Publications

This organizational chart describes how the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership is organized into committees, goal implementation teams, workgroups and action teams.

View document [PDF, 748.4 KB] CBP Organizational Chart

This backgrounder summarizes the history and purpose of the directive that established the Agricultural Advisory Committee.

View document [PDF, 196.9 KB] Agricultural Advisory Committee Backgrounder

Background information about the role of the Strategic Engagement Team.

View document [PDF, 59.4 KB] Strategic Engagement Team Background

This one-page backgrounder explains the Stakeholders' Advisory Committee's purpose, operations, priorities and more.

View document [PDF, 134.9 KB] Briefing on Stakeholders' Advisory Committee

This backgrounder provides context for the Chesapeake Bay Program's efforts to support diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and explains the Principals' Staff Committee's DEIJ Action Statement.

View document [PDF, 70.8 KB] Backgrounder: Statement in Support of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

This backgrounder provides an overview of updates, governance, policy and procedures for the Chesapeake Bay Program's suite of computer modeling tools.

View document [PDF, 293.9 KB] Understanding Chesapeake Bay Modeling Tools

The Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL), established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2010, calls for an assessment in 2017 to review the progress that watershed jurisdictions (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia) are making to reduce the amount of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus pollution) and sediment flowing into the Chesapeake Bay and local rivers and streams. The Bay TMDL calls for all pollution reduction practices to be in place by 2025.

View document [PDF, 92.1 KB] Chesapeake Bay Program: Midpoint Assessment and Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans

Pollution Loads and Trends in Rivers: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitors nutrient and suspended sediment pollution loads delivered from the large watersheds located upstream of nine river input monitoring (RIM) stations to the Chesapeake Bay. Together, these stations—which are located on the Appomattox, Choptank, James, Mattaponi, Pamunkey, Patuxent, Potomac, Rappahannock and Susquehanna rivers—reflect loads delivered to the Bay from 78 percent of its 64,000-square-mile watershed. According to data from the program, nutrient and sediment pollution loads measured in water year 2013 (which took place between Oct. 1, 2012, and Sept. 30, 2013) were below long-term averages.

View document [PDF, 309.3 KB] Backgrounder: Pollution Loads and Trends and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Forty-five projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.8 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

View document [PDF, 222.9 KB] Backgrounder: SWG and INSR Grants 2014

This document provides the compiled list of planned signatory participation in the development of Management Strategies. As provided by the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, participation in Management Strategies or participating in the achievement of Outcomes is expected to vary by signatory based on differing priorities across the watershed. This participation may include sharing knowledge, data or information, educating citizens or members, working on future legislation and developing or implementing programs or practices.

View document [PDF, 357.4 KB] Backgrounder: Management Strategy Participation