Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Individual Stream Restoration Projects (long version)

Publication date: May 28, 2013 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This version includes Appendices A-E.

Bay Barometer: Spotlight on Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed 2011-2012

Publication date: January 30, 2013 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Looking at data over time helps scientists understand natural variations as well as the long-term effects of restoration efforts. The data provided in Bay Barometer reflect the Bay’s health over the course of many years, and in some...

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban Stormwater Retrofit Projects (short version)

Publication date: November 19, 2012 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for New State Stormwater Performance Standards (short version)

Publication date: November 13, 2012 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Our Waters, Our Towns: Local Governments' Roles in the Watershed Implementation Plans

Publication date: July 11, 2011 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In this report, you will find background on the Local Government Advisory Committee, the TMDL and the current Phase II WIP process, and resources for more information.

Estuarine Nutrient Analyses: A Comparison of Sample Handling Techniques and the Analyses of Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Chlorophyll A.

Publication date: November 01, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study was to produce an interlaboratory comparison involving filtering techniques as well as the results of nutrient analyses among laboratories participating in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program, and was conducted...

2010 Chesapeake Bay Program Partner Restoration Highlights

Publication date: June 03, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

2010 Chesapeake Bay Program Partner Restoration Highlights

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2009 - Executive Summary

Publication date: April 07, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2009 provides detailed results on many aspects of the ecosystem and the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

Toolkit for Conservation Landscaping Projects in Community Spaces

Publication date: February 19, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The focus of the Toolkit for Conservation Landscaping for Community Spaces is to provide a framework for designers to achieve a balance between ecologically significant landscaping and community engagement.

Evaluation of Color Imagery and Direct Referencing for Mapping Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: December 01, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In 2008, the VIMS Annual Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Monitoring Program initiated a pilot project in the Bay and its tributaries to study two potential enhancements: color film and direct referencing technology. Simultaneous color...

Monitoring Re-Alignment Action Team Final Report to the CBP Management Board

Publication date: August 25, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This was the final report to the management board on behalf of the Monitoring Realignment Action Team describing the background, processes, and conclusions of the monitoring re-alignment process

Monitoring Needs and Partnership Opportunities Assessment: A Report to the Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Re-Alignment Action Team

Publication date: August 25, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The report provides recommendations for partnership opportunities for monitoring to help address the needs of several Chesapeake Action Plan (CAP) goals: water quality, habitat, living resources, and watersheds (CBP, 2008). The report...

Tidal Sediment Yield Estimate Methodology in Virginia for the Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Model

Publication date: June 01, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Water quality in Chesapeake Bay has degraded over the past 50 years with respect to oxygen depletion and reduced light attenuation. While the causes are numerous, sediment resuspension from wave and tidal action cloud the water column...

Socioeconomic Atlas for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: April 01, 2009 | Type of document: Report

A Socioeconomic Atlas for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed presents information about population, economy and commerce, social and cultural characteristics, recreation and tourism, administration and government, and land use for counties...

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2008

Publication date: March 19, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Despite increased restoration efforts throughout the watershed, the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay did not improve in 2008, according to a Chesapeake Bay Program report released today. The Chesapeake Bay Program, however, exceeded...

Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay: State-of-the-Science Review and Recommendations

Publication date: December 01, 2008 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The U.S. EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program charged the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) with reviewing the current understanding of climate change impacts on the tidal Chesapeake Bay and identifying critical knowledge gaps...

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries - 2008 Technical Support for Criteria Assessment Protocols Addendum

Publication date: September 01, 2008 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Since the signing of the multijurisdictional Chesapeake 2000 agreement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with its six watershed State partners and the District of Columbia, has developed a series of water...

Turning Chesapeake Bay Watershed Poultry Manure and Litter into Energy

Publication date: January 24, 2008 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this report is to analyze the feasibility of using poultry litter for energy in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  Using excess manure to feed energy generation systems in this region could potentially result in a reduced...

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries - 2007 Chlorophyll Criteria Addendum

Publication date: October 01, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay numerical chlorophyll a criteria and reference concentrations were derived to address specific water quality, human and aquatic life impairments when applied in specific seasons and to specific salinity-based tidal...

A Comprehensive List of Chesapeake Bay Basin Species - 2007

Publication date: August 01, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Provides a list of aquatic and aquatic-associated organisms found in recent decades in the Chesapeake Bay Basin.

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a - 2007 Addendum

Publication date: July 01, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document represents the second formal addendum to the 2003 Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria document.

Chesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment

Publication date: April 18, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

On April 18, 2007, the Chesapeake Bay Program released its Chesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment. The report gives watershed residents a clear and concise synopsis of Bay health and on-the-ground restoration efforts...

The State of Chesapeake Forests

Publication date: September 01, 2006 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This first-of-its-kind report synthesizes more than a decade's worth of data from public and private sources, highlights current forest conditions, forecasts future trends, and outlines key goals and strategies necessary to conserve and...

Coupling Suspended Sediment Dynamics and Light Penetration in the Upper Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: May 23, 2006 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The attenuation of light underwater is an important process in estuaries, directly affecting phytoplankton, submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), visually orienting predators, and indirectly affecting oxygen depletion and other water...

2004 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan

Publication date: December 05, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Oyster Management Plan includes both a general framework and specific guidance for managing and rebuilding the native oyster stock in Chesapeake Bay. The development of the plan was a multi-partner endeavor by representatives from...

Evaluating Ecosystem Effects of Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay-A report to the MD DNR

Publication date: September 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Environmental Model Package (CBEMP) was used to assess the environmental benefits of oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay. The CBEMP consists of a coupled system of models including a three-dimensional hydrodynamic...

Sediment in Chesapeake Bay and Management Issues: Tidal Erosion Processes

Publication date: May 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Sediment is the third biggest pollutant to the Bay and its tributaries. Tidal sediment comprises approximately 57% of the sediment load to the Bay. Excess sediment is a key contributor to degraded water clarity and damages critical...

Assessing a Ten-Fold Increase in the Chesapeake Bay Native Oyster Population

Publication date: April 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Environmental Model Package (CBEMP) was used to assess the environmental benefits of a ten-fold increase in native oysters in Chesapeake Bay. The CBEMP consists of a coupled system of models including a...

Chesapeake Bay Program Analytical Segmentation Scheme Revisions, Decisions and Rationales 1983-2003

Publication date: January 05, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

For the last 20 years, the Chesapeake Bay Program partners have used various forms of a basic segmentation scheme to organize the collection, analysis and presentation of environmental data. The Chesapeake Bay Program Segmentation Scheme...

NPDES Permitting Approach for Discharges of Nutrients in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: December 29, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In accordance with the requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the goals of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, this paper describes an approach that the US Environmental Protection Agency Regions II and III (EPA) and Chesapeake Bay...

Technical Support Document for Identification of Chesapeake Bay Designated Uses and Attainability - Addendum

Publication date: October 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In October 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Technical Support Document for Identification of Chesapeake Bay Designated Uses and Attainability (Technical Support Document) in cooperation with and on behalf...

Saving a National Treasure: Financing the Cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: October 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report summaries the findings of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue Ribbon Finance Panel. The panel was established to identify funding sources sufficient to implement basinwide clean-up plans so that the Bay and its tidal tributaries...

Spatial Management in the Chesapeake Bay: Applications, Issues, and Opportunities

Publication date: August 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Globally and nationally, persuasive arguments have been developed to promote increased implementation of spatial measures to conserve and protect marine ecosystems, to preserve or restore...

The 2002 Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model

Publication date: July 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Three models are at the heart of the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Model Package (CBEMP). Distributed flows and loads from the watershed are computed with a highly modified version of the HSPF model. Nutrient and solids loads are...

Chesapeake 2000 Stream Corridor Restoration Goals Workshop

Publication date: February 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Streams are in integral part of the Chesapeake Bays natural infrastructure. Stream networks interconnect the land, water, living resources and human communities of the Bay watershed (Chesapeake...

Identification and Prioritizing Research Required to Evaluate Ecological Risks and Benefits of Introducing Diploid Crassostrea ariakensis to Restore Oysters to Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: December 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Heavy fishing pressure, habitat degradation and high disease mortality have driven native oyster (Crassostrea virginica) populations to historic low levels in Chesapeake Bay. In response, the states of Maryland and Virginia are...

Recommendations for the 2003 Directive on Expanded Riparian Buffer Goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: November 30, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

As part of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, Chesapeake Bay Program partners agreed to establish expanded goals for riparian forest buffer mileage in the Bay watershed by 2003. In response to that commitment, the Chesapeake Bay Program...

Technical Support Document for Identification of Chesapeake Bay Designated Uses and Attainability

Publication date: August 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The TSD was developed by the EPA and its watershed partners to be a companion document to the Regional Criteria Guidance. Because it describes the development and geographical extent of the designated uses to which the refined water...

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries

Publication date: June 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

EPA has defined the water quality conditions through the Chesapeake Bay-specific water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen, water clarity and chlorophyll a in this publication.

Balancing the Landscape - Retaining Forests In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: January 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report

This report summaries the key findings shared at a conference held in November 1999 and provides a set of recommendation targeted at various sectors of society that can influence public policy aimed at mitigating the negative aspects of...

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What We Know, Don't Know and Need to Know to Determine their Effects on Water Quality

Publication date: December 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Phytoplankton standing stocks, production, and species composition are potentially influenced by both the supply of nutrients to the bottom of the food web and removal by suspension feeders...

Appendices To Nutrient Reduction Technology Cost Estimation for Point-Sources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: November 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document contains Appendixes to the NRT cost report titled Nutrient Reduction Technology Cost Estimations for Point-Sources in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Impediments to Low Impact Development and Environmental Sensitive Design

Publication date: October 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. The Chesapeake Bay Programs Chesapeake 2000 agreement commitment number 4.2.2 calls for the partners to identify and remove state and local impediments to low impact development designs to...

Recommendations for Coordinating Phosphorus Based Nutrient Management Policies in the Chesapeake Bay Region

Publication date: September 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report

Phosphorus plays a major role in nonpoint source pollution. It has become evident that agriculture is experiencing over-application of phosphorus, which has resulted in phosphorus enriched soils in certain locations. The Agricultural...

