Black Duck Action Team
The Black Duck Action Team facilitates black duck habitat restoration and conservation.
Meetings
Habitat GIT Fall 2025 Meeting: Day 1 of 2
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
Habitat GIT Fall 2025 Meeting: Day 2 of 2
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
Habitat GIT Virtual Spring 2025 Meeting
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
from 10:00am -
1:00pm
Habitat GIT Office Hours - December 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
from 10:00am -
12:00pm
Habitat GIT Fall 2024 Meeting: Day 2 of 2
Thursday, October 3, 2024
from 9:00am -
1:00pm
About
The Black Duck Action Team facilitates the black duck habitat restoration and conservation efforts of federal, state, non-profit and private partners to make progress towards the Black Duck Outcome in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Publications
2023-2024 Black Duck Logic and Action Plan
Publication date:This two-year workplan was developed as part of the 2022-2023 Strategy Review System cycle.
View document [PDF, 157.5 KB] 2023-2024 Black Duck Logic and Action Plan
2021-2022 Black Duck Logic and Action Plan
Publication date:This two-year workplan was developed as part of the 2019-2021 Strategy Review System cycle.
View document [PDF, 232.0 KB] 2021-2022 Black Duck Logic and Action Plan
Our Watershed Agreement Goals & Outcomes
Vital Habitats Goal
Our Members
- Alicia Berlin (Chair)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) aberlin@usgs.gov - Benjamin Lewis (Chair)
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources ben.lewis@dwr.virginia.gov - Hadijah (Dede) Lawal (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium lawal.dede@epa.gov - Gary Costanzo
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources gary.costanzo@dgif.virginia.gov - Bill DeLuca
wdeluca@eco.umass.edu - Patrick Devers
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) patrick_devers@fws.gov - Ed Farley
Ducks Unlimited efarley@ducks.org - Mitch Hartley
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) mitch_hartley@fws.gov - Bill Harvey
Maryland Department of Natural Resources bill.harvey@maryland.gov - Kirk Havens
Virginia Institute of Marine Science kirk@vims.edu - Josh Homyack
Maryland Department of Natural Resources josh.homyack@maryland.gov - Kirsten Luke
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) kirsten_luke@fws.gov - Paul Peditto
Maryland Department of Natural Resources paul.peditto@maryland.gov - Daniel Rauch
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment daniel.rauch@dc.gov - Mike Slattery
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) michael_slattery@fws.gov - Caleb Spiegel
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) caleb_spiegel@fws.gov - Matt Whitbeck
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) matt_whitbeck@fws.gov - Chris Williams
University of Delaware ckwillia@udel.edu