Management Decisions
At each Quarterly Progress Meeting, Goal Implementation Teams (GITs) ask the Management Board to take an action or provide assistance in making progress toward their Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. Use the tool below to view these requests, the Management Board's decisions and other decisions related to document deadline extensions.
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Decisions from the November 15, 2018 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Local Action
Local Leadership Resolved
Request:
Support in recognizing the role that local governments play in meeting the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Decision:
The Management Board asked the Local Leadership Workgroup to draft a strategy including how to integrate requests from all relevant outcomes regarding engaging local leadership (in particular, the Land Use Options Evaluation, Land Use methods and Metrics Development, and Tree Canopy outcomes). The draft CBP Local Engagement Strategy was presented to the Management Board at its May 2019 meeting. The Management Board supports the approach outlined in the draft strategy and will stay informed of progress on the pilot initiative.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Responsible Parties:
Local Leadership Workgroup
Due Date:
February 14, 2019
Land Use Options Evaluation In Progress
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Maintain Healthy Watersheds GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of the Land Use Options Evaluation Management Strategy and Work Plan. A new deadline has not been set.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Due Date:
N/A
Land Use Methods and Metrics Development In Progress
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Maintain Healthy Watersheds GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of the Land Use Methods and Metrics Development Management Strategy and Work Plan. A new deadline has not been set.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Due Date:
N/A
Tree Canopy Resolved
Request:
To insure local and partner engagement in tree canopy strategies and tracking progress.
Decision:
The Management Board asked the Forestry Workgroup to notify them once a date is selected for the Tree Canopy Summit 2.0 so they can coordinate and prevent scheduling conflicts.The workgroup will return to the MB as needed with updates and requests as they plan the Tree Canopy Summit 2.0 for either Fall 2019 or Spring 2020.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Forestry Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Land Use Methods and Metrics Development In Progress
Request:
To adjust the outcome language to extend the completion date to December 2021.
Decision:
GIT 6 will develop a way to document changes made to outcome deadlines through ChesapeakeDecisions, as well as a way that is more easily accessible to the public. The extension of the Land Use Methods and Metrics outcome deadline to 2021 will be used as an example for documenting changes in outcome deadlines.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Land Use Workgroup, Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Land Use Methods and Metrics Development Resolved
Request:
To delegate maintenance of jurisdiction-specific datasets to the jurisdictions.
Decision:
The Management Board recommended that the Land Use Workgroup meet with the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team and Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 GIS team to discuss its needs and available resources. The workgroup will draft a document for the Management Board detailing clear requirements and specifications about the needed datasets, lessons learned, common errors, frequent challenges that delay finalization, impacts on Chesapeake Bay Program staff and priorities, and recommended next steps. The Land Use Workgroup met with the EPA Region 3 MS4 team and plans to request assistance from the Region 3 MS4 Lead.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Land Use Workgroup
Due Date:
February 14, 2019
Tree Canopy Resolved
Request:
Promote tree canopy more vigorously through Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) efforts and state/local stormwater programs. Assure agency teamwork in integrating tree canopy goals in WIP planning and stormwater program delivery.
Decision:
The Management Board asked the Forestry Workgroup to assess if the Chesapeake Stormwater Network could be provided with funding to help with needed additional capacity. The workgroup will return to the Management Board as needed with updates and requests as they plan the Tree Canopy Summit 2.0 for either Fall 2019 or Spring 2020.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Forestry Workgroup
Due Date:
February 14, 2019
Decisions from the August 09, 2018 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Climate Change and Resiliency
Climate Monitoring and Assessment Resolved
Request:
Prioritization of the monitoring needs that could be met by and therefore inform the work of citizen science programs.
