Engaged Communities Goal Team

The Engaged Communities Goal Team works to engage and grow a community of local stewards and leaders through education, recreation and professional opportunities to ensure the long-term success of restoration and conservation efforts.

Meetings

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About

The long-term success of the Chesapeake Bay restoration and conservation effort depends on individuals and communities throughout the watershed understanding their connection to the local environment and making choices that support its health in the face of changing environmental conditions. Stewardship begins with facilitating meaningful engagement, increasing access to outdoor recreation, providing learning opportunities to students, adults and job seekers, and empowering local decision-makers to support conservation actions.

Woman instructs kids on how to kayak before getting out onto the water.
Outdoor recreation programmer Molly Gallant of the Baltimore City Parks Department leads a kayaking lesson before guiding eighth graders from Baltimore's Collington Square Elementary School. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)

Projects

Chesapeake Steward Map

In Progress

The goal of the Chesapeake Steward Map is to increase connections and collaborative partnerships among stewards across the Chesapeake region. The map helps identify hubs and gaps in connectivity and highlights opportunities to facilitate strategic connections for sharing knowledge and resources.

Publications

Our Watershed Agreement Goals & Outcomes

Engaged Communities Goal

Our Workgroups & Action Teams

Our Members