Restoring Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River Water Quality -- PowerPoint

Publication date: July 08, 2002 | Type of document: Report

This is a PowerPoint presentation and a Word Document on a presentation by Richard Batiuk, EPA, to the public on July 8, 2002, in the PA Department of Environmental Protection's South Central Regional Office, Harrisburg.

A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments

Publication date: July 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Protection strategies for preserving and restoring stream corridors.

Development of Diagnostic Approaches to Determine Sources of Anthropengic Stress Affecting Community Condition in the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: July 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The bojective of this study was to develop statistical diagnositc tools that would allow environmental managers to identify potential sources of anthropogenic stress to benthic communities within the Chesapeake Bay.

Final Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Industry Trials of C. Ariakensis

Publication date: May 31, 2002 | Type of document: Report

The panel recommends disapproval of proposal as presented.

Benchmarks for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Chlorophyll and Suspended Sediments in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 10, 2002 | Type of document: Report

One of the Tidal monitoring and Analysis Workgroup's primary responsibilities is assessing and reporting the status and trends of nutrients and other parameters monitored within the scope of the Chesapeake Bay Program water quality and...

Exploring Alternatives for Fisheries Management in the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: February 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Exploring Alternatives for Fisheries Management in the Chesapeake Bay

The Optimization of Benefits from Wetlands Restoration

Publication date: February 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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...

Volumetric Analysis of Dissolved Oxygen Trends in the Chesapeake Bay: Preliminary Findings

Publication date: November 11, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report examines variations in dissolved oxygen from 1950 onward to determine past trends and evaluate progress in restoring the health of the Bay

Better Backyard: A Citizen's Resource Guide to Beneficial Landscaping and Habitat Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Publication date: November 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report provides general information on environmentally-friendly landscaping throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The text covers everything you need to know from soil erosion to environmentally-friendly fertilizers.

Non-nutritive Feed Issues in Chicken Production

Publication date: October 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

There has been growing interest by a number of Chesapeake Bay committees on the issues surrounding the use of non-nutritives in animal feeding operations and their potential impacts on the Chesapeake Bay. The Scientific and Technical...

Environmental Outcome-Based Management: Using Environmental Goals and Measures in the Chesapeake Bay Program

Publication date: June 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Summary of the approach taken by the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program to establish measurable restoration goals and to use environmental and other outcome measures to inform the public about the state of the Bay and restoration efforts. Lessons...

Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Public Comments Summary

Publication date: April 09, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Following the release of the Nutrient Trading Fundamental Principles and Guidelines - Draft, sixteen public meetings were collectively held throughout the watershed in each of the signatory jurisdictions. All jurisdictions received...

Nutrient Trading for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This paper addresses the need for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay, the process to develop baywide guidelines, and activities taken elsewhere in the Bay region.

Chesapeake Bay Program Nutrient Trading Fundamental Principles and Guidelines

Publication date: March 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document presents fundamental principles and guidelines for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. This document is not a regulation. Rather, it is intended to be used on a voluntary basis as a guide for those Bay...

Ambient Toxicity and Chemical Characterization of Four Bayside Creeks of the Eastern Shore

Publication date: January 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report

An assessment of ambient toxicity of Delaware public peninsula creeks where agriculture is the dominant land use. The assessment evaluates potential persistent impacts and potential intermittent or pulsed impacts. Three watershed...

Forests for the Bay

Publication date: October 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report

This study recommends the adoption of forest landscape policy goals and recommends a variety of specific improvements and additions to existing tax, acquisition, forest management, land use and urban forest programs that would improve the...

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

Publication date: September 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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,...

Pollution Prevention Workbook - A Waste Reduction Guide for Facilities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: August 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This workbook outlines more than 30 Pollution Prevention strategies a facility can implement to help protect and improve the Bay.

Animal Nutrition Technology Exchange - Proceedings

Publication date: July 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

During the past several years, considerable attention has been directed at the potential environmental impacts of agriculture in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. A primary focus has been on the potential nutrient loadings to surface and...

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Framework

Publication date: June 26, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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

The Third Biennial Progress Report of the 1994 Agreement of Federal Agencies on Ecosystem Management in the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: June 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report highlights the Federal activities for Bay restoration and stewardship from April 1992 to April 1999. This report is the third biennial report of the progress made by Federal agencies on the commitments made in the 1994 and...

1999 Survey of Community Watershed Organizations in the Community Watershed Task Force

Publication date: April 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds

Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay: Year 7 Report

Publication date: March 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report

Evaluation of ambient toxicity to living resources during late summer/early fall of 1997 in the Elizabeth River (4 stations) and South River (4 stations).

Chesapeake Bay Program Oyster Restoration: Workshop Proceedings and Agreement Statements

Publication date: March 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Report curtailing proceedings and agreement statements on oyster restoration derived from 2 day workshop held in Waldorf, MD on January 13 & 14, 2000. Contains important consensus statements derived from meeting, on oyster sanctuaries...

Third Biennial International Water Trails Conference

Publication date: February 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report

Edited verbatim proceedings of the water trails conference held in Shepherdstown, WV, October 9013, 1998. Discussion topics include: a keynote speech by U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Middle Potomac Water Trail, water trail case studies,...

Bay Plain and Piedmont: A Landscape History of the Chesapeake Heartland from 1.3 Billion Years Ago to 2000

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A synthesis of human activity in the core portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed written by the National Park Service, with the assistance of a partnership of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, public and private...

System-Wide Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Model for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A predictive model of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass is coupled to a eutrophication model of the Chesapeake Bay. Domain of the model includes the mainstem of the bay as well as tidal portions of the major embayments and...

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Land Use and Model Linkages to the Airshed and Estuarine Models

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document contains the method of producing both the Chesapeake Bay Program Land Use and the Phase 4.2 Watershed Model Landuse. It also documents the hindcasting & forecasting of model land use, the development of model segmentation,...

The 2000 User's Guide to Chesapeake Bay Program Biological and Living Resources Monitoring Data

Publication date: December 15, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is the updated Guide to accompany the current Living Resources Biological Monitoring Data. Guide topics include: obtaining data, data structures, CIMS compliant data dictionaries, and helpful hints to better interpret this...

1999 Chesapeake Bay Program Mainstem Coordinated Split Sample Program Report (1994-1998)

Publication date: December 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This report summarizes the results of the 1994-1998 coordinated split sample program for the mainstem Chesapeake Bay Parameters with poor agreement are investigated, problems identified, and coorective actions are taken to improve...

Cross-Media Models for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Airshed

Publication date: November 16, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A continuous deterministic environmental model of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (HSPF), linked to an atmospheric deposition model (RADM) is used to examine nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay under different management scenarios. Model...

Maintaining Progress in Restoring the Chesapeake Bay - Holding the Line on Nutrient Pollution After 2000

Publication date: September 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A summary of the recommendations from the Cap Issue and Policy Groups providing guidance for program planningregarding the nutrient cap.

Setting Goals to Prevent and Reduce Toxics to the Chesapeake Bay: A Working Session for Industrial, Federal and Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities

Publication date: July 21, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document summarizes the ideas and goals from this working session. These ideas and goals will be considered for the Toxics Strategy (2000) and the Chesapeake Bay Agreement(2000).

Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Annual Progress Report

Publication date: July 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

In 1997 and 1998 the CBP signatories opened 294.3 miles of blocked tributary habitat to migratory fish and 67 miles to resident fish (a total of 361.3 miles) within the Bay watershed. Since the program's inception, almost 80 projects have...

Toward A Sustainable Chesapeake-The Center for Chesapeake Communities' Summit Report

Publication date: July 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

Bridging the gap between innovative, sustainable principles and implementation requires the synergistic efforts of local elected officials, the business and financial community, developers, and the public at large. Each of these...

Chesapeake Bay Watershed - It's Land and People

Publication date: June 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds, Peoples of the Bay/Social and Cultural Environment, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship.

Targeting Toxics: A Characterization Report A Tool for Directing Management and Monitoring Actions in the Chesapeake Bay's Tidal Rivers

Publication date: June 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory

Publication date: May 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment of Zinc in Surface Waters of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: May 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This study conducts a screening level probabilistic ecological risk assessment for zinc using the distinct phases of problem formulation, analysis, and risk characterization. The Middle River had the highest potential ecological risk from...

The George Wright Forum - The Chesapeake Bay Program: Science, Politics, and Policy

Publication date: April 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This is a compilation of articles based on the Chesapeake Bay Program: Science, Politics and Policy. These article include guest editors: Kent Mountford, Charles D. Rafkind, and John Donahue.

Nutrient Trading to Maintain the Nutrient Cap in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: December 14, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is the workshop proceedings held on December 14, 1998. Its purpose, as delineated on the agenda (see Appendix I) was to initiate a process to develop nutrient trading policies and guidelines to achieve and maintain the Nutrient Cap...

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Application and Calculations of Nutrient & Sediment Loadings, Appendix D: Phase IV Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Precipitation and Meteorological Data Development and Atmospheric Nutrient Deposition

Publication date: August 15, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Chesapeake Bay watershed model precipitation and meteorological data development and atmospheric nutrient deposition.

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Applications & Calculation Of Nutrient & Sediment Loadings - Appendix H: Tracking Best Management Practice Nutrient Reductions in the Chesapeake Bay Program

Publication date: August 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on the Chesapeake bay Watershed Model

Acid Mine Drainage to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - Literature Synthesis

Publication date: July 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Land use activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are diverse and contribute significantly to water quality.  Because of the long history of coal mining in the upper reaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, much concern has been...

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Application & Calculation of Nutrient & Sediment Loadings. Appendix B: Phase IV Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Water Quality Calibration Results

Publication date: May 15, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Appendix B documents the water quality calibration of the Phase IV Watershed Model. Simulated and observed concentrations are compared for 8 years of calibration (1984-1991) at 15 water quality stations. Calibration data is shown for...

Who Pays for Sprawl? The Economic, Social, and Environmental Impacts of Sprawl Development

Publication date: April 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

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

Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Storage in Three Reservoirs in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: March 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Storage in Three Reservoirs in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay.

