Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
The State of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed: A Report to the Citizens of the Bay Region (2004)
Published on December 1, 2004 in Environmental AssessmentThe State of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed provides current information on the conditions and challenges that face the Chesapeake Bay today. Through an intricate suite of environmental indicators, Bay scientists assess both the state of the Bay and the state of the Bay?s restoration. Chesapeake Bay Program partners track some 100 indicators of Bay health ? 89 are based on environmental monitoring and tracking data, while 11 employ computer model forecasts to project future water quality conditions resulting from today?s restoration initiatives. This suite provides us the most comprehensive look at the current state of the Bay while allowing Bay scientists to predict likely future conditions.
View detailsChesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment
Published on April 18, 2007 in Environmental AssessmentOn April 18, 2007, the Chesapeake Bay Program released its Chesapeake Bay 2006 Health and Restoration Assessment. The report gives watershed residents a clear and concise synopsis of Bay health and on-the-ground restoration efforts taking place across its vast watershed. The report is divided into two parts: Ecosystem Health and Restoration Efforts. This format of reporting, first used to detail the condition of the Bay in 2005, allows the Bay Program partnership to look at the effectiveness of clean-up actions across the entire watershed and allocate restoration efforts appropriately.
View detailsThe State of the Chesapeake Bay-Second Annual Monitoring Report-Compendium
Published on April 1, 1987 in Environmental AssessmentThe second report from the Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Subcommittee summarizes data collected from June 1984 through September 1985 at over 165 station Bay-wide for the new coordinated monitoring program. this initial effort represents the baseline for a large, complex and rapidly growing store of information.
View details2002-The State of the Chesapeake Bay: A Report to the Citizens of the Bay Region
Published on July 1, 2002 in Environmental AssessmentIn this publication, we report on the status of our progress toward the goals we set or renewed in Chesapeake 2000. Evaluating the condition of the Chesapeake Bay is a complex process that must include careful examination of the status and trends of numerous environmental indicators
View details1999 State of the Chesapeake Bay
Published on October 1, 1999 in Environmental AssessmentThis work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: The Living Natural Bay/Ecosystems, Watersheds, An Economic Resource: Commerce, Productivity and Transportation, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship
View detailsChesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment Part Two: Restoration Efforts
Published on March 1, 2006 in Environmental AssessmentThe Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment is presented in two parts. Part Two: Restoration Efforts is divided into five sections. In Reducing Pollution, efforts are compared to goals defined by the Bay states' river-specific cleanup plans. Monitoring data, tracking information, and computer simulations are used in this section. In the remaining parts, restoration efforts are compared to goals adopted by the Bay Program. Monitoring and tracking data are used in these sections.
Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment Part One: Ecosystem Health
Published on March 1, 2006 in Environmental AssessmentThe Chesapeake Bay 2005 Health and Restoration Assessment is presented in two parts. In Part One: Ecosystem Health, the most current data available are used to provide a scientifically based assessment of the Health of the Bay. In Part Two: Restoration Efforts, key restoration actions are measured against long-term restoration goals.
State of the Chesapeake Bay: Third Biennial Monitoring Report - 1989
Published on January 1, 1989 in Environmental AssessmentMonitoring plays a key role in guiding the Bay's restoration, making it imperative that the information collected through the monitoring programs be promptly and appropriately interpreted and used. In this report case studies depict the linkage between long-term environmental monitoring and Bay management, providing an up-to-date diagnosis of the Bay's health.
View detailsState of the Chesapeake Bay: Second Annual Monitoring Report 1984-1985
Published on April 1, 1987 in Environmental AssessmentThe second report from the Chesapeake Bay Program monitoring Subcommittee summarizes data collected from June 1984 through September 1985 at over 165 stations Bay-wide for the new coordinated monitoring program. This initial effort represents the baseline for a large, complex, and rapidly growing store of information.
View detailsThe State of the Chesapeake Bay 1995
Published on January 24, 1995 in Environmental AssessmentComprehensive study of the state of the Chesapeake Bay - 1995.
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