Decision:
The Management Board committed to reviewing and prioritizing all of the science and data needs expressed by Goal Implementation Teams (GITs) and workgroups during the first cycle of the Biennial Strategy Review System (SRS) after this cycle ends in November. STAR presented the strategic science and research framework at the 2019 Review Meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Climate Adaptation Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted STAR's request for an extension on the deadline of the Climate Resiliency Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
Climate Monitoring and Assessment Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted STAR's request for an extension on the deadline of the Climate Resiliency Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
Black Duck Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Habitat GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of the Black Duck Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
Wetlands In Progress
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Habitat GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of the Wetlands Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Due Date:
November 08, 2019
Climate Adaptation In Progress
Request:
Incentives for Goal Implementation Teams (GITs) to consult the partnership’s Climate Smart Framework and Decision-support Tool before updating their management strategies and work plans.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to incorporate the use of this tool into its instructions for updating these guiding documents. Climate Resiliency Workgroup staff will attend the SRS cohort check-in meetings and SRS STAR presentations to help incorporate the use of this tool into the SRS process.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Climate Monitoring and Assessment In Progress
Request:
Help meeting a Principals’ Staff Committee request to provide Chesapeake Bay Program partners with more information about the impact climate change could have on best management practice siting and design.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Climate Resiliency Workgroup to work with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to develop a detailed statement of needs, a list of short-term and long-term suggestions for how the Management Board might meet this request, and a list of critical contacts (e.g., National Science Foundation). The workgroup updated the Management Board on the status of this work at its February 2019 meeting. The Management Board recommended the workgroup work with the Water Quality GIT and STAC to begin compiling short-term guidance and long-terms plans to address climate impact on BMPs.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Climate Resiliency Workgroup, Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR), Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Due Date:
N/A
Wetlands In Progress
Request:
Incentives for planners and practitioners to use existing decision-support tools to ensure wetland restoration occurs on high-priority rather than merely available land.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Wetland Workgroup to work with the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to determine how wetland-specific decision-support tool(s) can fit into and be promoted alongside the partnership’s existing decision-support tool suite.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Wetland Workgroup, Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Black Duck In Progress
Request:
The Black Duck Action Team asked the Management Board to agree to its decision to develop a new indicator of progress toward the Black Duck outcome.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to this decision, as long as this habitat-based indicator describes both wetland acreage and the black duck population this acreage could support. The development of this indicator is expected to require staff support, partner coordination and the promotion of a related decision-support tool to decision-makers and funders. The Management Board directed the Black Duck Action Team to work with the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to determine how black duck-specific decision-support tools can fit into and be promoted alongside the partnership’s existing decision-support tool suite.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Black Duck Action Team, Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Climate Adaptation Resolved
Request:
The incorporation of climate considerations into the narrative portions of Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs).
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Climate Resiliency Workgroup to send its draft guidelines for fulfilling this request to the Management Board and the Water Quality GIT for review, feedback and approval. The Management Board approved the sample climate narrative guidance at its October 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Responsible Parties:
Climate Resiliency Workgroup
Due Date:
September 10, 2018
Wetlands Resolved
Request:
New leaders of and more active participation on the Wetland Workgroup.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Wetland Workgroup to provide it with a list of current workgroup members and a summary of its proposed workgroup changes. The Management Board reported on its efforts to recruit workgroup members and confirm the appropriate staff from their own agencies are serving on the workgroup at its September 2018 meeting. The Wetlands Workgroup now has a chair and held a revitalization meeting in February 2018.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Wetland Workgroup, Management Board
Due Date:
September 13, 2018
Decisions from the May 15, 2018 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Clean Water
2025 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Water Quality GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of 2025 Watershed Implementation Plan Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
2017 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Water Quality GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of the 2017 Watershed Implementation Plan Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Resolved
Request:
Extension of the deadline for submitting final management materials.