Ambient Toxicity Testing Chesapeake Bay Year 5 Report

Publication date: February 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Evaluation of ambient toxicity of living resource habitats in Chesapeake Bay during the fall of 1995 at Pamunkey River (two stations), York River (two stations), James River (two stations), Willoughby Bay (one station) and Lynnhaven River...

Standard Operating Procedures for conducting Sub-chronic Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Sago Pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus: A Submersed Aquatic Angiosperm.

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Outlines standard operating procedures for conducting sub-chronic toxicity tests with sago pondweed.

Catfish Populations in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Represents a regional cooperative effort to gather all available information and assimilate best possible understanding of catfish biology, ecology and stock dynamics of native and introduced catfish species in the Chesapeake Bay system.

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The Challenge Ahead, Mid-Atlantic States, State of the Environment, 1998

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

This is a report.

The Countryside Exchange in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Peoples of the Bay/Social and Cultural Environment, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

A Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment of Tributyltin in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Goal was to conduct a probabilistic ecological risk assessment for tributyltin (TBT) in estuarine areas of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using problem formulation, analysis and risk characterization.

Status Yields and Trends of Nutrients and Sediment and Methods of Analysis for the Nontidal Data-Collection Programs, Chesapeake Bay Basin

Publication date: December 31, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on the status yields and trends of nutrients and sediment and methods of analysis for the nontidal data-collection programs in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Beyond Sprawl-Land Management Techniques to Protect the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: October 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

How-to information for local governments on six land use management techniques that can be used to achieve community goals, preserve local natural resources, and protect the Chesapeake Bay.

Havre de Grace Heritage Corridor Plan

Publication date: September 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Corridor Plan addresses a cooperative effort to improve the quality of life in the Havre de Grace regions.

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

Publication date: July 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A literature review was conducted to determine the effectiveness of forestry best management practices (BMPs) in reducing water quality impacts of forestry management operations within the Piedmont and Ridge-and-Valley of the Chesapeake...

The Potential for Nutrient Loadings from Septic System To Ground & Surface Water Resources & Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 15, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A report on nutrient loadings from septic systems to ground and surface water resources & the Chesapeake Bay.

Household Hazardous Waste Publication Resource Bank and Catalogue

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Chesapeake Bay Regional Action Plans Development Guidelines-Appendices

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

The purpose of this document is to present a geographical targeting approach for focusing chemical contam8inant remediation, reduction, prevention, protection, and assessment actions within the Chesapeake Bay basin.

A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay, Year 4 Report

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Designed to evaluate ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests. Toxicity of ambient estuarine water and sediment was evaluated during the fall of 1994 at six stations in...

Protecting Wetlands: Tools for Local Governments

Publication date: April 01, 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 Wetlands: The Vital Link Between the Watershed and the Bay

Publication date: March 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

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

Anacostia Rebirth: Restoration for the River, Risk Reduction for the Community

Publication date: February 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

An overview of the Anacostia Ecosystem Initiative, EPA, Region III, and its goals for the Anacostia River and its surrounding communities.

Anacostia Regional Toxics Management Action Plan

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This Work Plan outlines the continuing Federal support for the Anacostia watershed restoration effort, and applying six restoration goals identified in the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Committee's Six Point Action, examines Federal...

The 1997 Atlas of Chesapeake Bay Basin Biological and Living Resources Long Term Monitoring Programs

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Programs' objectives were to monitor the bacteriological quality of Maryland's shellfish harvesting waters to assure adequate public health protection from shellfish unsafe for human consumption and to assist in the identification and...

Air Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay Report

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds

Nitrogen Oxides: Impact on Public Health and the Environment

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This report examines the cost effectiveness of control options which reduce nitrate deposition to the Chesapeake watershed and the tidal Bay. The object of the analysis is to determine the sources of atmospheric nitrate deposited to the...

Forestry Best Management Practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Tracking Accomplishments

Publication date: December 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Documents current levels of monitoring carried out by Bay jurisdictions for the purpose of tracking forestry Best Management Practices implementation and effectiveness

Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Loadings to the Chesapeake Bay: An Initial Analysis of the Cost Effectiveness of Control Options

Publication date: November 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Eutrophication -- low dissolved oxygen -- caused by excess nutrients, is the most significant water quality problem facing the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program jurisdictions have committed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution...

Priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region 1996

Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Documents process used to develop priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region 1996

Local Government Participation Action Plan

Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Includes formal Adoption Statement signed by its six partners, and an overview of an action plan in which local governments play a substantive role in protection and restoration efforts for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Designing an Integrated, Accessible Information Management System for the Chesapeake Bay Region

Publication date: September 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Recommendations for implementing a Chesapeake Information Management System derived from the Data Center Workshop of the Chesapeake Bay Program held on June 19 and 20, 1996.

The Chesapeake Bay Program Directory, 1996

Publication date: August 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Long-term monitoring programs in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, including program's objectives, funding agencies, participating agencies, investigators, parameters, stations, sample collections, and program integration; a list of stations, and...

Recommended Guidelines for Sampling and Analysis in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program

Publication date: August 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Provides field and laboratory methods and associated quality control procedures and criteria intended to generate data of known and documented quality for use in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program.

Dissolved Organic Carbon: Data Variability and Procedural Recommendations Report for AMQAW (Revision 1).

Publication date: July 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Beginning with the first Bay cruise in January 1996, DOC data was no longer to be reported; however, AMQAW requested that the DOC data generated since the beginning of the program be scrutinized and that 1.) a factor be found, if...

Contaminants in Chesapeake Bay Sediments 1984-1991

Publication date: May 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

The primary objectives of this report are to describe the spatial patterns in the distribution of sediment chemical contaminants in Chesapeake Bay and to compare sediment chemical contaminant concentrations in Chesapeake Bay to sediment...

Elizabeth River Restoration - Leadership Review Draft

Publication date: April 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

A 120-member Watershed Action Team worked on four taskforces to develop a restoration plan: Habitat and Living Resources; Sediment Quality; Water Quality, and Toxics Reduction. The Team recommends 18 restoration implementation actions,...

Conserving the Forests of the Chesapeake: The Status, Trends and Importance of Forests for the Bay's Sustainable Future

Publication date: January 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Overview of the historical background, environmental significance, and current status of forested areas in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

An Introduction to Market Based Strategies for Chesapeake Bay Policy and Management

Publication date: November 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report is an introduction to market based strategies for Chesapeake Bay Policy and management

Riparian Forest Buffer Panel Interim Report

Publication date: October 31, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Interim Report of the Riparian Forest Buffer Directive to the Chesapeake Executive Council

Chesapeake Bay Habitat Restoration: A Framework for Action

Publication date: October 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is available electronically only. This document addresses the Chesapeake Bay priority habitat areas, and habitation restoration implementations.

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Studies - Toxics Research Program - 1994 Workshop Report, Solomons, MD

Publication date: August 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

Beginning in September 1985, a hypoxia program was conceived by the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee as an ecologically oriented study focusing on system-level effects. In 1990, the Chesapeake Bay Office joined the CBEEC...

Riparian Forest Buffers: Restoring and Managing a Vital Chesapeake Resource (Conference Proceedings, October 5-6, 1994, Ellicott City, Maryland)

Publication date: May 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

On October 5-6, 1994, the Nutrient Subcommittee and Forestry Workgroup of the Chesapeake Bay Program hosted a conference on the subject of riparian forest buffers. Participants came together to discuss, debare and learn about the value...

A Comparison of Preservation Techniques for Dissolved Nutrient Analyses.

Publication date: March 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study is to compare alternative processing and preservation techniques. For the present discussion processing includes filtering, chilling, freezing, and the addition of acid or other chemicals to reduce or stop...

Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan 1994 Annual Report

Publication date: February 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

This report is an overview of the background, fishery dependent and independent monitoring of the fisheries, research, regulations, and enforcement of the 1989 Striped Bass FMP during 1993/1994.
 

Chesapeake Bay Commission on Ballast Water

Publication date: January 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

This report summarizes the findings of the Chesapeake Bay Commission's Ballast Water Work Group. It provides a review of unintentional introductions via ballast water from an ecological, economic, and cultural point of view; it identifies...

Comparison Study of Five Instruments Measuring Dissolved Organic Carbon for the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program.

Publication date: December 08, 1994 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study was two-fold: Comparison of the DOC results from different instruments used in the program in order to provide a baseline for comparison of DOC data and historical data if these instruments are replaced;...

Mitigation Technical Guidance for Chesapeake Bay Wetlands

Publication date: October 01, 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.
 

Basin Specific Characterization of Chesapeake Bay Living Resource Status 1994

Publication date: September 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Presents characterizations of current status of 26 indicator species and two biological communities in each of 12 basins that comprise the Chesapeake Bay. The list of key species examined included 10 species of finfish, four species of...

Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annual Progress Report 1994

Publication date: August 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annual Progress Report 1994

Chesapeake Bay Toxics Reduction Strategy Stakeholder Roundtables (PA/MD/DC Summaries)

Publication date: July 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This summary of the Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia stakeholder roundtables reflects discussions and recommendations made during the roundtables a well as follow-up written responses annotated on the draft commitments...

An Assessment of the Power & Robustness of the Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Monitoring Program: Phase II - Refinement Evaluations

Publication date: July 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

An important criterion applied in this plan is the focus on long-term, baseline monitoring which will provide data for the characterization of living resource populations and for tracking trends in their abundance over time.

Chesapeake Bay White Paper-Chesapeake Bay Toxics Strategy

Publication date: June 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

The Strategy Reevaluation was designed to evaluate toxic conditions of the Bay, assess the effects of current programs, and identify additional actions needed to further reduce toxics impacts in the Bay.

Recent Wetland Status and Trends in the Chesapeake Watershed (1982-1989); Technical Reports

Publication date: May 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

The report includes methods, interpretation of results, results for the Watershed, results by State, wetland loss hotspots, discussion and conclusions and recommendations.
 

Chesapeake Bay Attitudes Survey Appendices: Washington, DC Frequencies

Publication date: May 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

In the District of Columbia, 63% of the District's respondents thought that funding for repair should be spent on reducing water pollution. As in each individual jurisdiction's survey, the District of Columbia's data was analyzed by the...

