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On Thursday, September 5, 2019, the Chesapeake Executive Council will hold a public meeting and press event during which they will set goals and provide guidance for the Chesapeake Bay Program. The council, established by the Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983, meets on an annual basis.

During the meeting, the council will acknowledge the recent completion of their Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans and recommit to meeting the goals set forth under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay, as well as their local waterways. Each member of the Executive Council will have the opportunity to give remarks and hear updates from citizen, local government and scientific and technical representatives.

For more detailed information as it becomes available, visit the 2019 Executive Council meeting webpage.

WHO:

• The Honorable Larry J. Hogan, Jr., Governor, State of Maryland (Executive Council Chair)
• The Honorable Ralph S. Northam, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
• The Honorable Tawanna Gaines, Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission
• The Honorable Andrew Wheeler, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• The Honorable Austin Caperton, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection, State of West Virginia
• The Honorable Shawn M. Garvin, Secretary, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, State of Delaware
• The Honorable Patrick McDonnell, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• The Honorable Jim Tierney, Deputy Commissioner for Water Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York
• The Honorable Rashad Young, City Administrator, District of Columbia
• The Honorable Richard Fordyce, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture

WHERE:

• Meeting & Press Event: Oxon Hill Manor
• Address: 6901 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745

WHEN:

• Thursday, September 5, 2019
• Public Poster and Video Session: 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET
• Public Meeting and Press Conference: 12:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET

DETAILS:

• All are welcome to attend the public meeting.

PLEASE RSVP BY 8/30/19: Rachel Felver, rfelver@chesapeakebay.net or (410) 267-5740

The Chesapeake Bay Program will release its annual, science-based snapshot of the nation’s largest estuary, the Bay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2017 – 2018) on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. ET.  Subject matter experts will be on hand to answer questions regarding the most recent scientific data on the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including its rivers, fisheries and habitats.  

Press release will be available by 10:00 a.m. ET on April 2.
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/presscenter

WHO:

• Dana Aunkst, Director, Chesapeake Bay Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Jennifer Dopkowski, Acting Coordinator, Climate Resiliency Workgroup, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
• Brooke Landry, Chair, SAV Workgroup, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
• Peter Tango, Coordinator, Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting Workgroup, U.S. Geological Survey

WHEN:                

• Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. ET

WHERE:              

• Call (202) 991-0477; Code: 903-7008

MEDIA RSVP:    

Rachel Felver, Director of Communications, Chesapeake Bay Program

 Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

(410) 267-5740, rfelver@chesapeakebay.net