Decision:
The GIT 6 chair and vice chair accepted the Water Quality GIT's request for an extension on the deadline of Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Management Strategy and Work Plan.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Due Date:
April 26, 2019
Forest Buffers Resolved
Request:
Improved forest buffer implementation.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to discuss how Lean Government could be used to identify broken or missing links in the forest buffer implementation process at its June 2018 meeting. At its June 2018 meeting, the Management Board agreed to form a Forest Buffers Action Team to identify high-priority actions that may be taken by the Management Board and/or Principals’ Staff Committee to accelerate progress toward the Forest Buffers Outcome.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board, Principals’ Staff Committee
Due Date:
June 14, 2018
Toxic Contaminants Research Resolved
Request:
Greater emphasis on reducing toxic contaminants in the stormwater, wastewater and agriculture sectors.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Water Quality GIT to use the expertise of its sector-specific workgroups to encourage partners to implement best management practices that will reduce toxic contaminants and nutrient and sediment pollution within these sectors.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Due Date:
N/A
2025 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) Resolved
Request:
Approval of the decision to focus next two-year work plan on developing Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) and achieving the partnership-driven commitments that emerged from the Midpoint Assessment.
Decision:
The Management Board approved this request.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Due Date:
N/A
2017 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) Resolved
Request:
To retire the 2017 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) outcome.
Decision:
The Management Board did not agree to consider this outcome retired, but did agree to allow the GIT to refrain from developing a corresponding two-year work plan and instead focus on making progress toward the 2025 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) outcome.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Due Date:
N/A
Forest Buffers Resolved
Request:
Alignment of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s schedule for verifying best management practices and the accepted schedule for re-enrolling landowners in forest buffer programs.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Watershed Technical Workgroup to recommend a response to this request at its June 2018 meeting. At its June 2018 meeting, the Management Board agreed to form a Forest Buffers Action Team to identify high-priority actions that may be taken by the Management Board and/or Principals’ Staff Committee to accelerate progress toward the Forest Buffers Outcome.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Watershed Technical Workgroup, Management Board, Principals’ Staff Committee
Due Date:
June 14, 2018
Forest Buffers Resolved
Request:
The elevation of forest buffer needs.
Decision:
At its June 2018 meeting, the Management Board agreed to form a Forest Buffers Action Team to identify high-priority actions that may be taken by the Management Board and/or Principals’ Staff Committee to accelerate progress toward the Forest Buffers Outcome.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Forestry Workgroup, Principals’ Staff Committee
Due Date:
June 14, 2018
Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Resolved
Request:
The signing of a Citizen Science and Nontraditional Partner Memorandum of Understanding.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting Team (STAR) to share this MOU for discussion at its June 2018 meeting and approval at its July 2018 meeting. The Management Board approved the MOU at its August 2018 meeting, and the Principals’ Staff Committee approved the MOU at its October 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
June 14, 2018
Toxic Contaminants Research Resolved
Request:
An understanding of Management Board interest in determining whether existing regulations are sufficiently reducing mercury pollution.
Decision:
The Toxic Contaminants Workgroup recommended the Chesapeake Bay Program conduct a trends analysis to document changes in mercury pollution over time, synthesize available data and deliver a report on possible management implications. The Management Board did not agree with this recommendation, but did agree the workgroup should assess the relevant monitoring data Chesapeake Bay Program partners have already collected and determine how gaps in this data could inform future monitoring efforts.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Toxic Contaminants Workgroup
Due Date:
July 12, 2018
Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Resolved
Request:
Further analyses to increase our understanding of observed and expected trends in water quality standards attainment.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Water Quality GIT and the Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting Team (STAR) to explain how these analyses may align and/or balance with other Chesapeake Bay Program priorities at its July 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3), Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
July 12, 2018
Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention Resolved
Request:
To share the Chesapeake Bay Program’s fish consumption advisory poster.
