Management Board - All Meetings
2025
- Review and refine outcome language revisions to be proposed at the May PSC meeting.
- Discuss a process and timeline for updating the Management Strategies that outlines the means for accomplishing each outcome, the targets that measure progress toward outcome achievement, as well as how partners will engage in outcome implementation.
- Provide feedback and direction to GIT 6 on (1) their review of regional partnership programs and (2) process recommendations to increase partnership and meeting efficiencies.
- Review and refine outcome language revisions to be proposed at the May PSC meeting.
- Discuss a process and timeline for updating the Management Strategies that outlines the means for accomplishing each outcome, the targets that measure progress toward outcome achievement, as well as how partners will engage in outcome implementation.
- Provide feedback and direction to GIT 6 on (1) their review of regional partnership programs and (2) process recommendations to increase partnership and meeting efficiencies.
Management Board Meeting - December 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - November 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - October 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - September 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - August 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - July 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - June 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Retreat - May 2025 - Day 2
Management Board Retreat - May 2025 - Day 1
Management Board Meeting - April 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Stream Health, Fish Passage, Brook Trout, and Proposed Non-tidal Fish Habitat Outcome Discussion
To discuss if and how certain outcomes (Brook Trout, Fish Habitat / Non-Tidal Fish Habitat, Fish Passage, Stream Health) should be consolidated/reclassified and develop a recommendation to provide at the April 10 Management Board meeting.
Considerations for consolidation/reclassification: Increase opportunity for collaboration, improve efficiency, and “do no harm.”
This meeting is meant to address the charge given in the March 27th Management Board meeting:
"GIT leadership and signatory Management Board members who have participating members in these outcomes, along with their practitioners, will convene with as many attendees as it is feasible to discuss synergies and alignments between the Brook Trout, Stream Health, Fish Passage, and the proposed Nontidal Fish Habitat Outcomes before the April 10, 2025 Management Board meeting. The Habitat GIT will convene this conversation with support from the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including utilizing a Pennsylvania Facilitator."
Management Board Meeting - March 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - March 13 2025
This is the third of three Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcome review meetings. To learn more about the outcome review and development process, visit Planning for 2025 and Beyond.
Management Board Meeting - February 2025
This is the second of three Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcome review meetings. To learn more about the outcome review and development process, visit Planning for 2025 and Beyond.
Outcome Review Office Hours
Management Board Meeting - February 2025
This is the first of three Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcome review meetings. To learn more about the outcome review and development process, visit Planning for 2025 and Beyond.
Management Board Meeting with Principals' Staff Committee Participation - January 2025
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
2024
- Watershed Implementation Plans*
- Toxic Contaminants Policy and Prevention*
- Toxic Contaminants Research**
- Water Quality Standards Attainment and Monitoring**
- Stream Health*
- Healthy Watersheds*
- Land Use Methods and Metrics Development**, as well as Land Use Options Evaluation**
- Forest Buffers**
- Tree Canopy**
- Student Environmental Literacy
- Public Access
- Diversity
- Stewardship
Management Board Meeting
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov
NCTC Management Board Retreat
The purpose of this event is to convene Management Board members, GIT chairs, Signatories, and Interest Parties to identify considerations for the Management Board’s draft plan of action for addressing Phase 2 of the Charting a Course Beyond 2025 Charge, including the plan for public engagement and input.
Virtual Attendees are politely asked to be in listening mode at the start of the meeting. An opportunity for making remarks will be possible from 10a-12p.
To join the meeting, please use the following information.
Meeting ID: 276 062 305 849
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Dial in by phone: +1-202-991-0477; ID: 991153677#
NCTC Management Board Retreat
The purpose of this event is to gather Management Board members: Jurisdictional and Federal members and GIT and Advisory Committee chairs to come to agree on a general plan of action that is responsive to the (forthcoming) 2024 EC Charge on Beyond 2025 on “revisions to the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement with modifications to the existing ….outcomes…”, as well as identify considerations to guide our work for “continuing implementation” during Phase 2 of the Charting the Course Beyond 2025 Charge.
Virtual Attendees are politely asked to be in listening mode throughout the meeting. An opportunity for making remarks will be possible from 10a-12p on Thursday, November 14th.
To join the meeting, please use the following information.