Chesapeake Bay Attitudes Survey Appendices: PA Frequencies

Publication date: May 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This Work Plan outlines the continuing Federal support for the Anacostia watershed restoration effort, and applying six restoration goals identified in the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Committee's Six Point Action, examines Federal...

Chesapeake Bay Fall Line Toxics Monitoring Program 1992 Interim Report

Publication date: April 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This report provides an interim assessment of toxic substance loadings being delivered to the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna, Potomac and James rivers.

Response of the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model to Loading Scenarios

Publication date: April 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Designed to be a resource for a diverse technical and managerial audience

Screening of Candidate Species for Development of Standard Operating Procedures for Aquatic Toxicity Testing with Resident Chesapeake Bay Biota

Publication date: March 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

The goal of this study was to evaluate 25 resident Chesapeake Bay species (vertebrates, invertebrates and plants) as potential candidates for future Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) development for estuarine water column toxicity...

An Updated Review of Estuarine Aquatic Toxicity Data for the Development of Aquatic Life Criteria for Atrazine in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: March 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This report is a summary of Phase I and II of a study designed to provide necessary data and recommendations for development of estuarine acute and chronic atrazine criterion for the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study, Phase II Appendices July 1990-December 1991

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Appendices for the CBADS Phase II Report. Contains tables of data collected during the study.

Chesapeake Bay Fall Line Toxics Monitoring Program 1992 Final Report

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Focusing on objectives outlined in a pilot study created to define the magnitude and timing of toxic substances entering the Chesapeake Bay from the area above the fall line of the Susquehanna and James rivers.

A Comparison of Instantaneous Loads Calculated Using Total & Total-Recoverable Trace Element Concentration Data Collected at the Susquehanna River, Conowingo Dam, April 1992-1993.

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Addendum to the Fall Line Toxics 1992 Final Report

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

Publication date: December 01, 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 Strategy for the Restoration and Protection of Ecologically Valuable Species

Publication date: September 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This strategy was developed by the Ecologically Valuable Species Work Group of the Chesapeake Bay Program Living Resources Subcommittee to fulfill one of the commitments of the Living Resources section of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay...

Executive Council's Agricultural Nonpoint Source Initiative: Subcommittee Report

Publication date: September 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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...

Fisheries Management Plan Reassessment Task Force

Publication date: July 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

Review and assessment of implementation status and effectiveness of seven Chesapeake Bay Program Fishery Management Plans (FMPs).

The advantages of Measures of Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous by Direct Analysis.

Publication date: June 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is intended to address the inconsistency between parts of the CBP in the sampling and analytical methodology for the determination of particulate concentrations, and offer alternative sampling and analytical procedures to...

Comparison of Mid-Bay & Lateral Station Water Quality Data in the Chesapeake Bay Mainstem

Publication date: June 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

This study's goal is to assess the comparability of water quality results from the 10 analytical laboratories that participate in the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program. This goal is being achieved by identifying any parameters that have...

Chesapeake Bay Program Nutrient Reduction Strategy Re-evaluation Report #8

Publication date: February 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on the financial cost effectiveness of point and nonpoint source nutrient reduction technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Chesapeake Bay Contaminated Sediments Critical Issue Forum Proceedings-Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Reevaluation Report

Publication date: February 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

The Chesapeake Bay Contaminated Sediment Critical Issue Forum was structured to seek a technical consensus on a series of questions related to the magnitude and extent of contaminated sediments within the Bay; and how that affects the...

Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition of Toxics Critical Issue Forum Proceedings

Publication date: January 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

Proceedings of the Atmospheric Deposition Critical Issue forum sponsored by the Toxics Subcommittee as part of the ongoing reevaluation of the Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy.

DRAFT- Nitrogen Outputs from Forested Watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin

Publication date: January 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report focuses on the identified need of the Chesapeake bay Program to better simulate nitrogen outputs from the forested portions of the Bay drainage and a short-term desire to the US EPA to be able to build off of the existing...

The Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Goal for Restoration of Living Resource Habitats

Publication date: December 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

To show support of these goals, the Chesapeake Executive Council (CEC) made commitments to develop and adopt guidelines for the protection of water quality and habitat conditions necessary to support the living resources found in the...

A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay Year 2 Report

Publication date: November 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

A yearly report on ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay.

Local Solutions: A Local Government Guide to Managing Household Hazardous Waste in the Chesapeake Bay Region

Publication date: October 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

This manual is designed to assist local governments throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed with developing or enhancing household hazardous waste management programs.

Trends in Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay, 1984-1990

Publication date: June 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

The primary purpose of this analysis is to determine whether selected lateral and mid-Bay stations in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem have the same overall levels of certain water quality parameters.
 

A Comparison of Two Methods of Measuring Dissolved Organic Carbon

Publication date: March 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study is to examine the data from the period when samples were analyzed using both DOC methods, so that differences related to changes in methods are made apparent to data users.

A Comprehensive List of Chesapeake Bay Species - 1997

Publication date: March 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

replaced by A Comprehensive List of Chesapeake Bay Species - 1998

Adjusting Helix Kjeldahl Nitrogen Results: Maryland Chesapeake Bay Mainstem Water Quality Monitoring Program

Publication date: February 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

In this report, a comparison data set with helix and block results for the same samples was analyzed to estimate the magnitude of the low bias of the helix method compared to the block method.

Dissolved Oxygen Trends in the Chesapeake Bay, 1984-1990

Publication date: September 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

This summary of trends in dissolved oxygen is one in a series of reports on the progress toward and reevaluation of the 40 percent nutrient reduction goal. Reports describing trends in phosphorus and nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay are...

Chesapeake Toxicological Workshop Series - Executive Summary

Publication date: July 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

The workshops addressed major categories of toxicological research, including suborganismal toxicity testing, whole organism toxicity, contaminant fate and transport, and ecological risk assessment.

Coordinated Split Sample Program Implementation Guidelines, Revision 3

Publication date: May 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

The major objective of the Coordinated Split Sample Program is to establish a measure of comparability between sampling and analytical operations for water quality monitoring basinwide.

Chesapeake Restoration: Innovations at the Local Level-A Compilation of Local Government Programs

Publication date: April 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

This manual catalogs local programs in the watershed that positively impacts, either directly or indirectly, the quality of the Chesapeake Bay, the surrounding watershed and the quality of life for its living resources.

Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annual Progress Report 1993

Publication date: January 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

Annual Progress Report

Waterfowl Workgroup Living Resource Subcommittee Annual Progress Report

Publication date: January 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

This report outlines the major accomplishments of the Waterfowl Workgroup in 1991.

Reducing Pollution from Nonpoint Sources: The Chesapeake Experience February 26-28, 1990

Publication date: November 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report

Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal in Oxidation Ditches and High Nitrate Recycle Systems

Publication date: August 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

As part of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to which the State of Maryland is a signatory, several plants in Maryland will be required to reduce the nitrogen and phosphorus levels in their affluent. To examine the feasibility of biological...

Chesapeake Bay Ambient Toxicity Assessment Workshop Report

Publication date: May 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report

This document is a first approach to develop consensus protocols for the use of biological indicators to monitor the effects of toxic contaminants in Chesapeake Bay habitats important to living resources.

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1990

Publication date: January 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report

This document addresses the distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation and principally rooted vascular macrophytes in the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and Chincoteague Bay. Information was gathered using aerial photography and...

Baywide Nutrient Reduction Strategy Progress Report #1

Publication date: December 01, 1989 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report documents the pollutant removal efficiency of commonly used and innovative urban stormwater practices. One hundred and twenty-three studies, spanning a 19-year period, are summarized in this report.

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1987

Publication date: April 01, 1989 | Type of document: Report

Results of monitoring of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay and tributaries.

First Progress Report Under 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement

Publication date: January 01, 1989 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy-Agreement Commitment Report (Executive Council)

Publication date: December 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

A report from the Chesapeake Executive Council on the adoption of the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy

Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Appendices.

Publication date: October 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

This is a draft report on Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Appendices.

Pesticides Use in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Publication date: August 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

A report on pesticide use in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Schedule for Developing Baywide Resource Management Strategies

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

Agreement Commitment Report: Objectives and commitments for restoring and protecting the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

Report and Recommendations for the Nonpoint Source Evaluation Panel

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report and recommendation for the nonpoint source evaluation panel

Federal Workplan - Agreement Commitment Report

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Federal Workplan describes each participating agency's Bay initiatives, the current level of coordination, outlines a process for expanding that cooperation, and points to future directions for agency efforts in support of the...

Arsenic Transport and Impact in Chesapeake Bay Food Webs

Publication date: March 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on arsenic transport and impact in the Chesapeake Bay Food webs.

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1986

Publication date: September 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report

A report on the Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay - 1986

Vegetative Filter Strips for Agricultural Runoff Treatment

Publication date: August 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on vegetative filter strips for agricultural runoff treatment

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1985

Publication date: August 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on the distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay in 1985

Nonpoint Source Pollution Loading Factors and Related Parameters from the Literature

Publication date: August 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on non-point source pollution loading factors and related parameters from the literature.

Coordinated Split Sample Program Annual Report (1987)

Publication date: January 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report

This is an annual report on the Coordinated Split Sample Program.

Results of Comparative Studies of Preservation Techniques for Nutrient Analysis on Water Samples.

Publication date: September 24, 1986 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study was to assess freezing as a sample preservation alternative.

Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Protection Plan

Publication date: October 01, 1985 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The consumate purpose of the Chesapeake Bay restoration and Protection Program is to improve and protect the water quality and living resources of the Chesapeake Bay estuarine system to restore and maintain the Bay's ecological integrity,...

Trends in Phosphorus, Nitrogen, Secchi Depths and Dissolved Oxygen in Chesapeake Bay, 1984-1992

Publication date: August 01, 1984 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on trends in phosphorus, nitrogen, secchi depths and dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay for the years 1984-1992

Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action - Appendices

Publication date: October 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document includes the seven appendices to the report Chesapeake Bay: A frame work for action developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. The report and its appendices describe the state of the Bay,...

Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action

Publication date: October 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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...

