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Environmental Literacy Planning

In the coming decades, the public will be called upon to understand complex environmental issues and be aware of the environmental effects that individual decisions can have on local and global scales. Creating a scientifically informed citizenry will require a concerted approach to environmental education, which will require our support of efforts to advance environmental literacy.

  • Read the Management Strategy (pdf)
  • Download the 2018-2019 Environmental Literacy Planning Work Plan (pdf)

Outcome(s)

Environmental Literacy Planning Each participating Bay jurisdiction should develop a comprehensive and systemic approach to environmental literacy for all students in the region that includes policies, practices and voluntary metrics that support the environmental literacy Goals and Outcomes of this Agreement.

Lead Goal Implementation Team(s)

Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)

Lead Workgroup

Education Workgroup

Participating Partners

State of Delaware
District of Columbia
State of Maryland
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Virginia
Chesapeake Bay Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Park Service (NPS)

Related Documents

  • Summary Poster
  • 2018-2019 Environmental Literacy Planning
  • Environmental Literacy Planning Management Strategy

Contact(s)

Shannon Sprague, Manager, Environmental Literacy [National Marine Fisheries Service]
(410) 267-5664
410 Severn Avenue
Suite 107-A
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
shannon.sprague@NOAA.GOV

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