Meeting ID: 289 101 400 602
Passcode: DFMZ5s
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting: Clean Water Cohort - November 2024
In-person participation is encouraged for this Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting (QPM) with the Clean Water Cohort. Featured outcomes include:
*This outcome will complete the Strategy Review System process in 2024. Workgroup representatives will provide a full update at this QPM.
**This outcome will complete the Strategy Review System process in 2025. A brief update will be provided by workgroup representatives at this QPM, with a full update anticipated in 2025.
Interested parties are encouraged to attend. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Management Board Meeting - October 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov .
Management Board Meeting - September 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov .
Management Board Meeting - August 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov .
Management Board Meeting - July 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov .
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting: Healthy Watersheds Cohort - June 2024
In person participation is encouraged for this Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting (QPM) with the Healthy Watersheds Cohorts. Featured outcomes include:
*This outcome will complete the Strategy Review System process in 2024. Workgroup representatives will provide a full update at this QPM.
**This outcome will complete the Strategy Review System process in 2025. A brief update will be provided by workgroup representatives at this QPM, with a full update anticipated in 2025.
The Climate Monitoring and Assessment, Climate Adaptation, and Protected Lands Outcomes, which are also in the Healthy Watersheds Cohort, have opted to pass on this QPM. These outcomes will complete the Strategy Review System process and present full updates during the 2025 QPM.
Interested parties are encouraged to attend. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Management Board Meeting - May 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting is recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
For any questions. please reach out to Erin Sonnenburg at sonnenburg.erin@epa.gov .
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting: People Cohort - March 2024
This is the Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting for the People Cohort 2024. In person participation is encouraged. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Outcomes featured at this meeting include:
The Local Leadership, Environmental Literacy Planning, Student Environmental Literacy, and Sustainable School outcomes, which are also within the People Cohort, will present during their cohort's 2024 quarterly progress meeting.
Management Board Meeting - February 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board. The agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
This meeting will be recorded for internal purposes only. All CBP meetings are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.
Management Board Meeting - January 2024
This is the monthly meeting of the Management Board.
2023
- Blue Crab Abundance
- Oysters
- Brook Trout
- Fish Passage
- Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
- Wetland*
- Black Duck*
- CESR report - https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/cesr/
- Executive Summary: https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/documents/CESR-Executive-Summary_2023-05-15-184301_oylf.pdf
- STAC Rising Water Temperature Workshop Report Summary - https://ian.umces.edu/publications/stac-rising-water-temperatures-report-summary/
- Full report: https://www.chesapeake.org/stac/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/STAC-Report_-Rising-Temps.pdf
- Biennial Meeting Lessons Learned Retrospective - https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/documents/2.-Read-Ahead-Retrospective-on-Lessons-Learned-from-the-CBP-SRS%E2%80%99s-3rd-Cycle_5.5.23_2023-05-09-175030_ddta.pdf
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - December 2023
In person participation is encouraged for this quarterly progress meeting with the Living Resources Cohort. Featured outcomes include:
*At this meeting jurisdictional representatives from the Wetland Workgroup will provide round-robin updates on their respective Wetland Action Plans. A brief update on Black Duck outcome will also be provided.
Forage Fish and Fish Habitat outcomes, which are also within the Living Resources Cohort, will present during their cohort's 2024 quarterly progress meeting. Both outcomes are considered to be "on course" towards achieving their goals in the draft "Charting a Course to 2025 Report." Similarly, the Wetland and Black Duck outcomes will present their Strategy Review System updates at the Living Resources Cohort's 2024 quarterly progress meeting.
Management Board Meeting - November 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
Management Board Meeting - October 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
Meeting Link: https://umces.webex.com/umces/j.php?MTID=m41fa555a8ed7855d546dbfcca6222bca
Meeting number: 2623 349 3479
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Please contact Jackie Pickford (pickford.jacqueline@epa.gov) with any questions or concerns.
Management Board Meeting - September 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
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Meeting Number: 2622 998 9010
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Reaching 2025 Meeting
Public comments submitted in response to the draft “Charting a Course to 2025: A Report and Recommendations for the Chesapeake Executive Council on How to Best Address and Integrate New Science and Restoration Strategies Leading Up to 2025” report will be discussed.
Reaching 2025 Meeting
Reaching 2025 will be discussed at this meeting.
