Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) March 2026 Meeting

This meeting is open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, it may be recorded for internal use.

Date and Time

Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

Purpose

This is the calendar webpage for the March 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab/Oyster Conference Room.

Brook Trout Chairs, Daniel Goetz (Maryland Department of Natural Resources, MDDNR) and Katie Ombalski (Woods and Water Consulting), will provide an overview of the revised 2025 Brook Trout Outcome and lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Outcome. Neil Ganju (U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and marine Science Center) will give a presentation on Salt Marsh Geomorphic Metrics and how they are used to make landscape-scale decisions on marsh restoration and management in Chesapeake Bay. Bill Street (James River Association, JRA) will give an overview of the 2025 State of the James Report Card which examines the status and trends of 18 indicators on River Health and River Restoration. The James River Association celebrates their 50th anniversary in 2026, you can learn more about their work here. Lastly, Cirse Gonzalez (Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VIMS CBNERR) will give a presentation on the State of the York Watershed System which includes the York River, Mobjack Bay and Piankatank River Basins. 

Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@usgs.gov) with any questions.

Location

Video Conference

Related Files

Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.

Agenda

Presentations

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