Decision:
At its June 2018 meeting, the Management Board recommended this poster be placed at public health centers; Women, Infants and Children (WIC) clinics; and fishing license purchase points. The Management Board also suggested this poster be incorporated into print and/or digital materials partners use in issuing fish consumption advisories and agreed to provide the Toxic Contaminants Workgroup with points of contact to further discuss poster placement and promotion.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
July 14, 2018
Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention Resolved
Request:
Approval of the decision to investigate the value and feasibility of establishing a PCB Consortium.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the workgroup to provide more details about this idea and explain how its investigation would be conducted at its July 2018 meeting. The Toxic Contaminants Workgroup developed a briefing paper to describe the need for a PCB Consortium and the potential benefits, structure and sustainability of such a group. The Management Board raised concerns over the resources this consortium could require, and agreed to review the briefing paper and indicate whether it would approve the formation of an exploration team to identify potential consortium members, outcomes, costs and funding options. The Management Board approved the Toxic Contaminants Workgroup to move forward with the exploratory phase of their PCB consortium approach.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
July 26, 2018
Toxic Contaminants Research Resolved
Request:
Accelerated partnership efforts to achieve cross-outcome benefits by reducing both toxic contaminants and nutrient and sediment pollution.
Decision:
The Management Board advised each of the outcome leads in the Clean Water cohort to include actions that will accelerate progress toward the Water Quality, Toxic Contaminants and Forest Buffer outcomes in their next two-year work plans.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3), Toxic Contaminants Workgroup
Due Date:
September 13, 2018
2025 Watershed Implementation Plans (WIP) Resolved
Request:
Additional financial resources to support the achievement of the 2025 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) outcome.
Decision:
At the June 2018 meeting of the Management Board, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia indicated their likelihood of incorporating implementation costs into their Phase III WIPs. (New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia expressed concern about doing so.) The Management Board indicated it would not be necessary for the Chesapeake Bay Program to add implementation cost data to the Chesapeake Assessment Scenario Tool (CAST) because it would not be critical to Phase III WIP development.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (GIT 3)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
May 14, 2019
Decisions from the February 08, 2018 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Next-Generation Stewards
Sustainable Schools Resolved
Request:
To nominate jurisdictional representatives to serve on the Education Workgroup’s Sustainable Schools team.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Education Workgroup to provide a list of the kinds of individuals who should serve on this team (e.g., school nurses or facilities managers) at its March 2018 meeting. Upon reviewing this list, the Management Board agreed to suggest contacts for this team.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Sustainable Schools Resolved
Request:
To nominate a representative from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as coordinator of the Education Workgroup’s Sustainable Schools team.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration send a formal request for a team lead to EPA Region 3. Clean, Green and Healthy Schools Coordinator. Lorna Rosenberg assumed the role of Sustainable Schools team coordinator.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Education Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Environmental Literacy Planning Resolved
Request:
Approval of an environmental literacy directive to be signed by the Chesapeake Executive Council.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Education Workgroup to revise the directive for discussion at its March 2018 meeting. Upon reviewing the revised directive, the Management Board recommended it be sent to the Principals’ Staff Committee (PSC) for consideration and approval before being sent to the Chesapeake Executive Council. The PSC decided it would not advance the directive, but would encourage Executive Council members to highlight their agencies’ environmental education initiatives during the talking points delivered at their August 2018 meeting. The PSC also agreed to support a biennial, Chesapeake Bay Program-led environmental education conference.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Education Workgroup
Due Date:
March 08, 2018
Environmental Literacy Planning Resolved
Request:
An inventory of state and federal funding sources that could help schools, school districts and education providers advance the implementation of Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs).
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Education Workgroup to develop a submission template to ensure a consistent format for each item in this inventory. The workgroup created a form for the Management Board to complete prior to its March 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
March 08, 2018
Student Resolved
Request:
To appropriately and sufficiently staff state agencies to advance the implementation of Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEEs).
Decision:
The Education Workgroup identified critical staff positions in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Those Management Board members representing these jurisdictions reported on the status of these positions at their March 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
March 08, 2018
Sustainable Schools Resolved
Request:
Approval of a letter to the U.S. Department of Education to commend its support and administration of the Green Ribbon Schools program and to express a commitment to promoting this program throughout the region.