Management Board Meeting
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
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Management Board Meeting - July 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
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Management Board Meeting - June 2023
Meeting Link: https://umces.webex.com/umces/j.php?MTID=md7b1ae8be3eb4cf4bf8d41fb9b720136
As a follow-up to the Biennial meeting, please note the following documents are now available for your reading pleasure… to prepare for future MB and Reaching/Beyond 2025 conversations (NOT for the June 8 MB meeting) :
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Local Action cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Reaching 2025 Meeting
A meeting to discuss Reaching 2025. Meeting details can be found below:
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Management Board Meeting - May 23, 2023
Reaching 2025 Meeting
Reaching 2025 will be discussed at this meeting.
Reaching 2025 Meeting
Reaching 2025 will be discussed at this meeting.
CANCELED: Management Board Meeting - April 27, 2023
This meeting has been canceled
Reaching 2025 Meeting
Reaching 2025 will be discussed at this meeting.
Management Board Meeting - April 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Clean Water cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Reaching 2025 Meeting
A meeting to discuss Reaching 2025. Meeting access information is can be found below:
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Video Conference ID: 118 404 549 9
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For all EPA meetings, there is no expectation of privacy regarding any communications. Participation in a recorded meeting will be deemed as consent to be recorded. Information on EPA systems is the property of the Agency and may become official records.
Management Board Meeting - March 22, 2023
Reaching 2025 Meeting
A meeting to discuss Reaching 2025.
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - March 9, 2023
A quarterly progress meeting for the Land Use Methods and Metrics and Land Use Options Evaluation outcomes.
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Local Action cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Management Board Meeting - February 22, 2023
Meeting Sign on information
Link: https://umces.webex.com/umces/j.php?MTID=m6d83e711bbddf39a4f5a97b791ecf747
Meeting number: 2623 940 4248; Password: zrDeJwmp362
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Join by phone: +1-408-418-9388; Access code: 2623 940 4248
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - February 9, 2023
A quarterly progress meeting for the Local Leadership and Tree Canopy Outcomes
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Local Action cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Management Board Meeting - January 26, 2023
Management Board Meeting - January 12, 2023
An interim meeting of the Management Board.
2022
Management Board Meeting - November 29, 2023
Management Board Meeting to Discuss CAST
A special Management Board meeting to discuss the path forward on CAST
Management Board Meeting - December 2022
An interim meeting of the Management Board
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - November 2022
A quarterly progress meeting of the Management Board to discuss Climate Change and Resiliency Cohort outcomes.
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Climate Change & Resiliency cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
CAST Special Meeting
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Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022 9:00 am | 3 hours | (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Management Board Meeting - October 2022
Interim Management Board Meeting
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - September 2022
A quarterly progress review of the Clean Water Cohort.
Please note that due to scheduled web-maintenance, we will be unable to update this page between 9/5 and 9/18. Please email stewart.garrett@epa.gov to request the most recent meeting materials.
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Clean Water cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Management Board Meeting - August 2022
Management Board Meeting - July 2022
Management Board Meeting - June 2022
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - May 2022
A quarterly progress meeting of the Management Board to discuss Next Generation Stewards Cohort outcomes.
Management Board Meeting - April 2022
Management Board Meeting - March 2022
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - February 2022
A meeting of the Management Board to discuss the progress of Stewardship Cohort outcomes.
Management Board Meeting - January 2022
2021
Management Board Meeting - December 2021
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - November 2021
A quarterly progress meeting of the Management Board to discuss Aquatic Life cohort outcomes.
Management Board Meeting - October 2021
Management Board Meeting - September 2021
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - August 2021
A quarterly progress meeting of the Management Board to review the Healthy Watershed cohort's Outcomes
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Healthy Watersheds cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.
Management Board Meeting - July 2021
Management Board Meeting - June 2021
Management Board Biennial SRS Meeting - May 2021 - Day Two
Management Board Biennial SRS Meeting - May 2021 - Day One
Management Board Meeting - April 2021
Management Board Meeting - March 2021
Management Board Quarterly Progress Meeting - February 2021
A meeting for the Management Board. The February meeting is a Quarterly Progress Meeting for the Local Action cohort.
Note: When this meeting took place, it was part of the Biennial Strategy Review System's Local Action cohort. Cohorts are predefined sets of teams that represent a particular group of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outcomes. In 2023, the Strategy Review System's cohorts changed. As a result, the outcomes that were discussed at this meeting are no longer grouped together. To learn more, visit ChesapeakeDecisions: a tool that promotes transparency and guides teams through the Strategy Review System process.