Publication date: January 30, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners track and report on a wide variety of indicators of Bay and watershed health as well as watershed-wide restoration progress.
Publication date: January 15, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Each year, the Susquehanna River provides the Bay with one-quarter of its sediment loads. Working to curb these loads are three large reservoirs located along the lower portion of the river, each of which sits behind a dam. These...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The funding was provided through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which awards competitive grants of up to $1 million to projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Forty-one projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.22 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
The Small Watershed Grants (SWG)...
Publication date: March 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2011, 57,956 acres of underwater bay grasses in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were mapped via aerial survey.
However, while the entire Bay was flown, some portions of the Bay were not mapped since SAV signatures were
masked by...
Publication date: May 09, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: River Flow, Long-term Trends and Stream Health In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date: April 21, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2010, 79,675 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Publication date: April 27, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2009, 85,899 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. This is a 12 percent increase from 2008, when 76,860 acres were mapped.
Publication date: January 28, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Bay Backpack is an exciting new web site for teachers and environmental educators interested in teaching about the Chesapeake region. This onestop shop provides all the tools you need to give your students a Meaningful Watershed...
Publication date: January 05, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Under Governor Kaine’s leadership, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted in May 2009 a new transparent accountability system – two-year milestones for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus – for Bay restoration efforts by the six Bay...
Publication date: April 29, 2009 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: Underwater Bay Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers in 2008
Publication date: October 22, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
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...
Publication date: February 23, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Over the past two centuries numerous mill dams, hydroelectric dams and small blockages were constructed, which prevented fish throughout the Bay watershed from reaching their natal rivers. Migratory fish populations consequently...
Publication date: February 19, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
River shad have long played a pivotal role in the history, culture and economy of the states that border the Chesapeake Bay.
American shad constituted one of the most important mid-Atlantic fishery until the early 20th century, but by...
Publication date: January 01, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Under the 2004...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay scientists believe that underwater bay grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once blanketed nearly 200,000 acres in the shallow waters along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay grasses are a unique yardstick for measuring the progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts because they are not under harvest pressure and their health is closely linked to water quality. In recent years both the health and...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2002, SAV coverage reached a record 89,658 acres - more than twice the level first recorded in 1978. While this increase is impressive, a great deal more needs to be done to reach the Bay Program’s new 185,000-acre baywide...
Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides...
Publication date: May 01, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and the coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula, was mapped from 2,033 black and white aerial photographs. These were taken between May and...
Publication date: May 01, 2000 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Number of Hectares of SAV in 1999 and 2000 and Percent Change for Chesapeake Bay Segments and Zones
Publication date: November 10, 1995 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Through the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, and its partners in the Forestry Workgroup, a riparian forest initative has brought more focus on the need to better manage riparian areas and to recognize forests along...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2002, SAV coverage reached a record 89,658 acres - more than twice the level first recorded in 1978. While this increase is impressive, a great deal more needs to be done to reach the Bay Program’s new 185,000-acre baywide...
Publication date: January 01, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Under the 2004...
Publication date: January 28, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Bay Backpack is an exciting new web site for teachers and environmental educators interested in teaching about the Chesapeake region. This onestop shop provides all the tools you need to give your students a Meaningful Watershed...
Publication date: January 30, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners track and report on a wide variety of indicators of Bay and watershed health as well as watershed-wide restoration progress.
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay scientists believe that underwater bay grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once blanketed nearly 200,000 acres in the shallow waters along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay grasses are a unique yardstick for measuring the progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts because they are not under harvest pressure and their health is closely linked to water quality. In recent years both the health and...
Publication date: January 05, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Under Governor Kaine’s leadership, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted in May 2009 a new transparent accountability system – two-year milestones for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus – for Bay restoration efforts by the six Bay...
Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The funding was provided through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which awards competitive grants of up to $1 million to projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The...
Publication date: October 22, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
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...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Forty-one projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.22 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
The Small Watershed Grants (SWG)...
