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Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5)

The Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team works to increase citizen action, support environmental education for all ages and assist citizens, communities and local governments in conserving treasured landscapes.

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Scope and Purpose

With 17 million people living in the Chesapeake watershed, public participation is a vital piece of the restoration effort. The Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team’s charge is to increase citizen action, support environmental education for all ages, and assist citizens, communities and local governments in undertaking initiatives to conserve treasured landscapes. The team hopes to reconnect the public with nature and foster a shared ownership of the Chesapeake’s diverse resources.  This approach will build public support of restoration and conservation efforts and increase citizen engagement and active stewardship.

The Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team (GIT 5) is pursuing the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement goals and objectives to:

Stewardship Goal: Increase the number and diversity of local citizen stewards and local governments that actively support and carry out the conservation and restoration activities that achieve healthy local streams, rivers and a vibrant Chesapeake Bay.

  • Citizen Stewardship Outcome: Increase the number and diversity of trained and mobilized citizen volunteers with the knowledge and skills needed to enhance the health of their local watersheds.

Public Access Goal: Expand public access to the Bay and its tributaries through existing and new local, state and federal parks, refuges, reserves, trails and partner sites.

  • Public Access Site Development Outcome: By 2025, add 300 new public access sites, with a strong emphasis on providing opportunities for boating, swimming and fishing, where feasible.

Environmental Literacy Goal: Enable students in the region to graduate with the knowledge and skills to act responsibly to protect and restore their local watershed.

  • Student Outcome: Continually increase students’ age-appropriate understanding of the watershed through participation in teacher-supported, meaningful watershed educational experiences and rigorous, inquiry-based instruction, with a target of at least one meaningful watershed educational experience in elementary, middle and high school depending on available resources.
  • Sustainable Schools Outcome: Continually increase the number of schools in the region that reduce the impact of their buildings and grounds on their local watershed, environment and human health through best practices, including student-led protection and restoration projects.
  • Environmental Literacy Planning Outcome: Each participating Bay jurisdiction should develop a comprehensive and systemic approach to environmental literacy for all students in the region that includes policies, practices and voluntary metrics that support the environmental literacy Goals and Outcomes of this Agreement.

Land Conservation Goal: Conserve landscapes treasured by citizens in order to maintain water quality and habitat; sustain working forests, farms and maritime communities; and conserve lands of cultural, indigenous and community value.

  • Protected Lands Outcome: By 2025, protect an additional two million acres of lands throughout the watershed—currently identified as high-conservation priorities at the federal, state or local level—including 225,000 acres of wetlands and 695,000 acres of forest land of highest value for maintaining water quality.

Publications

  • Chesapeake Bay Watershed 2019 Environmental Literacy Report: Results from Watershed ELIT Survey

    The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014...

  • Chesapeake Bay Program 2017 Baseline Citizen Stewardship Indicator Field Questionnaire

    This document details the field questionnaire used to receive baseline data on stewardship behaviors and attitudes among a random sample of Chesapeake Bay Watershed residents. The study was designed and conducted by...

  • Chesapeake Bay Program 2017 Baseline Citizen Stewardship Indicator Methodology and Profile of Respondents

    This document details the methods used to conduct this baseline study of stewardship behaviors and attitudes among a random sample of Chesapeake Bay Watershed residents.
    The study was designed and conducted by OpinionWorks...

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  • Watershed Agreement

    • Environmental Literacy Goal

      • Student
      • Sustainable Schools
      • Environmental Literacy Planning
    • Land Conservation Goal

      • Protected Lands
    • Public Access Goal

      • Public Access Site Development
    • Stewardship Goal

      • Citizen Stewardship
      • Diversity
  • Workgroups and Action Teams

    • Chesapeake Conservation Partnership

    • Citizen Stewardship Team

    • Diversity Workgroup

    • Education Workgroup

    • Public Access Planning Team

  • Members

    • Wendy O'Sullivan (Chair), National Park Service (NPS)


      Superintendent, NPS Chesapeake Bay Office

      Address:
      410 Severn Ave. Suite 314
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: wendy_o'sullivan@nps.gov
      • Phone: (202) 374-9051
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    • Lauren Imgrund (Vice Chair), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


      Deputy Secretary

      Address:
      P.O. Box 8475
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105

      • Email: limgrund@pa.gov
      • Phone: (717) 772-9175
      • Download VCard
    • Britt Slattery (Coordinator), National Park Service (NPS)


      Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship (GIT5) Coordinator

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Suite 314
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: Britt_Slattery@nps.gov
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    • Olivia Wisner (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Fostering Chesapeake Stewardship Goal Implementation Team Staffer

      Address:
      410 Severn Ave
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: wisnero@chesapeake.org
      • Phone: (410) 260-2486
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    • Tom Ackerman, Chesapeake Bay Foundation


