Multiple Benefits of Nutrient and Sediment BMPs

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These resources are designed to help jurisdictions and planners consider the benefits of Best Management Practices (BMPs) that extend beyond nutrient and sediment load reductions.

Description

Jurisdictions and planners are encouraged to consider the benefits of Best Management Practices (BMPs) that extend beyond nutrient and sediment load reductions in the development and implementation of their Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs). The Chesapeake Bay Program has developed resources to support this effort, which are available for download through the Chesapeake Assessment Scenario Tool (CAST).

These resources include a co-benefits scoring report, which provides a scoring matrix for additional benefits from BMP implementation. The report and scoring matrix were used in the development of 12 Principles for Phase III WIPs fact sheets, which describe the co-benefits that are possible when BMPs are selected in a thoughtful manner with site-specific conditions in mind. Each fact sheet includes contact information for each watershed jurisdiction to obtain more information.

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