Stream Health Workgroup Projects and Resources
Stream Restoration Permitting Survey
In 2023, the Stream Health Workgroup's Stream Restoration Permitting Committee created a survey to track and report progress and identify remaining and/or new issues on permitting stream restoration projects. This survey was distributed to the workgroup on April 21, 2023, with the deadline of June 23, 2023, and workgroup members and interested parties were encouraged to forward the survey to folks outside the CBP with permitting experience. These results will be used by the Committee and shared with the SHWG, who will initiate discussions with its membership and other Bay Program Partners to acknowledge progress and address identified issues.
Stream Health Indicators Project
The project “Scope of Work 12: Data Review and Development of Multi-Metric Stream Health Indicators” was a 2021 GIT-funded project that was completed in September 2023. This project was a continuation of work developed by the Stream Health Workgroup and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to better understand the drivers and stressors affecting stream health throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This project was awarded to Tetra Tech and is phase 3A of a larger process to develop additional stream health indicators. Phases 3B and 3C will be completed in the future.
Additional information on this project and the deliverables can be found below:
- Watershed Wide Benthic Invertebrate Database - LINK
Stressor White Paper Project
Provide recommendations for the water quality impairments associated with a TMDL that will achieve co-benefits as a result of addressing other stressors through restoration practice implementation.