Choices for the Chesapeake - An Action Agenda

Publication date: January 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In December 1983 seven hundred legislators, administrators, scientists and Bay users met in Fairfax, VA to develop an action agenda for Chesapeake Bay. This historic conference was convened by the Governors of VA, MD, and PA and the mayor...

Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to an Ecosystem - 1982

Publication date: January 01, 1982 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This primer serves as an introduction to several forthcoming Chesapeake Bay Program publications. These publications will describe the results of the scientific investigations and identify management solutions to specific Bay resource...

1995-Synthesis of Nutrient and Sediment Data for Watersheds within the Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin

Publication date: January 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Documents the findings of the two-year information gathering process of the strategy reevaluation but also recommends an approach for undertaking future toxics reduction and prevention actions in the Bay watershed.

1997 Chesapeake Bay Program Regional Land Forums

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

A report on the 1997 Chesapeake Bay Program Regional Land Forums

1999 Survey of Community Watershed Organizations in the Community Watershed Task Force

Publication date: April 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds

2004 Chesapeake Bay Oyster Management Plan

Publication date: December 05, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Oyster Management Plan includes both a general framework and specific guidance for managing and rebuilding the native oyster stock in Chesapeake Bay. The development of the plan was a multi-partner endeavor by representatives from...

2010 Citizens Advisory Committee Report to the Chesapeake Executive Council

Publication date: June 03, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

2010 Citizens Advisory Committee Report to the Chesapeake Executive Council

A Comparison of Chesapeake Bay Estuary Model Calibration with 1985-1994 Observed Data and Method of Application to Water Quality

Publication date: November 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In this report, observations of dissolved oxygen concentrations, chlorophyll concentrations, and light attenuation are compared to model estimates taken at the same time and location in model space. The comparison includes scatter...

A Comparison of Preservation Techniques for Dissolved Nutrient Analyses.

Publication date: March 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study is to compare alternative processing and preservation techniques. For the present discussion processing includes filtering, chilling, freezing, and the addition of acid or other chemicals to reduce or stop...

A Comprehensive List of Chesapeake Bay Basin Species - 2007

Publication date: August 01, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Provides a list of aquatic and aquatic-associated organisms found in recent decades in the Chesapeake Bay Basin.

A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay Year 2 Report

Publication date: November 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

A yearly report on ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay.

A Pilot Study for Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay, Year 3 Report

Publication date: July 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This study was designed to evaluate ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests.

A Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment of Tributyltin in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Goal was to conduct a probabilistic ecological risk assessment for tributyltin (TBT) in estuarine areas of the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using problem formulation, analysis and risk characterization.

A Report to the Monitoring Realignment Action Team- Effectiveness and Optimization Issue Team

Publication date: August 25, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Recommendations to improve coordinated nontidal monitoring, assessment, and communication activities in support of Chesapeake Bay restoration: A report addressing STAC recommendation for monitoring reallocation, 2009.

A Survey of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Residents: Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors

Publication date: September 11, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Conservation Management Institute of Virginia Tech conducted a telephone survey of 1,988 residents of the Chesapeake Bay watershed (including those residing in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia,...

A Work in Progress

Publication date: January 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

This is not a report on the State of the Bay. It is a collection of images that attempts to capture the vast bulk of studies, the depth of the research, and the actions and commitment of the people involved in the restoration of the...

Achieving the Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Goals-A Synthesis of Tributary Strategies for the Bay's Ten Watersheds

Publication date: October 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A Synthesis of Tributary Strategies for the Bay's Ten Watersheds: Bay Program plan for cooperative, integrated and consistent scientific approach to nitrogen and phosphorous reduction in Bay that provides the States of Maryland,...

Acute and Chronic Toxicity of copper to the Estuarine Copepod Eurytemora affinis

Publication date: February 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Primary objective was to generate data that can be used with other toxicity data by the Maryland Department of the Environment to develop a chronic copper criterion for protection of aquatic life in estuarine waters of the Chesapeake Bay...

Air Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay Report

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds

Airsheds and Watersheds II: A shared resources workshop

Publication date: March 07, 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...

Ambient Toxicity and Chemical Characterization of Four Bayside Creeks of the Eastern Shore

Publication date: January 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report

An assessment of ambient toxicity of Delaware public peninsula creeks where agriculture is the dominant land use. The assessment evaluates potential persistent impacts and potential intermittent or pulsed impacts. Three watershed...

Ambient Toxicity Testing Chesapeake Bay Year 5 Report

Publication date: February 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Evaluation of ambient toxicity of living resource habitats in Chesapeake Bay during the fall of 1995 at Pamunkey River (two stations), York River (two stations), James River (two stations), Willoughby Bay (one station) and Lynnhaven River...

Ambient Toxicity Testing in Chesapeake Bay: Year 9-An Assessment of the Chester and Rappahannock Rivers

Publication date: July 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Study to evaluate ambient toxicity in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by using a battery of water column and sediment toxicity tests in concert with fish and benthic community assessments.

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries

Publication date: June 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

EPA has defined the water quality conditions through the Chesapeake Bay-specific water quality criteria for dissolved oxygen, water clarity and chlorophyll a in this publication.

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries - 2008 Technical Support for Criteria Assessment Protocols Addendum

Publication date: September 01, 2008 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Since the signing of the multijurisdictional Chesapeake 2000 agreement, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with its six watershed State partners and the District of Columbia, has developed a series of water...

Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries: 2010 Technical Support for Criteria Assessment Protocols Addendum, May 2010

Publication date: May 18, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This EPA 2010 Chesapeake Bay Criteria addendum provides previously undocumented features of the present procedures as well as refinements and clarifications to the previously published Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria assessment...

An Assessment of Salinity Effect on the Toxicity of Atrazine to Chesapeake Bay Species: Data needs for Development of Estuarine Aquatic Life Criteria

Publication date: March 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This study was designed to determine the influence of a range of salinities on the acute toxicity of atrazine to the copepod, and the sheepshead minnow larvae. An additional objective of the study was to provide acute atrazine toxicity...

An Introduction to Market Based Strategies for Chesapeake Bay Policy and Management

Publication date: November 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report is an introduction to market based strategies for Chesapeake Bay Policy and management

An Updated Review of Estuarine Aquatic Toxicity Data for the Development of Aquatic Life Criteria for Atrazine in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: March 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This report is a summary of Phase I and II of a study designed to provide necessary data and recommendations for development of estuarine acute and chronic atrazine criterion for the Chesapeake Bay.

Anacostia Regional Toxics Management Action Plan

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This Work Plan outlines the continuing Federal support for the Anacostia watershed restoration effort, and applying six restoration goals identified in the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Committee's Six Point Action, examines Federal...

Animal Nutrition Technology Exchange - Proceedings

Publication date: July 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

During the past several years, considerable attention has been directed at the potential environmental impacts of agriculture in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. A primary focus has been on the potential nutrient loadings to surface and...

Arsenic Transport and Impact in Chesapeake Bay Food Webs

Publication date: March 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on arsenic transport and impact in the Chesapeake Bay Food webs.

Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition Loadings to the Chesapeake Bay: An Initial Analysis of the Cost Effectiveness of Control Options

Publication date: November 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Eutrophication -- low dissolved oxygen -- caused by excess nutrients, is the most significant water quality problem facing the Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Program jurisdictions have committed to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution...

Basin Specific Characterization of Chesapeake Bay Living Resource Status 1994

Publication date: September 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Presents characterizations of current status of 26 indicator species and two biological communities in each of 12 basins that comprise the Chesapeake Bay. The list of key species examined included 10 species of finfish, four species of...

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2008 - Executive Summary

Publication date: March 19, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2008 provides detailed results on many aspects of the ecosystem and the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2009 - Executive Summary

Publication date: April 07, 2010 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Bay Barometer: A Health and Restoration Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed in 2009 provides detailed results on many aspects of the ecosystem and the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.

Bay Plain and Piedmont: A Landscape History of the Chesapeake Heartland from 1.3 Billion Years Ago to 2000

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A synthesis of human activity in the core portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed written by the National Park Service, with the assistance of a partnership of federal and state agencies, academic institutions, public and private...

Benchmarks for Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Chlorophyll and Suspended Sediments in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 10, 2002 | Type of document: Report

One of the Tidal monitoring and Analysis Workgroup's primary responsibilities is assessing and reporting the status and trends of nutrients and other parameters monitored within the scope of the Chesapeake Bay Program water quality and...

Better Backyard: A Citizen's Resource Guide to Beneficial Landscaping and Habitat Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Publication date: November 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report provides general information on environmentally-friendly landscaping throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The text covers everything you need to know from soil erosion to environmentally-friendly fertilizers.

Biennial Federal Workplan for the Anacostia River Watershed

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This Work Plan is a key initiative of Federal agencies and the U.S. Corps of Engineers. It establishes interstate ecosystem management concepts and the establishment of the Anacostia as a National Urban Watershed Restoration Model.

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Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal in Oxidation Ditches and High Nitrate Recycle Systems

Publication date: August 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

As part of the Chesapeake Bay Agreement to which the State of Maryland is a signatory, several plants in Maryland will be required to reduce the nitrogen and phosphorus levels in their affluent. To examine the feasibility of biological...

Case Studies: Our Waters, Our Towns: Counties and Cities Develop Effective Watershed Programs

Publication date: November 08, 2011 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This collection of examples follows LGAC's recent publication, “Our Waters, Our Towns: Local Governments’ Role in the Watershed Implementation Plans,” which provided useful information about the new requirements and...

Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Storage in Three Reservoirs in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: March 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Changes in Sediment and Nutrient Storage in Three Reservoirs in the Lower Susquehanna River Basin and Implications for the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake 2000 Stream Corridor Restoration Goals Workshop

Publication date: February 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Streams are in integral part of the Chesapeake Bays natural infrastructure. Stream networks interconnect the land, water, living resources and human communities of the Bay watershed (Chesapeake...

Chesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment

Publication date: April 18, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

On April 18, 2007, the Chesapeake Bay Program released its Chesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment. The report gives watershed residents a clear and concise synopsis of Bay health and on-the-ground restoration efforts...

Chesapeake Bay Ambient Toxicity Assessment Workshop Report

Publication date: May 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report

This document is a first approach to develop consensus protocols for the use of biological indicators to monitor the effects of toxic contaminants in Chesapeake Bay habitats important to living resources.

