Directive 98-1: Chesapeake Bay Program Education Initiative (15 KB)

Publication date: 12/8/1998 | Type of document: Directive

This Directive outlines commitments to the environmental education of children by the Bay Program, Departments of Education, interagency education groups in each jurisdictions which will report annually to the Department of Education, and private environmental organization in the Bay region, which also offer nationally-recognized training programs and curriculum. The Education Initiative also determines convening an Education Summit of the four interagency education groups in 1999 and every two years thereafter

ChesSIE Website Simplifies Chesapeake Bay Education for Teachers

Publication date: 12/1/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This press release announces the launch of the ChesSIE website

Forestry Best Management Practices and Water Quality in the Piedmont and Ridge and Valley Provinces of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (123 KB)

Publication date: 12/16/2003 | Type of document: Report

The 2003 Chesapeake Bay Education Summit fulfilled the goal of creating a strategy that will guide the Chesapeake Bay Program Education Workgroup to meet its Chesapeake 2000 commitments. The summit emphasized the commitment to provide all students in the watershed with a meaningful Bay or stream outdoor experience by 2005. The strategy focuses on the areas of marketing, quality control, funding, tracking and a Web site. The insights gained from the summit will greatly help the Education Workgroup to further their successes and to focus their energy on the areas needed to provide all students in the watershed with a meaningful Bay and stream outdoor experience.

Chesapeake Bay Agreement - 1987 (428 KB)

Publication date: 12/15/1987 | Type of document: Agreement

Overview of goals and Priority Commitments for Living Resources; Water Quality; Population Growth and Development; Public Information; Education and Participation; Public Access; and Governance.

Executive Council's Agricultural Nonpoint Source Initiative: Subcommittee Report (579 KB)

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

This is a report contains reports from several subcommittes, including: Techncial Assistance, Outreach and Education Subcommittee; Intergovernmental Coordination and Partnership subcommittee and the Research Subcommittee on agricultural non-point source iniatives

Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Management Training Manual (5.65 MB)

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

Soil reactions and potential loss pathways of the essential plant nutrients that provide a framework for effective nutrient management planning.

Chesapeake Watershed Education Agreement – Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship (Signed) (67 KB) (Order hard-copy)

Publication date: 11/29/2005 | Type of document: Agreement

By this agreement, the Executive Committee members commit themselves to continually work to ensure that  students have been exposed to concepts in environmental literacy and have examined strategies to foster their restoration and protection.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service Mid-Atlantic Regional Office and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region III Concerning the Chesapeake Bay Gateways (64 KB)

Publication date: 10/15/1991 | Type of document: MOU/MOA

The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Study is to develop alternative concepts on enhancing public access, providing public education and interpretation on Chesapeake Bay natural and cultural heritage and to identify appropriate future roles for the National Park Service in the on-going state/federal Chesapeake Bay protection effort.

Adoption Statement - Pesticide Management (13 KB)

Publication date: 11/30/1995 | Type of document: Adoption Statement

To add to the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy, the following additional goal: Develop and conduct basin wide education and outreach programs for commercial and household pesticide applicators to promote, by the year 2000.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the District of Columbia (89 KB)

Publication date: 10/23/1992 | Type of document: MOU/MOA

This MOU is the first step towards achieving environmental improvements in inner-city wards through community-based organizations, the parties of this agreement commit to coordinating personnel, programs and resources, to empower communities in the areas of environmental policy and regulation, education, training, and development of green-based jobs.

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (464 KB)

Publication date: 10/22/2004 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

A Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience, or MWEE, enables students to participate in hands-on environmental learning about the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This experience will serve as the foundation for a rich, lifelong relationship between students and their Bay. Throughout the MWEE process, students develop a sense of environmental ethics and stewardship that are essential to the long-term sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay. In addition, studies have shown that hands-on environmental education increases the academic performance of students in a variety of subjects.

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (258 KB)

Publication date: 10/22/2004 | Type of document: Brochure

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) serve as the foundation for a rich, lifelong relationship between students and their Bay

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.

Directive 97-3: Community Watershed Initiative

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

The restoration of water quality and living resources is the principal goal of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Through the cooperative efforts of the Bay Program partners, we have endeavored to strengthen and coordinate our actions to protect our living resources, ensure clean and healthy water, minimize the impacts of land use and development, provide environmental education, allow for public access to the Bay and its tributaries and encourage public participation in the restoration campaign.

Memorandum of Agreement Between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (234 KB)

Publication date: 1/19/1990 | Type of document: MOU/MOA

This MOA sets forth the basic principles and guidelines under which the parties intend to cooperate in environmental program areas including research, development, and demonstration projects; the exchange of ideas, information, and data; the utilization of laboratories, equipment, and research facilities; emergency preparedness; compliance reporting; environmental auditing; training and education; and other efforts to further the advancement of knowledge in the general area of environmental policy, regulation, compliance, research, development, and demonstration.

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.

Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Water Quality and Habitat Based Requirements and Restoration Targets: A second Technical Synthesis

Publication date: 9/1/2000 | Type of document: Report

The second SAV Technical Synthesis revises and updates the first synthesis, by providing new light requirements for SAV through the water column and at the leaf surface, providing diagnostic tools for their application and interpretation, and identifying preliminary sets of physical, chemical, and other biological habitat requirements.

Critical Issues Forum: Achieving a Toxics Free Bay - The Role of Point Source

Publication date: 6/22/1999 | Type of document: Report

This document summarizes the proceedings of the critical issues forum held on June 22, 1999: Achieving A Toxics Free Bay - The Role of Point Sources. The forum was comprised of a series of presentations, followed by three breakout sessions on the industry, governmental and environmental perspective on point sources. Several themes emerged throughout this forum that may be appropriate for consideration in a new toxics reduction strategy: establish and maintain partnerships, closing the loop on recycled products, the need to determine and then prioritize to fill data gaps, continue and enhance education outreach programs, engage pretreatment programs, continual improvement towards zero, and ...

2000 Demonstration Project Grant Program / Guidelines and Application Package/Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network (213 KB)

Publication date: 2/28/2000 | Type of document: Report

This document has been prepared to assist with requests for funding under Public Law 105-312, the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998. Funding will be awarded to projects submitted to the 2000 Demonstration Project Grant Program for implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and WaterTrails Network.

Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program: 2001 Recipients (107 KB)

Publication date: 8/1/2001 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This fact sheet lists the year 2000 recipients of the Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program