Climate Resiliency Workgroup
Upcoming Meetings
Climate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, June 2023
Thursday, June 15, 2023 from 1:30pm - 3:30pmClimate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, July 2023
Thursday, July 20, 2023 from 1:30pm - 3:30pmClimate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, August 2023
Thursday, August 17, 2023 from 1:30pm - 3:30pmScope and Purpose
Changing climatic and sea level conditions may alter the Bay ecosystem and human activities, requiring adjustment to policies, programs and projects to successfully achieve our restoration and protection goals for the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. This challenge requires careful monitoring and assessment of these impacts and application of this knowledge to policies, programs and projects. The Climate Resiliency Workgroup coordinates climate-related efforts to address climate resiliency for the Chesapeake Bay Program as deemed a priority of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Jurisdictions noted in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
Core Workgroup Values
- Increase the resiliency of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, including its living resources, habitats, public infrastructure and communities, to withstand adverse impacts from changing environmental and climate conditions.
- Continually monitor and assess the trends and likely impacts of changing climatic and sea level conditions on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, including the effectiveness of restoration and protection policies, programs, and projects.
- Continually pursue, design, and construct restoration and protection projects to enhance the resiliency of Bay and aquatic ecosystems from the impacts of coastal erosion, coastal flooding, more intense and more frequent storms, and sea level rise.
In March 2023, the Climate Resiliency Workgroup's Management Strategy and Logic and Action Plan were updated as a part of the Strategy Review System (SRS) process. This strategy and logic and action plan currently serve as the guide for climate related planning, research and programmatic efforts for the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership.
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Projects and Resources
Climate Resiliency Outcomes Management Strategy and Logic & Action Plan
- CRWG Management Strategy (pdf - 1.976 MB)
- CRWG 2023-2024 Logic Action Plan (pdf - 986.81 KB)
STAC Rising Water Temperature Workshop and Report
- UMCES STAC Report Summary (pdf - 7.923 MB)
Climate Resiliency Related Posters for Vulnerable Population
- Cbp rain garden poster partner version (pdf - 7.118 MB)
- Cbp hurricane poster partner version eng (pdf - 7.016 MB)
- Cbp hurricane poster partner version spn (pdf - 6.878 MB)
- Cbp heat island poster partner version (pdf - 4.042 MB)
Climate Change Indicator Frameworks
- Presentation on Climate Change Indicators for Management Board - 03-11-21 (pdf - 581.982 KB)
- List of Climate Change Indicators for Management Board Discussion - 03-11-21 (pdf - 176.079 KB)
- Project fact sheet 10 23 18 (pdf - 276.989 KB)
- Erg scope 15 summary memo 08 05 18 (pdf - 198.12 KB)
- Indicator Implementation Plan - revised - 07-13-18 (pdf - 2.733 MB)
- Suite Selection as Presented to CRWG- 11-20-17 (pdf - 1.19 MB)
- Summary of CRWG Methdology Input - 10-16-17 (pdf - 426.227 KB)
- Chesapeake Indicators Step 6 Assessment Notes - 10-04-17 (pdf - 640.181 KB)
- Monitoring Networks - 09-21-17 (xlsx - 20.21 KB)
- Initial Topic List - 06-14-17 (xlsx - 17.509 KB)
- Chesapeake Indicator Frameworks Memo - 05-12-17 (pdf - 256.041 KB)
CBP Climate Smart Framework and Decision Support Tool
- Cbp climate smart framework and decision tool final report 2018 (pdf - 1.291 MB)
- Cbp climate smart framework and decision tables 2 2 (pdf - 291.223 KB)
Publications
A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance
Published on January 21, 2022Climate change in the Chesapeake Bay will affect the effort to reach the TMDL, and maintain needed nutrient and sediment reductions. In an effort to determine how baseline nutrient and sediment loads will likely change in response to climate, and the best management practices (BMPs) being used to reduce them will function, a modified systematic review process was undertaken. Using this process we reviewed research literature and studies related to two primary questions: 1. How do climate change and variability affect nutrient/sediment cycling in the watershed?; and 2. How do climate change and variability affect BMP performance?
Acknowledgements:
We want to thank and acknowledge the incredibly helpful and constructive comments from Julie Reichert-Nguyen, our steering committee (Raymond Najjar, Julie Shortridge, Kurt Stephenson, Lisa Wainger) and other reviewers including Lew Linker, David Wood, Alex Gunnerson, and Ken Staver. We are also grateful to Gary Shenk and Denice Wardrop for their valuable input. We also wish to thank members of the various Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Teams and workgroups that listened, and provided valuable input in response, to the numerous presentations dating back to 2020, particularly the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team, Climate Resiliency Workgroup, Modeling Workgroup, and Urban Stormwater Workgroup.
Suggested Citation: Hanson, J., E. Bock, B. Asfaw, and Z.M. Easton. 2022. A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance. CBP/TRS-330-22.
View detailsClimate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Near Final Management Strategy 2021
Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Near Final Management Strategy 2021
View detailsClimate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Logic and Action Plan 2021
Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Logic and Action Plan 2021
View detailsRelated Links
COME HIGH WATER: Sea Level Rise and Chesapeake Bay
A special report by Chesapeake Quarterly and Bay Journal
NWF's Climate Change Adaptation Reports
To help people across the country develop climate-smart conservation plans
USGS Report Released in the Journal of Climate Change
Stream temperature rising throughout the Chesapeake Bay region
NOAA: Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment
Reports designed to provide input that can be used in the development of the National Climate Assessment
NOAA: Chesapeake Atlantis Model
An approach for conducting formal management strategy evaluation—a simulation that accounts for tradeoffs in performance across a range of management objectives
NOAA: Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model
An exploratory tool that helps scientists and others understand the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem
NOAA: Ecosystem Modeling
Develops and hones tools to support ecosystem-based management of the Chesapeake Bay’s natural resources, including fisheries
Members
Mark Bennett (Chair), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1730 East Parham Road
Richmond, virginia 23228
Email: mrbennet@usgs.gov
Phone: (804) 261-2643
Jackie Specht (Chair), The Nature Conservancy
Julie Reichert-Nguyen (Coordinator), Climate Resiliency Workgroup Coordinator, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
200 Harry S Truman Parkway Suite 460
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: julie.reichert-nguyen@noaa.gov
Alex Gunnerson (Staffer), Scientific, Technical Assessment, and Reporting Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
August Goldfischer (Staffer), Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Jamileh Soueidan (Staffer), Climate Resiliency Workgroup Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Nicole Carlozo, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Joel Carr, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Cassandra Davis, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Kevin DuBois, U.S. Department of the Navy
1510 Gilbert Street
Bldg N26, Room 3300
Norfolk, virginia 23511
Email: kevin.dubois@navy.mil
Phone: (757) 341-0424
Jim George, Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Boulevard
Baltimore, maryland 21230
Email: jgeorge@mde.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 537-3579
Andrew Hall
Grace Hansen, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Brooke Landry, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: Brooke.Landry@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 260-8629
Rachel Lamb, Maryland Department of the Environment
Pam Mason, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
1375 Greate Road
P.O. Box 1346
Gloucester Point, virginia 23062
Email: mason@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7158
Ben McFarlane, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
Molly Mitchell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Fredrika Moser, Maryland Sea Grant
Andrew Muller, U.S. Naval Academy
Cindy Osorto, Maryland Department of the Environment
Taryn Sudol, Maryland Sea Grant
Breck Sullivan, Scientific, Technical Assessment & Reporting Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-5788