Local Leadership Workgroup
Upcoming Meetings
Local Leadership Workgroup Meeting - Winter 2023
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 9:00am - 12:00pmScope and Purpose
The Local Leadership Workgroup was established in 2014 after the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. This workgroup exists to accomplish the local leadership outcome outlined in the Agreement. For more information, visit the local leadership management strategy page.
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Projects and Resources
A Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay
A Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay is a 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.
Project Materials
Below are links to pdf versions of these materials. For access to editable versions of these files, please email lgac@allianceforthebay.org.
To offer feedback on these modules, please use this survey!
- Module Overview (pdf - 2.195 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Module Overview (pdf - 5.27 MB)
- Module 1: How Your Watershed Works (pdf - 131.035 MB)
- Fact Sheet: How Your Watershed Works (pdf - 2.634 MB)
- Module 2: Foundations of Clean Water (pdf - 29.971 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Foundations of Clean Water (pdf - 1.974 MB)
- Module 3: Clean Water for the Economy (pdf - 26.47 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Clean Water for the Economy (pdf - 1.802 MB)
- Module 4: Capitalizing on the Benefits of Trees (pdf - 17.967 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Capitalizing on the Benefits of Trees (pdf - 2.013 MB)
- Module 5: Preserving Local Character and Landscapes (pdf - 134.321 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Preserving Local Character and Landscapes (pdf - 2.161 MB)
- Module 6: Protecting Your Infrastructure Through Stormwater Resilience (pdf - 18.457 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Protecting Your Infrastructure Through Stormwater Resilience (pdf - 1.867 MB)
- Module 7: Building the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow (pdf - 18.722 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Building the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow (pdf - 1.925 MB)
- Module 8: Preparing Your Community for Water Extremes (pdf - 18.026 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Preparing Your Community for Water Extremes (pdf - 251.934 KB)
- Module 9: Understanding and Supporting Your Agricultural Allies (pdf - 15.975 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Understanding and Supporting Your Agricultural Allies (pdf - 244.76 KB)
- Module 10: Community Engagement (pdf - 11.441 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Community Engagement (pdf - 233.878 KB)
- Module 11: Your Health and the Environment (pdf - 14.986 MB)
- Fact Sheet: Your Health and the Environment (pdf - 227.592 KB)
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 2023: Launching ProtectLocalWaterways.org
July 2023: Roads & Stormwater Runoff
May 2023: Technical Assistance
January 2023: Environmental Health
November 2022: Behaviour Change
September 2022: Hazard Mitigation
July 2022: Stream Restoration/Health
Publications
Local Leadership Pre QPM Logic and Action Plan 2021
Local Leadership Pre-QPM Logic and Action Plan 2021
View detailsLocal Leadership Quarterly Progress Presentation 2021
Local Leadership Quarterly Progress Presentation 2021
View detailsMembers
Michelle Edwards (Chair), Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission
Martha Narvaez (Vice Chair), University of Delaware
Laura Cattell Noll (Coordinator), Local Leadership Workgroup Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
501 Sixth Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: lnoll@allianceforthebay.org
Phone: (443) 949-0575
Justin Williams, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Carrie Decker, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building
Annaoplis, Maryland 21401
Email: CDecker@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8723
Claudia Donegan, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Kathy Stecker, Maryland Department of the Environment
Nicole Christ, Maryland Department of the Environment
Les Knapp, Maryland Association of Counties
Megan Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Julia Wakeling, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Jim Sullivan, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Lauren Townley, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Janet Thigpen, Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board (NY)
Mark Hoffman, Chesapeake Bay Commission
60 West Street
Suite 406
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: mhoffman@chesbay.us
Phone: (410) 263-3420
Ronald Grutza, Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB)
Dominic Butchko, Maryland Association of Counties
Nancy Nunn, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc. P.O. Box 169 124 Wye Narrows Drive
Queenstown, Maryland 21658
Email: nnunn@umd.edu
James Hutzler, Virginia Association of Counties (VA)
Wendy Walsh, Upper Susquehanna Coalition
Mitchell Smiley, Virginia Municipal League
James Wheeler, Environment Officer, Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PA)
Leslie Rhoads, Pennsylvania Municipal League
Heidi Bonnaffon, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
777 North Capitol Street NE
Suite 300
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
Email: hbonnaffon@mwcog.org
David Wood, Chesapeake Stormwater Network
Angelica Bailey Thupari
Marcia Scott, Delaware League of Local Governments
Andy Fellows, Environmental Finance Center - UMD
Don Phillips, Former Councilmember, Town of Laurel (DE)
Jennifer Starr, Local Government Advisory Committee Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
501 6th St
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: jstarr@allianceforthebay.org
Phone: (443) 949-0575
Shannon Moore, Frederick County (MD)
Pam Shellenberger, York County (VA)
Jen Cotting, Environmental Finance Center - UMD
Liz Feinberg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Tree Layton Zuzzio, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Kate Fritz, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
Email: Katharine.Fritz@ppd.mncppc.org
Phone: (301) 952-5402