Publications

This document presents a strategy to accelerate the protection and restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation, or SAV, in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries.

View document [PDF] Strategy to Accelerate the Protection and Restoration of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesape

The Chesapeake Bay Program recognized the importance of wetlands in Chesapeake 2000, which charged signatories to reach specific goals by 2010. This memo provides an update on the 2005 Wetlands Evaluation and outline the the PSCs decisions concerning the next steps, including focusing restoration efforts on an acreage gain of 25,000 for the remainder of the decade.

View document [PDF] 2005 Wetlands Evaluation

Policy memo concerning decisions regarding nutrient and sediment load allocations and ne submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) goals.

View document [PDF] Summary of Decisions Regarding Nutrient and Sediment Load Allocations and New Submerged Aquatic Vege

Wetlands, both tidal and non-tidal, play a critical role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, a role the Chesapeake Bay Program recognized in the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, the 1989 Chesapeake Bay Wetlands Policy and Directive 97-2, Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals. That directive called for the maintenance of existing wetlands and the restoration and preservation of wetland acreage and function in order to sustain habitats for breeding, spawning, nesting and wintering living resources, including those that are vital to the regional economy.

View document [PDF] Endorsement of Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals