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

Authors

• Chesapeake Bay Program

Description

The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most carefully monitored bodies of water in the world. Because concern for the Baydates back to the 1970's and implementation of restoration efforts has been going on for over a decade, there is a considerable body of sciemtific informatio and data on enviromental conditions in the Bay. Subsequent monitoring data have been used to validate this early model and to construct other simulation models used to assess the effectiveness of different pollution cintrol strategies.