Directive 97-2: Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals (15 KB) (Order hard-copy)

Publication date: 10/30/1997 | Type of document: Directive

Both tidal and non-tidal wetlands critical role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, is emphasized in this in this directive and specific actions are recommended to maintain existing wetland and to restore wetland acreage and functions in order to sustain habitats for breeding, spawning, nesting, and wintering living resources.

Endorsement of Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals (148 KB) (Order hard-copy)

Publication date: 12/8/1999 | Type of document: Policy Memorandum

Wetlands, both tidal and non-tidal, play a critical role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, a role the Chesapeake Bay Program recognized in the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the 1989 Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Policy and Directive 97-2, Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals. That directive called for the maintenance of existing wetlands and the restoration and preservation of wetland acreage and function in order to sustain habitats for breeding, spawning, nesting and wintering living resources, including those that are vital to the regional economy.

Mitigation Technical Guidance for Chesapeake Bay Wetlands

Publication date: 10/1/1994 | Type of document: Report

The purpose of this guidance document is to clarify the concept of wetland mitigation and to prove a common approach to mitigation that will allow governmental decisions to rely on a sound scientific bases.

The Optimization of Benefits from Wetlands Restoration (118 KB)

Publication date: 2/1/2002 | Type of document: Report

State and federal agencies have been engaged in restoration and creation of wetlands for many years, generally as part of programs focused on habitat and water quality management. In the late 1990s recognition of the growing cumulative loss of wetland resources, spurred Chesapeake Bay Program partners to make commitments to seek not only no net loss of the resources, but an effective net resource gain. A goal of restoring 25,000 acres of wetlands within the Chesapeake watershed by 2010 was adopted as part of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement. The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) developed this workshop to afford practitioners and interested parties from the Chesapeake Bay ...

Chesapeake Bay Wetlands: The Vital Link Between the Watershed and the Bay

Publication date: 3/1/1997 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems

Protecting Wetlands: Tools for Local Governments

Publication date: 4/1/1997 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship .

Chesapeake Bay Living Resources 1999 Annual Report (576 KB)

Publication date: 11/1/2000 | Type of document: Report

The 1999 Living Resources Subcommittee's Annual Report informs LRSC members and interested parties of the workgroups' activities during 1999 and goals for 2000. Includes maps and links to other relevant sites.

Protecting Wetlands II Technical and Financial Assistance Programs for Local Governments in the Chesapeake Bay Region

Publication date: 2/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service and National Biological Service and U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service. Wetlands Partnership in the Chesapeake Bay Region. (226 KB)

Publication date: 7/5/1995 | Type of document: MOU/MOA

The purpose of this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is to sanction the wetlands partnership among the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) Chesapeake Bay Field Office (CBFO_ and National Biological Service's (NBS) Patuxent Environmental Science Center (PESC) in the U.S. Department of Interior and the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Wetland Science Institute (WSI) and Maryland State Office (MSO) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This MOU provides for coordination of efforts of the NBS and NRCS in serving the scientific needs of resource managers in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Chesapeake Bay Policy for the Introduction of Non-indigenous Aquatic Species

Publication date: 12/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

This policy document considers only first time introductions of non-indigenous, non-naturalized aquatic species. Organisms, including marsh-dwellers, that live on land or in the soil are not included in the scope of this policy.

Chesapeake Bay Living Resources 1997, Living Resources Subcommittee Annual Report

Publication date: 8/1/1998 | Type of document: Report

This report details the Chesapeake Bay Program's Living Resources Subcommittee accomplishments for 1997.  Accomplishments in wetlands, bay grasses, oyster reef restoration, fisheries management, fish passage, habitat restoration, exotic species, waterfowl and other water birds, biological monitoring, and ecosystem modeling are presented.