Publication date: February 23, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Over the past two centuries numerous mill dams, hydroelectric dams and small blockages were constructed, which prevented fish throughout the Bay watershed from reaching their natal rivers. Migratory fish populations consequently...
Publication date: November 10, 1995 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Through the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, and its partners in the Forestry Workgroup, a riparian forest initative has brought more focus on the need to better manage riparian areas and to recognize forests along...
Publication date: May 09, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: River Flow, Long-term Trends and Stream Health In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date: May 01, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and the coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula, was mapped from 2,033 black and white aerial photographs. These were taken between May and...
Publication date: May 01, 2000 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Number of Hectares of SAV in 1999 and 2000 and Percent Change for Chesapeake Bay Segments and Zones
Publication date: February 19, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
River shad have long played a pivotal role in the history, culture and economy of the states that border the Chesapeake Bay.
American shad constituted one of the most important mid-Atlantic fishery until the early 20th century, but by...
Publication date: January 15, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Each year, the Susquehanna River provides the Bay with one-quarter of its sediment loads. Working to curb these loads are three large reservoirs located along the lower portion of the river, each of which sits behind a dam. These...
Publication date: April 29, 2009 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: Underwater Bay Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers in 2008
Publication date: April 27, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2009, 85,899 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. This is a 12 percent increase from 2008, when 76,860 acres were mapped.
Publication date: April 21, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2010, 79,675 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Publication date: March 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2011, 57,956 acres of underwater bay grasses in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were mapped via aerial survey.
However, while the entire Bay was flown, some portions of the Bay were not mapped since SAV signatures were
masked by...
Publication date: October 22, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
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...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay grasses are a unique yardstick for measuring the progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts because they are not under harvest pressure and their health is closely linked to water quality. In recent years both the health and...
Publication date: March 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2011, 57,956 acres of underwater bay grasses in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were mapped via aerial survey.
However, while the entire Bay was flown, some portions of the Bay were not mapped since SAV signatures were
masked by...
Publication date: April 27, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2009, 85,899 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. This is a 12 percent increase from 2008, when 76,860 acres were mapped.
Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides...
Publication date: April 21, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2010, 79,675 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Publication date: February 23, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Over the past two centuries numerous mill dams, hydroelectric dams and small blockages were constructed, which prevented fish throughout the Bay watershed from reaching their natal rivers. Migratory fish populations consequently...
Publication date: April 29, 2009 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: Underwater Bay Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers in 2008
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay scientists believe that underwater bay grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once blanketed nearly 200,000 acres in the shallow waters along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners...
Publication date: February 19, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
River shad have long played a pivotal role in the history, culture and economy of the states that border the Chesapeake Bay.
American shad constituted one of the most important mid-Atlantic fishery until the early 20th century, but by...
Publication date: May 01, 2000 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Number of Hectares of SAV in 1999 and 2000 and Percent Change for Chesapeake Bay Segments and Zones
Publication date: May 01, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and the coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula, was mapped from 2,033 black and white aerial photographs. These were taken between May and...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2002, SAV coverage reached a record 89,658 acres - more than twice the level first recorded in 1978. While this increase is impressive, a great deal more needs to be done to reach the Bay Program’s new 185,000-acre baywide...
Publication date: May 09, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: River Flow, Long-term Trends and Stream Health In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date: January 28, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Bay Backpack is an exciting new web site for teachers and environmental educators interested in teaching about the Chesapeake region. This onestop shop provides all the tools you need to give your students a Meaningful Watershed...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The funding was provided through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which awards competitive grants of up to $1 million to projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate...
Publication date: January 15, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Each year, the Susquehanna River provides the Bay with one-quarter of its sediment loads. Working to curb these loads are three large reservoirs located along the lower portion of the river, each of which sits behind a dam. These...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Forty-one projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.22 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
The Small Watershed Grants (SWG)...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The...