      Vice President for Education

      Address:
      Philip Merrill Environmental Center
      6 Herndon Avenue
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: TAckerman@savethebay.cbf.org
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    • Jessica Blackburn, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Citizens' Advisory Committee

      Address:
      P.O. Box 1981
      Richmond Virginia 23218

      • Email: jblackburn@allianceforthebay.org
      • Phone: (804) 775-0951
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    • Mark Conway, Chesapeake Conservancy


      Executive Vice President of Programs

      Address:
      716 Giddings Ave, Suite 42
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: mconway@chesapeakeconservancy.org
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    • John Davy, National Park Service (NPS)


      Outdoor Recreation Planner

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Suite 314
      Annaoplis Maryland 21403

      • Email: John_Davy@nps.gov
      • Phone: (804) 749-4472
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    • Bill Dennison, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)


      STAR

      Address:
      P.O. BOX 775
      Cambridge Maryland 21613

      • Email: dennison@umces.edu
      • Phone: (410) 221-2004
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    • Ann Devine, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
      400 Market St.
      Philadelphia Pennsylvania 17101

      • Email: adevine@pa.gov
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    • Sarah Diebel, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

      Address:
      1510 Gilbert Street
      Building N-26 Room 3300
      Norfolk Virginia 23511

      • Email: sarah.diebel@navy.mil
      • Phone: (757) 341-0383
      • Download VCard
    • Jonathan Doherty, National Park Service (NPS)


      Assistant Superintendent, Chesapeake Bay Office

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Suite 314
      Annaoplis Maryland 21403

      • Email: Jonathan_Doherty@nps.gov
      • Phone: (410) 260-2477
      • Download VCard
    • Suzanne Etgen, Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center


      Anne Arundel County Master Watershed Stewards Coordinator

      Address:
      975 Indian Landing Road
      Millersville Maryland 21108

      • Email: setgen@aacps.org
      • Phone: (410) 222-3826
      • Download VCard
    • Rachel Felver, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay


      Director of Communications

      Address:
      410 Severn Ave.
      Suite 112
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: rfelver@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5740
      • Download VCard
    • Kristen Fleming, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

      Address:
      580 Taylor Avenue
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: kristen.fleming@maryland.gov
      • Phone: (410) 260-8813
      • Download VCard
    • Tom Ford, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

      Address:
      400 Market Street
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105

      • Email: thoford@state.pa.us
      • Phone: (717) 783-0988
      • Download VCard
    • Amy Handen, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


      Local Implementation Programs Coordinator

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: handen.amy@epa.gov
      • Phone: (410) 267-5793
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    • Alana Hartman, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
      22288 Northwestern Pike
      Romney West Virginia 26757

      • Email: alana.c.hartman@wv.gov
      • Phone: (304) 822-7266
      • Download VCard
    • Lauren Imgrund, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection


      Deputy Secretary

      Address:
      P.O. Box 8475
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105

      • Email: limgrund@pa.gov
      • Phone: (717) 772-9175
      • Download VCard
    • Ann Jennings, Virginia Office of Natural Resources

      Address:
      Patrick Henry Building
      1111 East Broad Street
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: Ann.Jennings@governor.virginia.gov
      • Phone: (804) 786-0044
      • Download VCard
    • Christopher Kemmerer, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources


      Education & Interpretation Section, Chief

      Address:
      P.O. Box 8551
      Bureau of State Parks
      Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105

      • Email: chkemmerer@pa.gov
      • Download VCard
    • Phil Miller, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

      Address:
      100 W. Water Street - Suite 6B
      Dover Delaware 19904

      • Email: philip.miller@state.de.us
      • Download VCard
    • Emily Rice, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)


      Environmental Protection Specialist

      Address:
      1200 First Street NE, 5th Floor
      Washington District of Columbia 20002

      • Email: emily.rice@dc.gov
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    • Kristin Saunders, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)


      Cross Program Coordinator

      Address:
      410 Severn Ave
      Suite 112
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: ksaunders@umces.edu
      • Phone: (410) 267-5711
      • Download VCard
    • Shannon Sprague, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office


      Manager, Environmental Literacy [National Marine Fisheries Service]

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Suite 107-A
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: shannon.sprague@NOAA.GOV
      • Phone: (410) 267-5664
      • Download VCard
    • Ann Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission

      Address:
      60 West Street
      Suite 406
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: aswanson@chesbay.us
      • Phone: (410) 263-3420
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    • Renee Thompson, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)


      Geographer

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Suite 112
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: rthompso@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5749
      • Download VCard
    • Elise Trelegan, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office


      Chesapeake B-WET Program Coordinator

      Address:
      904 South Morris St.
      Oxford Maryland 21654

      • Email: elise.trelegan@noaa.gov
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    • Kacey Wetzel, Chesapeake Bay Trust


      Director of Programs for Outreach & Education

      Address:
      108 Severn Ave.
      Annaoplis Maryland 21403

      • Email: kwetzel@cbtrust.org
      • Download VCard

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