Decision:
The Management Board determined this letter should be sent on behalf of the Principals’ Staff Committee (PSC) and directed the workgroup to present a draft at its March 2018 meeting. The Management Board reviewed the draft and suggested changes. The PSC reviewed and approved a revised letter at its July 2018 meeting.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Education Workgroup
Due Date:
March 08, 2018
Decisions from the November 16, 2017 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Stewardship
Diversity In Progress
Request:
To remove the term “minority” from the Diversity outcome.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to recommend this decision to the Principals’ Staff Committee in 2018.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board, Principals’ Staff Committee
Due Date:
N/A
Diversity Resolved
Request:
A position or committee dedicated to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion within each of the federal agencies and jurisdictions that have committed to the Diversity outcome.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the workgroup to develop a list of those participating partners that have already created such a position or committee. The Diversity Workgroup developed this list and worked with various Management Board members to create a spreadsheet of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) position points of contact.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Citizen Stewardship Resolved
Request:
To support future efforts to collect citizen stewardship data.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Citizen Stewardship Team to provide more information about the costs associated with data collection at its December 2017 meeting. The Citizen Stewardship Team reported that data collection costs around $200,000 and should take place every three to five years. This decision will be ongoing based on funding availability.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Citizen Stewardship Resolved
Request:
To share and promote the availability of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s citizen stewardship data.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to discuss how its partners could use this data and directed the Citizen Stewardship Team to develop a list of stakeholders that should be made aware of this information.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Citizen Stewardship Team, Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Citizen Stewardship Resolved
Request:
To advance social science approaches to environmental restoration and to use the Chesapeake Bay Program’s citizen stewardship data to design public engagement, education and behavior change campaigns.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Citizen Stewardship Team to develop a plan to integrate this data into the Chesapeake Bay Program’s work. The Citizen Stewardship Team included the following action in its 2018-2019 two-year work plan: Identify opportunities to increase stakeholder understanding of the Citizen Stewardship Indicator and use of supporting data. It will engage the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) as needed.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Citizen Stewardship Team
Due Date:
N/A
Public Access Site Development Resolved
Request:
To consider adopting a new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcome to increase the number and diversity of users and stewards of access sites.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Public Access Planning Team to explore whether a new management approach or action(s)—rather than a new outcome—would be enough to achieve this objective. The team decided it would not recommend the adoption of a new outcome at this time.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Public Access Planning Team
Due Date:
N/A
Public Access Site Development Resolved
Request:
Approval of the decision to work toward increasing both the quantity and quality of public access sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Decision:
The Management Board approved this decision, and the Public Access Planning Team has committed to adopting management approaches and actions that will enhance public access for a diverse population and increase the capacity of and amenities at access sites.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Public Access Planning Team
Due Date:
N/A
Public Access Site Development Resolved
Request:
Funding for the planning, development and maintenance of public access sites.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Public Access Planning Team to turn to the Budget and Finance Workgroup or to other financing strategies for support. The Public Access Planning Team included the following action in its 2018-2019 two-year work plan: Identify and work with potential funders in the private or corporate sectors who could contribute to the development of public access sites.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Public Access Planning Team
Due Date:
N/A
Diversity Resolved
Request:
To expand the Diversity Workgroup's outreach efforts.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Diversity Workgroup to provide more details about the assistance needed at its December 2017 meeting. Several Management Board members volunteered to provide the workgroup with more information about their own outreach events, and the Diversity Workgroup agreed to follow up with these members as needed.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Diversity Workgroup
Due Date:
December 07, 2017
Diversity Resolved
Request:
To report on the status of a previously issued request to states to revise their grant guidance to address diversity and environmental justice.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Diversity Workgroup to clarify the kind of changes that would constitute a revision and agreed to use this information to determine whether state grant guidance is effectively addressing diversity and environmental justice. States submitted written status updates by March 31, 2018.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
March 31, 2018
Diversity Resolved
Request:
To establish a 2025 target for the Chesapeake Bay Program’s diversity indicator.
