Local Government Advisory Committee

LGAC Annual Reports to the Chesapeake Executive Council

• LGAC FINAL Agreement Comments to EC (11-26-13) (pdf - 251.34 KB)
• New insights report (pdf - 671.677 KB)
• Lgac march 2016 minutes (pdf - 571.657 KB)
• Path forward v5-17-2017 (pdf - 610.161 KB)
• Local Government Advisory Committee - Report to the Executive Council (pdf - 787.709 KB)
• Local Government Advisory Committee - Report to the Executive Council (pdf - 625.247 KB)

LGAC Local Government Forums

The Local Government Forum is a yearly problem solving meeting hosted by LGAC in collaboration with the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Through facilitated group discussion, participants identify issues that hinder or help advance local implementation of watershed protection and restoration initiatives. Findings and recommendations, developed during the forum, are documented and next steps are identified.

• Gi integration final workshop report 2 14 17 (pdf - 871.958 KB)
• 2019 lg forum report (pdf - 940.427 KB)
• 2019 lg forum appendices (pdf - 4.637 MB)
• 2020 local government forum report (pdf - 481.28 KB)
• 2020 local government forum appendices (pdf - 14.067 MB)
• Dig once one pager (pdf - 349.777 KB)
• Lgac luwg forum 062017 final report (pdf - 16.293 MB)
• 2018 local government forum report final (pdf - 513.397 KB)
• Appendices 2018 forum report final (pdf - 415.313 KB)

A Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay

A Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay is a seven-module series created to support decision-making by local officials. Local leaders make decisions that set the course for their community and local government actions determine the health and vitality of their jurisdiction, as well as that of local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. Local officials can achieve mutually beneficial outcomes by prioritizing local economic development, infrastructure resiliency, public health, and education, while also protecting your environment.

• Building the workforce of today and tomorrow fact sheet (pdf - 1.925 MB)
• Protecting your infrastructure through stormwater resiliency fact sheet (pdf - 1.867 MB)
• Preserving local character and landscapes fact sheet (pdf - 2.161 MB)
• Capitalizing on the benefits of trees fact sheet (pdf - 2.013 MB)
• Clean water for the economy fact sheet (pdf - 1.802 MB)
• Foundations of clean water fact sheet (pdf - 1.974 MB)
• How your watershed works fact sheet (pdf - 2.634 MB)
• Module overview one pager 1 (pdf - 5.27 MB)
• Building the workforce of today and tomorrow (pdf - 40.276 MB)
• Module 1 how your watershed works (pdf - 131.035 MB)
• Module 2 foundations of clean water (pdf - 63.234 MB)
• Module 3 clean water for the economy (pdf - 66.986 MB)
• Module 4 capitalizing on the benefits of trees (pdf - 101.895 MB)
• Module 5 preserving local character and landscapes (pdf - 134.321 MB)
• Module 6 protecting your infrastructure through stormwater resiliency (pdf - 136.534 MB)
• Module overview 1 (pdf - 2.195 MB)

Watershed Currents Newsletter: Resources for Local Governments

Watershed Currents is a bi-monthly curated newsletter that highlights local case studies and provides inspirational and informative resources for local governments and interested parties within the Chesapeake Bay watershed region. Each newsletter will be themed-focused and organized by local priorities impacting local government communities today. Please see below for past editions of the Newsletter:

September 2022: Hazard Mitigation

July 2022: Stream Restoration/Health

May 2022: Trees

March 2022: Stormwater

Pennsylvania Local Government Roundtables

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Delegation of LGAC, hosted Local Government Watershed Roundtables in Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed between June 2014 and December 2018. The primary goal of the Local Government Watershed Roundtables were to increase the number of elected officials who serve as leaders in watershed protection and more specifically in the Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration effort. This has been accomplished by holding roundtable discussions, exposing elected officials to existing leaders and facilitating peer-to-peer conversations. The roundtables were funded by Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

• Phase iii wip steering committee report on pa local government watershed forums gg grant 3 (pdf - 579.324 KB)