Chesapeake Bay Area Public Access Technical Assistance Report

Publication date: July 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: The Bay as a Source of Recreation and Renewal

Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition of Toxics Critical Issue Forum Proceedings

Publication date: January 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

Proceedings of the Atmospheric Deposition Critical Issue forum sponsored by the Toxics Subcommittee as part of the ongoing reevaluation of the Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy.

Chesapeake Bay Atmospheric Deposition Study, Phase II Appendices July 1990-December 1991

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Appendices for the CBADS Phase II Report. Contains tables of data collected during the study.

Chesapeake Bay Attitudes Survey Appendices: MD Frequencies

Publication date: May 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Watersheds, The Bay as a Source of Recreation and Renewal, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Chesapeake Bay Attitudes Survey Appendices: Washington, DC Frequencies

Publication date: May 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

In the District of Columbia, 63% of the District's respondents thought that funding for repair should be spent on reducing water pollution. As in each individual jurisdiction's survey, the District of Columbia's data was analyzed by the...

Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory Appendices

Publication date: May 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document contains the appendices to the Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory point source loadings chapter. The appendices highlight the point source loads by facility, the chemical categories reported by SIC...

Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Analytical Capabilities Survey and Assessment

Publication date: December 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report

This project was undertaken to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program with an assessment of chemical analytical capabilities currently available in the Bay region and to provide guidance on how to proceed with toxics analysis in the future.

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Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Appendices.

Publication date: October 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

This is a draft report on Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy Appendices.

Chesapeake Bay Benthic Community Restoration Goals

Publication date: March 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

The objective of this project was to develop a practical and conceptually sound framework for assessing benthic environmental conditions in Chesapeake Bay that would address general constraints and limitations; i.e., naturally varying...

Chesapeake Bay Commission on Ballast Water

Publication date: January 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

This report summarizes the findings of the Chesapeake Bay Commission's Ballast Water Work Group. It provides a review of unintentional introductions via ballast water from an ecological, economic, and cultural point of view; it identifies...

Chesapeake Bay Coordinated Split Sample Program Implementation Guidelines (Revision 3).

Publication date: May 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The major objective of the Coordinated Split Sample Program is to establish a measure of comparability between sampling and analytical operations for water quality monitoring basin wide. The second objective is to evaluate the in-matrix...

Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Studies - Toxics Research Program - 1994 Workshop Report, Solomons, MD

Publication date: August 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

Beginning in September 1985, a hypoxia program was conceived by the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Effects Committee as an ecologically oriented study focusing on system-level effects. In 1990, the Chesapeake Bay Office joined the CBEEC...

Chesapeake Bay Fall Line Toxics Monitoring Program 1992 Final Report

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Focusing on objectives outlined in a pilot study created to define the magnitude and timing of toxic substances entering the Chesapeake Bay from the area above the fall line of the Susquehanna and James rivers.

Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network Framework

Publication date: June 26, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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

Chesapeake Bay Habitat Restoration: A Framework for Action

Publication date: October 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is available electronically only. This document addresses the Chesapeake Bay priority habitat areas, and habitation restoration implementations.

Chesapeake Bay Living Resources 1999 Annual Report

Publication date: November 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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.

Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Management Training Manual

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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

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

Publication date: December 01, 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 Program Analytical Segmentation Scheme Revisions, Decisions and Rationales 1983-2003

Publication date: January 05, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

For the last 20 years, the Chesapeake Bay Program partners have used various forms of a basic segmentation scheme to organize the collection, analysis and presentation of environmental data. The Chesapeake Bay Program Segmentation Scheme...

Chesapeake Bay Program Nutrient Reduction Strategy Re-evaluation Report #8

Publication date: February 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on the financial cost effectiveness of point and nonpoint source nutrient reduction technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Chesapeake Bay Program Oyster Restoration: Workshop Proceedings and Agreement Statements

Publication date: March 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Report curtailing proceedings and agreement statements on oyster restoration derived from 2 day workshop held in Waldorf, MD on January 13 & 14, 2000. Contains important consensus statements derived from meeting, on oyster sanctuaries...

Chesapeake Bay Program: Findings and Recommendations

Publication date: September 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report provides an overview of the major research findings and range of pollution controls recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program, in accordance with P.L. 94-116 passed by the 94th Congress on...

Chesapeake Bay Regional Action Plans Development Guidelines-Appendices

Publication date: April 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

The purpose of this document is to present a geographical targeting approach for focusing chemical contam8inant remediation, reduction, prevention, protection, and assessment actions within the Chesapeake Bay basin.

Chesapeake Bay Revised Basinwide Toxic Reduction Strategy Commitment Evaluation Addendum

Publication date: September 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Commitments are organized under four areas -- pollution prevention, regulatory program implementation, regional focus, and directed toxics assessment.

Chesapeake Bay Strategy for the Restoration and Protection of Ecologically Valuable Species

Publication date: September 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This strategy was developed by the Ecologically Valuable Species Work Group of the Chesapeake Bay Program Living Resources Subcommittee to fulfill one of the commitments of the Living Resources section of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay...

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

Publication date: September 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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,...

Chesapeake Bay Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy - Chesapeake Executive Council

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In January 1989, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy in fulfillment of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement commitment and pledged to reevaluate the Strategy in 1992. The...

Chesapeake Bay Water Column Contaminants Critical Issue Forum Proceedings

Publication date: July 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

Representatives from the Bay basin jurisdictions presented findings from their respective water column contaminant monitoring programs, with emphasis on concentration ranges observed at Bay tidal water stations.

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Assistance Network Access to Federal Funds

Publication date: September 19, 2007 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Federal Agencies Committee (FAC) and the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Assistance Network led the effort in developing this document. It was developed for stakeholders involved in the implementation of the State Tributary Strategies. It...

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Application & Calculation of Nutrient & Sediment Loadings-Appendix A: Phase IV Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model hydrology Calibration Results

Publication date: May 15, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Comparison of simulated and observed flow for 8 years of calibration (1984-1991).

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Application and Calculations of Nutrient & Sediment Loadings, Appendix D: Phase IV Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Precipitation and Meteorological Data Development and Atmospheric Nutrient Deposition

Publication date: August 15, 1998 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Chesapeake Bay watershed model precipitation and meteorological data development and atmospheric nutrient deposition.

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model Land Use and Model Linkages to the Airshed and Estuarine Models

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document contains the method of producing both the Chesapeake Bay Program Land Use and the Phase 4.2 Watershed Model Landuse. It also documents the hindcasting & forecasting of model land use, the development of model segmentation,...

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

Publication date: March 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

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

Chesapeake Bay: A Framework for Action

Publication date: October 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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...

Chesapeake Bay: A Profile of Environmental Change

Publication date: October 01, 1983 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document includes the four appendices to the report Chesapeake Bay: A Profile of Environmental Change developed by the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. The report and its appendices provide a characterization...

Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to an Ecosystem 2000

Publication date: April 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A comprehensive overview of the geology and waters of the Chesapeake Bay and its habitats, biological communities and living resources. The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems, Watersheds, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the...

Chesapeake Toxicological Workshop Series - Executive Summary

Publication date: July 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

The workshops addressed major categories of toxicological research, including suborganismal toxicity testing, whole organism toxicity, contaminant fate and transport, and ecological risk assessment.

Citizen Monitoring Program Report: Conestoga River (Oct 1986-June 1990)

Publication date: March 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

This report summarizes the water quality data collected by the Conestoga River volunteer monitors with particular emphasis on the concentration of nitrate.

Community Watershed Assessment Handbook

Publication date: November 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Community Watershed Assessment Handbook is a simple and straightforward watershed assessment tool that is intended to direct community groups and local governments in conducting a comprehensive environmental assessment. The purpose of...

Comparison Study of Five Instruments Measuring Dissolved Organic Carbon for the Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program.

Publication date: December 08, 1994 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The purpose of this study was two-fold: Comparison of the DOC results from different instruments used in the program in order to provide a baseline for comparison of DOC data and historical data if these instruments are replaced;...

Contaminant Trace Element Loads at the Susquehanna River Fall Line During the Spring 1993 High Flow Event

Publication date: January 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Addendum to the Fall Line Toxics 1992 Final Report

Coordinated Split Sample Program Annual Report (1987)

Publication date: January 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report

This is an annual report on the Coordinated Split Sample Program.

Cost Analysis of Nonpoint Source Control Strategies in the Chesapeake Basin

Publication date: January 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Shares research results relating to distribution of land use in the Chesapeake Basin, nitrogen and phosphorus loading load by land use, cost analysis summary by management practice for agreement states, and overviews of individual program...

Coupling Water Quality and Upper Tropic Level Models for Chesapeake Bay: A Planning Workshop

Publication date: March 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Recent publications such as the Chesapeake 2000 agreement and the Fisheries Ecosystem Plan reflect the growing interest in integrated management of water quality and fisheries. The US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has invested in a...

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

Publication date: June 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...

Cross-Media Models for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Airshed

Publication date: November 16, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A continuous deterministic environmental model of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (HSPF), linked to an atmospheric deposition model (RADM) is used to examine nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay under different management scenarios. Model...

Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters: Second Report to Congress

Publication date: January 01, 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...

Development and Evolution of a Relative Measure of Condition for Assessing the Status of Water Quality and Biological Parameters Tracked in theUS/EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Long Term Monitoring Programs

Publication date: September 01, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This paper focuses on the development and application of a relative status measure in the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP): the basis of its methodology and lessons learned from its use in assessing the condition of water quality and...

Development of Diagnostic Approaches to Determine Sources of Anthropengic Stress Affecting Community Condition in the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: July 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The bojective of this study was to develop statistical diagnositc tools that would allow environmental managers to identify potential sources of anthropogenic stress to benthic communities within the Chesapeake Bay.

Dissolved Oxygen Trends in the Chesapeake Bay, 1984-1990

Publication date: September 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

This summary of trends in dissolved oxygen is one in a series of reports on the progress toward and reevaluation of the 40 percent nutrient reduction goal. Reports describing trends in phosphorus and nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay are...

