Publications
Access hundreds of Bay Program publications, from scientific reports to factsheets to memorandums.
Bay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2013-2014)
Published on February 3, 2015 in ReportThe 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 2013 and 2014 on ecological health and our efforts to protect and restore the nation’s largest estuary.
View detailsSmall Watershed Grant and Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Projects
Published on October 16, 2014 in Report
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction (INSR) grant program, managed and administered under cooperative agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, have awarded more than $56 million to support approximately 122 conservation projects that provide innovative approaches to accelerating adoption of the most cost effective and sustainable nutrient and sediment pollution reductions throughout the watershed. These grants have leveraged over $77 million in matching funds.
The following file download provides an overview of project specific information for the INSR project grants funded from 2007 through October 2014.
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Small Watershed Grant (SWG) program, managed and administrated under cooperative agreement under cooperative agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, have awarded more than $22 million to support approximately 229 conservation projects that contribute to the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay, while building citizen-based resource stewardship throughout the watershed. These grants have leveraged over $34 million in matching funds.
View detailsNew Insights: Executive Summary
Published on February 19, 2014 in ReportNew Insights: Science-based evidence of water quality improvements, challenges and opportunities in the Chesapeake compiles data collected and analyzed by Chesapeake Bay Program partners, including the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This Executive Summary offers a top-level look at this report, which shows that our long-term efforts to reduce pollution have led to local improvements in our air, land and water.
View detailsBay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2012-2013)
Published on December 2, 2013 in ReportThe Chesapeake Bay is a dynamic system. Across the watershed, rainfall, temperature and other conditions can fluctuate from month to month and year to year, impacting the surrounding environment. But tracking changes in ecological health over time allows scientists to understand these natural variations as well as the long-term effects of restoration work.
Understanding the effects of our management actions and our progress toward meeting our health and restoration goals requires a complex set of tools, from monitoring stations to computer simulations of the Bay watershed. These and other tracking tools helped produce the data in this report, which reflect changes in the Bay over the course of many years. Water quality, pollution loads and “indicators” of ecological health provide a snapshot of the Bay and its watershed and our efforts to restore it.
Full data and information can be found at ChesapeakeProgress.
View detailsRecommendations of the Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Individual Stream Restoration Projec
Published on May 28, 2013 in ReportThis version includes Appendices A-G. [Updated to include test drive results and re-approved by the WQGIT, 09-08-2014 ]
View detailsBay Barometer: Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (2011-2012)
Published on January 30, 2013 in ReportLooking at data over time helps scientists understand natural variations as well as the long-term effects of restoration efforts. The data provided in Bay Barometer reflect the Bay’s health over the course of many years, and in some cases, decades. The publication provides a snapshot of the best available information from 2011 and 2012 on the Bay’s health and current efforts to protect and restore our national treasure and its watershed.
Full data and information can be found at ChesapeakeProgress.
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