Publication date: November 10, 1995 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Through the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, and its partners in the Forestry Workgroup, a riparian forest initative has brought more focus on the need to better manage riparian areas and to recognize forests along...
Publication date: January 30, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners track and report on a wide variety of indicators of Bay and watershed health as well as watershed-wide restoration progress.
Publication date: January 05, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Under Governor Kaine’s leadership, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted in May 2009 a new transparent accountability system – two-year milestones for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus – for Bay restoration efforts by the six Bay...
Publication date: January 01, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Under the 2004...
Publication date: January 30, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners track and report on a wide variety of indicators of Bay and watershed health as well as watershed-wide restoration progress.
Publication date: January 15, 2013 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Each year, the Susquehanna River provides the Bay with one-quarter of its sediment loads. Working to curb these loads are three large reservoirs located along the lower portion of the river, each of which sits behind a dam. These...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The funding was provided through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which awards competitive grants of up to $1 million to projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The...
Publication date: August 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Forty-one projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.22 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).
The Small Watershed Grants (SWG)...
Publication date: March 28, 2012 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2011, 57,956 acres of underwater bay grasses in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were mapped via aerial survey.
However, while the entire Bay was flown, some portions of the Bay were not mapped since SAV signatures were
masked by...
Publication date: January 28, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Bay Backpack is an exciting new web site for teachers and environmental educators interested in teaching about the Chesapeake region. This onestop shop provides all the tools you need to give your students a Meaningful Watershed...
Publication date: April 27, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2009, 85,899 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. This is a 12 percent increase from 2008, when 76,860 acres were mapped.
Publication date: May 09, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: River Flow, Long-term Trends and Stream Health In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date: April 21, 2011 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2010, 79,675 acres of underwater bay grasses were mapped in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Riparian forests are essential interfaces between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They intercept surface runoff, subsurface flow and deeper ground water flows for purposes of removing or buffering effects from nutrients, pesticides...
Publication date: October 22, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
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...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
In 2002, SAV coverage reached a record 89,658 acres - more than twice the level first recorded in 1978. While this increase is impressive, a great deal more needs to be done to reach the Bay Program’s new 185,000-acre baywide...
Publication date: May 01, 2000 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Number of Hectares of SAV in 1999 and 2000 and Percent Change for Chesapeake Bay Segments and Zones
Publication date: November 10, 1995 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Through the efforts of the USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area, and its partners in the Forestry Workgroup, a riparian forest initative has brought more focus on the need to better manage riparian areas and to recognize forests along...
Publication date: May 01, 2001 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and the coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula, was mapped from 2,033 black and white aerial photographs. These were taken between May and...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay grasses are a unique yardstick for measuring the progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts because they are not under harvest pressure and their health is closely linked to water quality. In recent years both the health and...
Publication date: September 22, 2003 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Bay scientists believe that underwater bay grasses, also called submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), once blanketed nearly 200,000 acres in the shallow waters along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners...
Publication date: January 05, 2010 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Under Governor Kaine’s leadership, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted in May 2009 a new transparent accountability system – two-year milestones for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus – for Bay restoration efforts by the six Bay...
Publication date: April 29, 2009 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Backgrounder: Underwater Bay Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and Rivers in 2008
Publication date: January 01, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program provides grants to organizations working on a local level to protect and improve watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay basin, while building citizen-based resource stewardship. Under the 2004...
Publication date: February 23, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
Over the past two centuries numerous mill dams, hydroelectric dams and small blockages were constructed, which prevented fish throughout the Bay watershed from reaching their natal rivers. Migratory fish populations consequently...
Publication date: February 19, 2004 | Type of document: Backgrounder | Download: Electronic Version
River shad have long played a pivotal role in the history, culture and economy of the states that border the Chesapeake Bay.
American shad constituted one of the most important mid-Atlantic fishery until the early 20th century, but by...
Try our simple search to find a publication or report.