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1986

Publication date: September 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report

A report on the Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay - 1986

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1989

Publication date: January 01, 1989 | Type of document: Report

Numerous SAV ground surveys have been conducted but most have been limited to specific sections. No one ground survey has delineated baywide SAV patterns. The goal of the 1989 work was to continue the annual monitoring of SAV on a baywide...

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1991

Publication date: January 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report

This document addresses the distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation and principally rooted vascular macrophytes in the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and Chincoteague Bay. Information was gathered using aerial photography and...

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1994

Publication date: December 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

Assessment of distribution and abundance of SAV in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and Chincoteague Bay in 1994. Black and white aerial photography at a scale of 1:24,000 was the principal source of information used in the study...

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1996

Publication date: September 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Assessment of the distribution and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and four Delmarva island barrier bays in 1996. Black-and-white photography at a scale of 1:24,000 was the principal source...

Distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay-1998

Publication date: December 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report

The distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), principally rooted vascular macrophytes in Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries, and the coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula, was mapped from 1,987 black and white aerial photographs....

Economic Analyses of Nutrients and Sediment Reduction Actions To Restore Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

Publication date: June 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In developing revised water quality standards for the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal tributaries, states may conduct use attainability analyses. This document provides economic analyses performed by the CBP related controls to meet...

Ecosystem Models of the Chesapeake Bay Relating Nutrient Loadings, Environmental Conditions, and Living Resources

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This study examines the relative importance of food versus hypoxia and other factors as limitations on biomass and production of benthic macrofaunal communities in shallow (2m) and deep (>12m) stations of the mesohaline regions of...

Elizabeth River Restoration - Executive Summary

Publication date: June 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Executive Summary for the Elizabeth River Watershed Action Plan.  This Watershed Action Plan completes a crucial planning phase for the Elizabeth River Project in carrying out its mission of a cleaner Elizabeth River, but by no means...

Environmental Outcome-Based Management: Using Environmental Goals and Measures in the Chesapeake Bay Program

Publication date: June 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Summary of the approach taken by the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program to establish measurable restoration goals and to use environmental and other outcome measures to inform the public about the state of the Bay and restoration efforts. Lessons...

Estimation of Nonpoint Source Loading Factors in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model

Publication date: September 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is available electronically only. Attention focused on water quality problems in the Chesapeake Bay has revealed that agricultural activities are in large part responsible for the degradation of water quality and...

Evaluating Ecosystem Effects of Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay-A report to the MD DNR

Publication date: September 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Environmental Model Package (CBEMP) was used to assess the environmental benefits of oyster restoration in Chesapeake Bay. The CBEMP consists of a coupled system of models including a three-dimensional hydrodynamic...

Evaluating the Design and Implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Shallow Water Monitoring Program

Publication date: May 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format. The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) Shallow Water Monitoring workshop endorsed the current 3-year combined spatial and temporal coverage design of the Shallow Water Monitoring Program (SWMP)...

Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Plants for BNR Retrofits Using Advances in Technology

Publication date: May 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This project was initiated on June 1, 1995 for the purpose of stimulating efforts towards the reduction of point source nutrient discharges to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay Water. The primary emphasis of the BNR retrofit...

Exploring Alternatives for Fisheries Management in Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: February 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report

A STAC Workshop structured to learn about alternative approaches to fisheries ,amage,emt tjat are being applied throughout the United States to determine what applicability if any, they might have to Chesapeake Bay fisheries management....

Fall Line Loadings of Metals from the Potomac River Basin into Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: January 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report

An assessment of the Fall-line (non-tidal) load of trace metals in the Potomac River.  The trace metals to determine its contribution of metals to the Chesapeake Bay.

Federal Workplan - Agreement Commitment Report

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Federal Workplan describes each participating agency's Bay initiatives, the current level of coordination, outlines a process for expanding that cooperation, and points to future directions for agency efforts in support of the...

Final Report of the Riparian Forest Buffer Panel

Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This report contains the principal findings and recommendations of a Chesapeake Executive Council-appointed panel on riparian forest buffers. Background material which describes in more detail the technical basis for the recommendations...

Fisheries Management Plan Reassessment Task Force

Publication date: July 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report

Review and assessment of implementation status and effectiveness of seven Chesapeake Bay Program Fishery Management Plans (FMPs).

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

Publication date: July 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A literature review was conducted to determine the effectiveness of forestry best management practices (BMPs) in reducing water quality impacts of forestry management operations within the Piedmont and Ridge-and-Valley of the Chesapeake...

Forests for the Bay

Publication date: October 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report

This study recommends the adoption of forest landscape policy goals and recommends a variety of specific improvements and additions to existing tax, acquisition, forest management, land use and urban forest programs that would improve the...

Guidance for Protecting Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay from Physical Distribution

Publication date: August 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is available electronically only. This is a report on Guidance for Protecting Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Chesapeake Bay from Physical Disruption

Havre de Grace Heritage Corridor Plan

Publication date: September 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Corridor Plan addresses a cooperative effort to improve the quality of life in the Havre de Grace regions.

Identification and Prioritizing Research Required to Evaluate Ecological Risks and Benefits of Introducing Diploid Crassostrea ariakensis to Restore Oysters to Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: December 01, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Heavy fishing pressure, habitat degradation and high disease mortality have driven native oyster (Crassostrea virginica) populations to historic low levels in Chesapeake Bay. In response, the states of Maryland and Virginia are...

Impediments to Low Impact Development and Environmental Sensitive Design

Publication date: October 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. The Chesapeake Bay Programs Chesapeake 2000 agreement commitment number 4.2.2 calls for the partners to identify and remove state and local impediments to low impact development designs to...

Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annual Progress Report 1994

Publication date: August 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

Implementation Plan for Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Annual Progress Report 1994

Innovation in Agricultural Conservation for the Chesapeake Bay: Evaluating Progress and Addressing Future Challenges

Publication date: February 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), in cooperation with the USDA and the Mid-Atlantic Water Quality Program, convened a forum on innovation in agricultural conservation in...

Introduction of Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species Implementation Plan

Publication date: August 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Strategies to decrease the risks of future introductions of nutrients through ballast water management.

Living Resources Monitoring Plan - Agreement Commitment Report

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

The major recommendation of this plan is to institute a Baywide core living resources monitoring program, built upon existing programs. Many of the detailed recommendations call for continuation, sometimes with modification or review, of...

Local Government Participation Action Plan

Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Includes formal Adoption Statement signed by its six partners, and an overview of an action plan in which local governments play a substantive role in protection and restoration efforts for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Maintaining Progress in Restoring the Chesapeake Bay - Holding the Line on Nutrient Pollution After 2000

Publication date: September 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A summary of the recommendations from the Cap Issue and Policy Groups providing guidance for program planningregarding the nutrient cap.

Market Based Strategies and Nutrient Trading: What You Need to Know

Publication date: November 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Addresses policy tools that can be used to better achieve the dual objectives of improved environmental quality and more flexible, cost-effective environmental policies

Mitigation Technical Guidance for Chesapeake Bay Wetlands

Publication date: October 01, 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.
 

Monitoring Re-Alignment Action Team Final Report to the CBP Management Board

Publication date: August 25, 2009 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This was the final report to the management board on behalf of the Monitoring Realignment Action Team describing the background, processes, and conclusions of the monitoring re-alignment process

Nitrogen Oxides: Impact on Public Health and the Environment

Publication date: January 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This report examines the cost effectiveness of control options which reduce nitrate deposition to the Chesapeake watershed and the tidal Bay. The object of the analysis is to determine the sources of atmospheric nitrate deposited to the...

Nonpoint Source Pollution Loading Factors and Related Parameters from the Literature

Publication date: August 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on non-point source pollution loading factors and related parameters from the literature.

Nutrient and Solids Controls in Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

Publication date: June 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report

A model package including a watershed model, an atmospheric loading model, a hydrodynamic model, and a eutrophication model are used to evaluate the benefit of nutrient and solids load controls on the Virginia tributaries to the...

Nutrient Trading for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This paper addresses the need for nutrient trading in the Chesapeake Bay, the process to develop baywide guidelines, and activities taken elsewhere in the Bay region.

Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Public Workshop Proceedings

Publication date: April 09, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Program completed a document delineating nutrient trading guidelines entitled Nutrient Trading Fundamental Principles and Guidelines - Draft and made this document available to the public for review on September 8,...

Nutrient-dissolved Oxygen Dynamics in Chesapeake Bay: The Roles of Phytoplankton & Micro-Heterotrophs Under Summer Conditions

Publication date: August 01, 1987 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report on nutrient dissolved oxygen dynamics in the Chesapeake Bay

Perspectives on Chesapeake Bay: Chesapeake Fisheries: Prospects for Multispecies Management and Sustainability

Publication date: May 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Addresses patterns in fisheries harvests and abundance, species interactions within Chesapeake Bay, multispecies management concepts and approaches, and potential for multispecies approaches in Chesapeake Bay.

Phytoplankton Kinetics in the Chesapeake Bay Estuary Model

Publication date: January 20, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Modern eutrophication modeling of the Chesapeake Bay commenced in 1987. Recently, refinements were made to the 1993 Chesapeake Bay Estuary Model Package (CBEMP) including increased grid resolution, inclusion of the continental shelf at...

Point Source Atlas

Publication date: August 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A computerized data base of Chesapeake Bay point source discharges has been developed to document information on point source pollutant input to the Bay.  Installed on the Chesapekae Bay Program computer and available to registered users,...

Pollution Prevention Workbook - A Waste Reduction Guide for Facilities in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: August 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This workbook outlines more than 30 Pollution Prevention strategies a facility can implement to help protect and improve the Bay.

Priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region 1996

Publication date: October 01, 1996 | Type of document: Report

Documents process used to develop priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region 1996

Proceedings of a Conference 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference - Toward a Sustainable Coastal Watershed: The Chesapeake Experiment

Publication date: June 03, 1994 | Type of document: Report

A collection of presentations from the largest forum to focus exclusively on Bay watershed research and its application to support environmental management decisions.

Progress Report of the Baywide Nutrient Reduction Reevaluation

Publication date: February 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Information on the financial cost effectiveness and nutrient removal effectiveness of point and nonpoint source technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Basin. Expresses costs on an equivalent annual basis, so that relative comparisons can be...

