Publications

The data in Bay Barometer reflect the Chesapeake Bay’s health over the course of many years and, in some cases, decades. The publication offers a snapshot of the best available information from 2017 and 2018 on ecological health and our efforts to protect and restore the nation’s largest estuary, as well as our progress toward achieving the goals and outcomes of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.

View document [PDF, 22.7 MB] Bay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2017-2018)

This PowerPoint is designed for audiences that have some background in watershed implementation plans and knowledge of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay TMDL). It will inform them about the co-benefits associated with implementing certain conservation practices. The majority of these practices not only help in meeting your state’s water quality goals under the Bay TMDL, but also can meet other restoration goals not only for the Chesapeake Bay, but for the local waterways in your community. These conservation practices can benefit you and your community by providing economic and public health benefits; your state by helping to meet their goals for reducing nutrient pollution; and your local waterways by helping with their restoration and protection.

View document [PPTX, 13.6 MB] Including co-benefits in Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (PowerPoint)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided expectations for the Phase I and Phase II Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) in 2009 and 2011, respectively, for the seven Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions to demonstrate reasonable assurance that those allocations assigned to the jurisdictions would be achieved and maintained, and that the 2017 targets would be achieved. Through signing the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the jurisdictions reaffirmed their commitment to achieving these goals by 2025. In recent discussions, the jurisdictions remain committed to the 2025 goal.

View document [PDF, 318.2 KB] EPA's Phase III WIP Expectations

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes an Adaptation Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 538.6 KB] Adaptation Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Monitoring and Assessment Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 523.5 KB] Monitoring and Assessment Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 461.7 KB] Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Toxic Contaminants Research Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 458.1 KB] Toxic Contaminants Research Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Healthy Watersheds Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 485.5 KB] Healthy Watersheds Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes a Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Outcome and how this outcome was developed.

View document [PDF, 594.6 KB] Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring Outcome Justification

This fact sheet explains why the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement includes 2017 and 2025 Watershed Implementation Plan Outcomes and how these outcomes were developed.

View document [PDF, 666.2 KB] 2017 and 2025 Watershed Implementation Plans Outcomes Justification