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Category: Restoration & Protection
Bay restoration maps from our Bay Program map gallery. Prior to using any of these maps, please view our terms of use to learn about usage rights.
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Date created: Mar 09, 2009
Riparian Forest Buffer Restoration (2008)
This map shows the locations of riparian forest buffer restoration projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Project locations were provided by Forestry Workgroup representatives from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Date created: Mar 04, 2009
Shad Abundance (2008)
American shad were once the most abundant and economically important species in the Chesapeake Bay. Shad are anadromous fish and spend most of their lives in the ocean, returning to freshwater rivers to spawn after they reach maturity. Data for the York and Potomac Rivers were provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science via an ongoing Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) study involving American Shad gill-netting. Data for the Susquehanna and James Rivers represent published fishway passage values for Conowingo and Boshers Dams, respectively.
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Date created: Jul 14, 2008
Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants
The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The program provides grants to local governments and community organizations working to improve the condition of their local watersheds while building citizen-based resource stewardship. The program has been designed to encourage the sharing of innovative ideas among the many organizations wishing to be involved in watershed protection activities.
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Date created: May 15, 2008
Bay Grasses (SAV) Restoration Goal Achievement: Single Best Year 2005-2007
This map shows progress toward achieving the Chesapeake Bay Program segment-specific underwater bay grass restoration goals. It is based on the single best year of acreage as observed through the most recent three years of data from the Chesapeake Bay underwater bay grasses aerial survey.
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Date created: May 02, 2008
Shad Abundance (2007)
American shad were once the most abundant and economically important species in the Chesapeake Bay. Shad are anadromous fish and spend most of their lives in the ocean, returning to freshwater rivers to spawn after they reach maturity. Data for the York and Potomac Rivers were provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science via an ongoing Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) study involving American Shad gill-netting. Data for the Susquehanna and James Rivers represent published fishway passage values for Conowingo and Boshers Dams, respectively.
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Date created: Feb 28, 2008
Fish Passage Progress (2007) in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Fish passage is a key component to the restoration of anadromous fish (shad and river herring) in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. These fish are blocked from much of their historic spawning areas, which included waters over 200 miles from the Bay. Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia have set goals to provide fish passage to make much of those historic spawning areas once again accessible to migratory fish. Other species that benefit from the unblocking of streams include eels, native species such as brook trout and other resident species.
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Date created: Feb 28, 2008
Riparian Forest Buffer Restoration (2007)
This map shows the locations of riparian forest buffer restoration projects throughout the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Project locations were provided by Forestry Workgroup representatives from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Date created: Feb 28, 2008
Bay Grasses Planted (2007)
In 2003, the CBP adopted the Strategy to Accelerate the Protection and Restoration of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay including a commitment to plant 1,000 acres by 2008. In the first five years of this effort, the program partners have planted 139 acres or 14% of their initial goal. In 2007, 6 acres were planted with funding from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Both funding for SAV planting, and capacity for doing it, will need to be increased dramatically to meet the goal on time.
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Date created: Jan 29, 2008
Bay Grasses - Distribution Used to Set the Restoration Goal in 2003
This map shows the historic distribution of bay grasses that was used in 2003 to set the Chesapeake Bay Program SAV (or bay grass) restoration goal of 184,899 acres. This goal is based on an aggregation of the maximum amount of SAV surveyed in a single year for each Bay Program monitoring segment. Bay grasses are a vital part of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. They provide habitat for crabs and juvenile fish and food for waterfowl. Bay grasses grow mostly in waters that are 2 meters in depth or less and are negatively affected by poor water clarity.
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