Past Publications

Are you interested in connecting with the next generation of Chesapeake Bay Stewards? Consider participating as a mentor in the 2022 Chesapeake Youth Initiative

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in DE.

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in VA.

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in DC.

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in West Virginia.

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in Pennsylvania.

ELIT response summaries from the responding LEAs in Maryland.

This report presents findings on the implementation of BMPs on school grounds, the integration of BMPs in student and community learning, and the influence of sustainability recognition programs. Through a series of interviews of...

A companion text to the Educator's Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience to support effective MWEE professional learning experiences for teachers and educators.

The cornerstone of the Environmental Literacy Goal of the 2014 Watershed Agreement is providing teacher-supported meaningful watershed educational experiences --MWEEs-- in elementary, middle, and high school. This guide has been...

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay...

The purpose of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) is to help local and state schools systems collect important information that will help advance the implementation of environmental education...

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Environmental Literacy Indicator Tool (ELIT) was developed to monitor the capacity and progress of public school districts toward meting the environmental literacy goal stated in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay...

An Educator’s Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) is an easy-to-use manual for constructing high-quality educational experiences for all students. Our hope is that this guide is used by teachers and...

June 06, 2012

Managers are making tremendous progress identifying and tackling environmental issues facing the Chesapeake Bay. However, many of the remaining challenges to a healthier ecosystem are complex, diffuse, and directly in the hands of...

June 06, 2012

Managers are making tremendous progress identifying and tackling environmental issues facing the Chesapeake Bay. However, many of the remaining challenges to a healthier ecosystem are complex, diffuse, and directly in the hands of...

November 29, 2005

By this agreement, the Executive Committee members commit themselves to continually work to ensure that  students have been exposed to concepts in environmental literacy and have examined strategies to foster their restoration and...

January 10, 2005

The Chesapeake Bay is dependent upon the actions of every citizen in the watershed, both today and in the future. The Bay's future will soon rest in the hands of its youngest citizens. Our students, future Bay leaders, should be armed...

November 04, 2014

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) serve as the foundation for a rich, lifelong relationship between students and their Bay.