Prospective Chesapeake Bay Program Grantees

Publication date: January 29, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This guidance document will better facilitate efforts to ensure Chesapeake Bay Program funds continue to be directed towards achieving the CBP's restoration and protection goals.

Protecting Wetlands: Tools for Local Governments

Publication date: April 01, 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 .

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

Publication date: September 01, 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.
 

Recommendation for a) the Reauthorization of the National Invasive Species Act of 1996, and b) the National Ballast Management Program, to address Issues of Concern for the Chesapeake Bay Region

Publication date: May 12, 2001 | Type of document: Report

Recommendations on the reauthorization of the National Invasive Species Act specially dealing with Ballast Water Issues in Chesapeake Bay.

Recommendations for the 2003 Directive on Expanded Riparian Buffer Goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: November 30, 2003 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

As part of the Chesapeake 2000 agreement, Chesapeake Bay Program partners agreed to establish expanded goals for riparian forest buffer mileage in the Bay watershed by 2003. In response to that commitment, the Chesapeake Bay Program...

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Individual Stream Restoration Projects (short version)

Publication date: May 28, 2013 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This version of the report does not include Appendices A-E.

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for New State Stormwater Performance Standards (short version)

Publication date: November 13, 2012 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Recommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban Stormwater Retrofit Projects (short version)

Publication date: November 19, 2012 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Reducing Pollution from Nonpoint Sources: The Chesapeake Experience February 26-28, 1990

Publication date: November 01, 1990 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report

Removing Impediments to Migratory Fishes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: October 01, 1997 | Type of document: Report

Annual progress report: Description of all fish passage development, reintroduction efforts, and habitat assessment activities by signatory jurisdictions. Summary of federal agency activities in 1996, as well as actions planned for 1997.

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Report and Recommendations for the Nonpoint Source Evaluation Panel

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This is a report and recommendation for the nonpoint source evaluation panel

Response of the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Model to Loading Scenarios (Technical Summary)

Publication date: April 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In 1983, the Chesapeake Bay Program identified excess nutrients as the primary reason for water quality decline in the Chesapeake. To quantify the nutrients contributing to eutrophication and the nutr9ent reductions necessary to restore...

Restoring Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River Water Quality -- PowerPoint

Publication date: July 08, 2002 | Type of document: Report

This is a PowerPoint presentation and a Word Document on a presentation by Richard Batiuk, EPA, to the public on July 8, 2002, in the PA Department of Environmental Protection's South Central Regional Office, Harrisburg.

Review of Phase 5 Watershed Model Hydrologic Calibration

Publication date: September 01, 2008 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The hydrologic calibration of the phase 5 watershed model was evaluated through 9 published acceptable criteria used in HSPF Expert system.  The specific flow characteristics evaluated are: Error in total volume; Error in low flow or...

Riparian Forest Buffer Design and Maintenance

Publication date: June 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Riparian forest buffers are essential components of maintaining long-term stream and watershed health and resilience in the Chesapeake Bay region. Riparian forest buffers also provide valuable ecological functions for wildlife habitat...

Riparian Forest Buffer Panel Report: Technical Support Document

Publication date: February 28, 1997 | Type of document: Report

This report contains background material that describes in more detail the technical basis for the recommendations and elaborates on the implementation options in the Final Report of the Riparian Forest Buffer Panel.

Riparian Forest Buffers: Restoring and Managing a Vital Chesapeake Resource (Conference Proceedings, October 5-6, 1994, Ellicott City, Maryland)

Publication date: May 01, 1995 | Type of document: Report

On October 5-6, 1994, the Nutrient Subcommittee and Forestry Workgroup of the Chesapeake Bay Program hosted a conference on the subject of riparian forest buffers. Participants came together to discuss, debare and learn about the value...

Schedule for Developing Baywide Resource Management Strategies

Publication date: July 01, 1988 | Type of document: Report

Agreement Commitment Report: Objectives and commitments for restoring and protecting the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

Sediment in Chesapeake Bay and Management Issues: Tidal Erosion Processes

Publication date: May 01, 2005 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Sediment is the third biggest pollutant to the Bay and its tributaries. Tidal sediment comprises approximately 57% of the sediment load to the Bay. Excess sediment is a key contributor to degraded water clarity and damages critical...

Setting Goals to Prevent and Reduce Toxics to the Chesapeake Bay: A Working Session for Industrial, Federal and Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities

Publication date: July 21, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document summarizes the ideas and goals from this working session. These ideas and goals will be considered for the Toxics Strategy (2000) and the Chesapeake Bay Agreement(2000).

Socioeconomic Atlas for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: April 01, 2009 | Type of document: Report

A Socioeconomic Atlas for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed presents information about population, economy and commerce, social and cultural characteristics, recreation and tourism, administration and government, and land use for counties...

Spatial Management in the Chesapeake Bay: Applications, Issues, and Opportunities

Publication date: August 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Globally and nationally, persuasive arguments have been developed to promote increased implementation of spatial measures to conserve and protect marine ecosystems, to preserve or restore...

Standard Operating Procedures for Conducting Acute and Chronic Aquatic Toxicity Tests with Eurytemora affinis, a Calanoid copepod

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

Outlines standard operating procedures for conducting acute and chronic toxicity tests with Eurytemora.

Status & Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Wildlife Contamination

Publication date: October 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

Focuses on a critical review of available data and information for evidence of impacts on Chesapeake Bay basin birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians through exposure and uptake of toxic substances.

Stewardship and Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences

Publication date: March 08, 2001 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Program Education Workgroup seeks to define a common set of criteria to help the Bay watershed jurisdictions meet the intent of this Commitment of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement. From these criteria, each jurisdiction...

Summary 1991 Reevaluation of the Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Strategy

Publication date: December 01, 1989 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The first progress report under the 1988 Baywide Nutrient Reduction Strategy describes implementation progress and analytic refinements promised in the original strategy     

Suspension Feeders: A Workshop to Assess What We Know, Don't Know and Need to Know to Determine their Effects on Water Quality

Publication date: December 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Available in digital format and hardcopy. Phytoplankton standing stocks, production, and species composition are potentially influenced by both the supply of nutrients to the bottom of the food web and removal by suspension feeders...

System-Wide Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Model for the Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: January 01, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A predictive model of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) biomass is coupled to a eutrophication model of the Chesapeake Bay. Domain of the model includes the mainstem of the bay as well as tidal portions of the major embayments and...

Targeting Toxics: A Characterization Report A Tool for Directing Management and Monitoring Actions in the Chesapeake Bay's Tidal Rivers

Publication date: June 01, 1999 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Technical Support Document for Identification of Chesapeake Bay Designated Uses and Attainability - Addendum

Publication date: October 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

In October 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Technical Support Document for Identification of Chesapeake Bay Designated Uses and Attainability (Technical Support Document) in cooperation with and on behalf...

Technical Tools Used in the Development of Virginia's Tributary Strategies: A Synthesis of Airshed, Watershed, and Estuary Model Results

Publication date: September 30, 2000 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The overall modeling framework used to assess Virginia's tributary strategies in 1999 is documented. This synthesis report provides an overview of the Chesapeake Bay Program airshed, watershed, and estuary models and other diagnostic...

The 2000 User's Guide to Chesapeake Bay Program Biological and Living Resources Monitoring Data

Publication date: December 15, 1999 | Type of document: Report

This document describes how to access biological monitoring data from the Chesapeake Bay Program's Chesapeake Information Management System (CIMS).

The 2002 Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model

Publication date: July 01, 2004 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

Three models are at the heart of the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Model Package (CBEMP). Distributed flows and loads from the watershed are computed with a highly modified version of the HSPF model. Nutrient and solids loads are...

The advantages of Measures of Particulate Carbon, Nitrogen and Phosphorous by Direct Analysis.

Publication date: June 01, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

This document is intended to address the inconsistency between parts of the CBP in the sampling and analytical methodology for the determination of particulate concentrations, and offer alternative sampling and analytical procedures to...

The Chesapeake Bay Dissolved Oxygen Goal for Restoration of Living Resource Habitats

Publication date: December 01, 1992 | Type of document: Report

To show support of these goals, the Chesapeake Executive Council (CEC) made commitments to develop and adopt guidelines for the protection of water quality and habitat conditions necessary to support the living resources found in the...

The Chesapeake Bay...A Progress Report 1990-1991

Publication date: August 01, 1991 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

The Chesapeake Bay Program has been in existence since the mid 1970s. This progress report is intended to give you a quick overview of the program's many accomplishments, as well as a look at the challenges we face in the near future.
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The Countryside Exchange in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Publication date: January 01, 1998 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Peoples of the Bay/Social and Cultural Environment, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

The Effect of Salinity on the Acute Toxicity of Total Dissolved & Free Cadmium to the Copepod Eurytemora affinis & the Larval Fish Cyprinodon variegatus

Publication date: October 01, 1984 | Type of document: Report

The objective of this study was to determine the influence of a range of salinities (5, 15 and 25 ppt) on the acute toxicity of total dissolved and free cadmium to sheepshead minnow,  Cyprinodon variegatus larvae and the copepod,...

The Fourth Biennial Progress Report of Agreement of Federal AGencies on Ecosystem Management Federal Agencies Chesapeake Ecosystem Unified Plan

Publication date: December 01, 2001 | Type of document: Report

This is the fourth biennial progress report of the progress made by Federal agencies on the commitments made in the Agreement of Federal Agencies on Ecosystem Management in the Chesapeake Bay, signed on July 14, 1994 and the second...

The Great Waters Program: An Introduction to the Issues and Ecosystems

Publication date: April 01, 1994 | Type of document: Report

An introduction to the issues and ecosystems of the Great Waters Program.

The Optimization of Benefits from Wetlands Restoration

Publication date: February 01, 2002 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

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...

The Potential for Nutrient Loadings from Septic System To Ground & Surface Water Resources & Chesapeake Bay

Publication date: April 15, 1997 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version

A report on nutrient loadings from septic systems to ground and surface water resources & the Chesapeake Bay.

The Role and Function of Forest Buffers For Nonpoint Source Management in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Publication date: January 31, 1993 | Type of document: Report | Download: Electronic Version