Decision:
At the June 2018 meeting of the Management Board, the Diversity Workgroup recommended the following targets be established: (1) Increase the percentage of people of color in the Chesapeake Bay Program to 25 percent by 2025, and (2) Increase the percentage of people of color in Chesapeake Bay Program leadership positions to 15 percent by 2025. Both the Management Board and the Principles’ Staff Committee have approved this recommendation.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Diversity Workgroup
Due Date:
June 14, 2018
Decisions from the August 10, 2017 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Aquatic Life
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Resolved
Request:
To promote the benefits of underwater grasses.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Workgroup to turn to the Communications Workgroup for this request, and the Communications Workgroup agreed to develop a strategy to change the public perception of underwater grasses in the region.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Communications Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) In Progress
Request:
A strategy to support a sustainable SAV monitoring program.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Budget and Finance Workgroup to develop a strategy to finance progress toward the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) outcome. This strategy will serve as a “proof of concept” for financing progress toward the Blue Crab Abundance, Forage Fish and Oyster outcomes.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Budget and Finance Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Oysters Resolved
Request:
To emphasize the regional, national and international significance of the partnership’s efforts to restore native oyster reefs.
Decision:
The Communications Workgroup agreed to develop talking points to encourage Management Board members to promote this work to their Principals’ Staff Committee representative(s).
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Communications Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Oysters Resolved
Request:
To brief the Chesapeake Executive Council on the partnership’s efforts to restore native oyster reefs.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to consider this topic as a potential item for discussion at the next Executive Council meeting and asked the Sustainable Fisheries GIT and Communications Workgroup to develop a strategy to support the distribution of a forthcoming report on alternative reef substrate.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board, Communications Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Oysters In Progress
Request:
A strategy to finance oyster reef restoration.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Sustainable Fisheries GIT to suspend this request until the Budget and Finance Workgroup has developed a strategy to finance progress toward the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) outcome. This strategy will also serve as a “proof of concept” for financing progress toward the Blue Crab Abundance and Forage Fish outcomes.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Budget and Finance Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Forage Fish In Progress
Request:
A strategy to finance shallow-water forage monitoring.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Forage Action Team to suspend this request until the Budget and Finance Workgroup has developed a strategy to finance progress toward the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) outcome. This strategy will also serve as a “proof of concept” for financing progress toward the Blue Crab Abundance and Oyster outcomes.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Budget and Finance Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Forage Fish Resolved
Request:
A threshold analysis for the Chesapeake Bay’s tidal shoreline.
Decision:
This project will be supported by the GIT Funding program and is expected to be completed by January of 2019.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Forage Action Team
Due Date:
N/A
Blue Crab Management Resolved
Request:
To consider the Blue Crab Management outcome complete.
Decision:
The Management Board asked the Sustainable Fisheries GIT to share the results of its work to achieve this outcome and turned to the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to recommend a process for recognizing an outcome as achieved. In September of 2017, the Management Board agreed it has the authority to accept outcomes as complete. In November of 2017—upon reviewing Blue Crab Management Outcome: Evaluation of Allocation-based Management Framework—the Management Board accepted the Blue Crab Management Outcome as complete.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board, Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Blue Crab Abundance In Progress
Request:
A strategy to finance the next blue crab stock assessment.
Decision:
The Management Board advised the Sustainable Fisheries GIT to suspend this request until the Budget and Finance Workgroup has developed a strategy to finance progress toward the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) outcome. This strategy will also serve as a “proof of concept” for financing progress toward the Oyster and Forage Fish outcomes.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Budget and Finance Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Decisions from the May 11, 2017 Quarterly Progress Meeting
Healthy Watersheds
Protected Lands Resolved
Request:
Incentives for best management practice (BMP) implementation on permanently protected land.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to form an action team to encourage Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to include conservation-friendly best management practices (BMPs) in their Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs), and published a series of fact sheets that illustrate how select BMPs could benefit 12 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes, including Protected Lands, Fish Habitat, Brook Trout, Forest Buffers, Stream Health, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, Tree Canopy, Wetlands, Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention, Healthy Watersheds, Public Access and Climate Adaptation.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Healthy Watersheds Resolved
Request:
More active participation on the Maintain Healthy Watersheds GIT.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to evaluate action team, workgroup and GIT participation across the Chesapeake Bay Program. The Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT distributed a survey to GIT coordinators and staffers to better understand how low action team, workgroup and GIT participation is impacting progress toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The GIT discussed the results of this survey during its March 2018 meeting, in the context of a broader “organizational analysis.”
