2026

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) October 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, October 22, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the October 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) September 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, September 24, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the September 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) August 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, August 27, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the August 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) July 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, July 23, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the July 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) June 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the June 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) May 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, May 28, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the May 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.
     

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) April 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, April 23, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the April 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) March 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the March 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab/Oyster Conference Room.

    Brook Trout Chairs, Daniel Goetz (Maryland Department of Natural Resources, MDDNR) and Katie Ombalski (Woods and Water Consulting), will provide an overview of the revised 2025 Brook Trout Outcome and lessons learned from the 2014-2015 Outcome. Neil Ganju (U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Coastal and marine Science Center) will give a presentation on Salt Marsh Geomorphic Metrics and how they are used to make landscape-scale decisions on marsh restoration and management in Chesapeake Bay. Bill Street (James River Association, JRA) will give an overview of the 2025 State of the James Report Card which examines the status and trends of 18 indicators on River Health and River Restoration. The James River Association celebrates their 50th anniversary in 2026, you can learn more about their work here. Lastly, Cirse Gonzalez (Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VIMS CBNERR) will give a presentation on the State of the York Watershed System which includes the York River, Mobjack Bay and Piankatank River Basins. 

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@usgs.gov) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) February 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, February 26, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    This is the calendar webpage for the February 2026 STAR Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Blue Crab Conference Room.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

    Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) January 2026 Meeting

    Thursday, January 29, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

    *Please note that this meeting has been rescheduled from January 22nd to Thursday, January 29th from 10AM - 12PM to accommodate attendance to the January 2026 PSC Meeting. 

    This is the calendar webpage for the January 2026 STAR Meeting. You can join us virtually via the Teams link (in the below agenda) or in person in the Brook Trout conference room. 

    The theme of this meeting is Indicators, and we will hear from three presenters followed by an open discussion. First, Katie Ayers (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA) will provide an overview of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s (CBP) Indicators Framework and offer suggestions for potential changes and additions. Second, Alexandra Fries (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, UMCES) will present a brief overview of the Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card. Third, Jeff Lerner (EPA) will provide an overview of the Puget Sound Partnership and its approach to indicators in Puget Sound. We will conclude with an open discussion on CBP Outcome Indicators and how they may evolve under the revised agreement.

    Please contact STAR Staffers Allison Welch (awelch@chesapeakebay.net) and Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or STAR Coordinator Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) with any questions.

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