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Healthy Watersheds Resolved
Request:
To ensure local stakeholders are aware of the status of state-identified healthy waters and watersheds and the tools that are available to protect these waters and watersheds.
Decision:
The Management Board flagged this request for fulfillment by the Communications Workgroup.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Communications Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Healthy Watersheds Resolved
Request:
To support the monitoring and assessment of state-identified healthy waters and watersheds.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting Team (STAR) to determine how the monitoring of healthy waters and watersheds might be improved.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
N/A
Healthy Watersheds Resolved
Request:
To include healthy watersheds-friendly best management practices (BMPs) in Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs).
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to form an action team to fulfill this request, and published a series of fact sheets that illustrate how select BMPs could benefit 12 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes, including Healthy Watersheds, Fish Habitat, Brook Trout, Forest Buffers, Stream Health, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), Tree Canopy, Wetlands, Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention, Protected Lands, Public Access and Climate Adaptation.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team (GIT 4)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Stream Health Resolved
Request:
To nominate two co-chairs of and press for more participation on the Stream Health Workgroup.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to evaluate action team, workgroup and GIT participation across the Chesapeake Bay Program. The Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT distributed a survey to GIT coordinators and staffers to better understand how low action team, workgroup and GIT participation is impacting progress toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The GIT discussed the results of this survey during its March 2018 meeting, in the context of a broader “organizational analysis.” Neely Law and Matt Myers assumed the roles of Stream Health Workgroup co-chairs.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Stream Health Resolved
Request:
To secure $18,000 to establish a baseline for and document progress toward the Stream Health outcome.
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to earmark this sum as part of its GIT Funding program.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A
Fish Passage Resolved
Request:
To establish local dam removal incentive programs.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Fish Passage Workgroup to work with the Chesapeake Bay Commission to review existing incentive programs and recommend state legislation that would address this issue. This request was specific to the State of Maryland, which has been actively working on ways to improve communication between the Maryland Dam Safety and Department of Natural Resources.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Fish Passage Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Brook Trout Resolved
Request:
More active participation on the Brook Trout Action Team.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT to evaluate action team, workgroup and GIT participation across the Chesapeake Bay Program. The Enhancing Partnering, Leadership and Management GIT distributed a survey to GIT coordinators and staffers to better understand how low action team, workgroup and GIT participation is impacting progress toward the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The GIT discussed the results of this survey during its March 2018 meeting, in the context of a broader “organizational analysis.”
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Enhance Partnering, Leadership and Management Goal Implementation Team (GIT 6)
Due Date:
N/A
Brook Trout Resolved
Request:
To communicate the importance of brook trout conservation to local decision-makers.
Decision:
The Management Board flagged this request for fulfillment by the Communications Workgroup.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Communications Workgroup
Due Date:
N/A
Brook Trout Resolved
Request:
To expand efforts to monitor brook trout.
Decision:
The Management Board directed the Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting Team (STAR) to determine how brook trout monitoring might be improved. The Brook Trout Action Team is working with STAR to explore whether eDNA can be used a cost-saving measure.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Habitat Goal Implementation Team (GIT 2)
Responsible Parties:
Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR)
Due Date:
N/A
Fish Habitat Resolved
Request:
To include fish habitat-friendly best management practices (BMPs) in Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs).
Decision:
The Management Board agreed to form an action team to fulfill this request, and published a series of fact sheets that illustrate how select BMPs could benefit 12 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes, including Fish Habitat, Brook Trout, Forest Buffers, Stream Health, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV), Tree Canopy, Wetlands, Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention, Healthy Watersheds, Protected Lands, Public Access and Climate Adaptation.
Requesting GIT (or STAR):
Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team (GIT 1)
Responsible Parties:
Management Board
Due Date:
N/A