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Climate Resiliency Workgroup

Upcoming Meetings

June 20, 2022
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Climate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, June 2022

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July 18, 2022
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Climate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, July 2022

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August 15, 2022
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Climate Resiliency Workgroup Meeting, August 2022

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Scope 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 resilliency for the Chesapeake Bay Program as deemed a priority of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Juristictions 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 June, 2021 the Climate Resiliency Management Strategy was released. This strategy currently serves as the guide for climate related planning, reserach and programmatic efforts for the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership. 

To learn more about planned activities, review the Climate Resiliency Logic and Action Plan.

The Climate Resiliency Management Strategy and Climate Resiliency Logic and Action Plan was updated in June 2021 as a result of Strategy Review System (SRS) process.

 

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Projects and Resources

Climate Resiliency Outcomes Management Strategy and Logic & Action Plan

  • Logic & Action Plan: Approved June 10, 2021 (245.09 KB)
  • Management Strategy: Approved June 10, 2021 (1.25 MB)

Climate Resiliency Related Posters for Vulnerable Population

  • Urban Heat Island -- Laura Exar (3.85 MB)
  • Hurricane Preparedness (Spanish Version)-- Wuillam Urvina (6.56 MB)
  • Hurricane Preparedness -- Wuillam Urvina (6.69 MB)
  • Planting Your Own Rain Garden -- Sara Ramotnik (6.79 MB)

Climate Change Indicator Frameworks

  • Presentation on Climate Change Indicators for Management Board - 03-11-21 (568.34 KB)
  • List of Climate Change Indicators for Management Board Discussion - 03-11-21 (171.95 KB)
  • Project Fact Sheet 10-23-18 (270.5 KB)
  • Erg scope 15 summary memo - 08-05-18 (193.48 KB)
  • Indicator Implementation Plan - revised - 07-13-18 (2.61 MB)
  • Suite Selection as Presented to CRWG- 11-20-17 (1.13 MB)
  • Summary of CRWG Methdology Input - 10-16-17 (416.24 KB)
  • Chesapeake Indicators Step 6 Assessment Notes - 10-04-17 (625.18 KB)
  • Monitoring Networks - 09-21-17 (19.74 KB)
  • Initial Topic List - 06-14-17 (17.1 KB)
  • Chesapeake Indicator Frameworks Memo - 05-12-17 (250.04 KB)

CBP Climate Smart Framework and Decision Support Tool

  • CBP Climate Smart Framework and Decision Tool (1.23 MB)
  • CBP Climate Smart Decision Tables (284.4 KB)

CBP Climate Smart Workshops

Toxic Contaminants and Climate-Smart Adaptation Workshop​
Chesapeake Bay Program Climate Smart Habitat Restoration Workshop (Black Duck/Tidal Wetlands and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation) (2016)

Chesapeake Bay TMDL Midpoint Assessment- Climate Change Resources

Climate Change Projections and Scenarios
Recommendations on Incorporating Climate-Related Data Inputs and Assessments: Selection of Sea Level Rise Scenarios and Tidal Marsh Change Models to Inform the Chesapeake Bay TMDL 2017 Mid-Point Assessment
The Development of Climate Projections for Use in the Chesapeake Bay Program Assessments
Climate Resilience Toolkit
Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States

Modeling Documentation and Decision-Support Materials
Briefing Document:  Preliminary Phase 6 Watershed Model and Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Sediment Transport Model Climate Change Assessment Procedures and Scenarios for the 2017 Midpoint Assessment
Draft Phase 6 Watershed Model Documentation
Draft 2017 Watershed Quality Sediment Transport Model Documentation

STAC Peer Review Documents
Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership’s Climate Change Assessment Framework and Programmatic Integration and Response Efforts:  Request for STAC Peer Review
STAC Peer Review Report (in press)

Peer Review Documentation
Peer Review Webinar  

Policy Option Briefing Memorandums and Decision-Support Materials
PSC Climate Policy Actions and Decisions - December 2017
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Briefing Document: Guiding Principles and Options for Addressing Climate Change Considerations in the Jurisdictions’ Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (October 11, 2016)    
Principal Staff Committee Briefing Document: Guiding Principles and Options for Addressing Climate Change Considerations in the Jurisdictions’ Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (December 13, 2016)    
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Briefing Document: Policy Options and Implementation Considerations for Addressing Climate change in Jurisdictions’ Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (September 6, 2017).
Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Briefing Document: Policy Approach and Implementation Considerations for Addressing Climate change in Jurisdictions’ Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (November 29, 2017).
Fact Sheet.  Resilient BMPs: Planning Tools and Resources (November 2017).
STAC Workshop Report: Monitoring and Assessing Impacts of Changes in Weather Patterns and Extreme Events on BMP Siting and Design.

CBP Partnership Decision-Support Presentations
Oct 24-25, 2016 WQGIT Presentation
November 16, 2016 CAC Presentation
December 1, 2016 LGAC Presentation
Dec. 13, 2016 PSC Presentation
December 19, 2016 CRWG Presentation
March 23, 2017 LGAC Presentation
May 8, 2017 Climate Change Webinar
June 19, 2017 CRWG Presentation
August 28, 2017 CRWG Presentation
September 19, 2017 Climate Change Webinar
September 26, 2017 WQGIT Presentation
October 16, 2017 CRWG Presentation
October 17, 2017 Modeling WG Presentation
October 30, 2017 PSC Presentation
November 13, 2017 WQGIT Presentation
December 4-5, 2017 Joint Modeling-WQGIT Presentation
December 18, 2017 CRWG Presentation

Climate Change Research and Adaptation Efforts

  • Climate and Fisheries Bibliography Jan 2017 (527.16 KB)
  • Climate Change Research and Adaptation Efforts 2016 (1.39 MB)
  • Summary of Recent Research on Effects of Climate Change on the Chesapeake Bay (678.19 KB)
  • Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay - Najjar et al. (1.16 MB)

Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership:Climate Change Related Documents

  • Chesapeake Bay Climate Change Related Commitments and Recommendations (530.25 KB)
  • 2008 STAC Report - Climate Change Review and Recommendations (234.6 KB)
  • NOAA & EPA Interagency Agreement for a Climate Change Coordinator (216.53 KB)
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Publications

  • January 21, 2022

    A systematic review of Chesapeake Bay climate change impacts and uncertainty: watershed processes, pollutant delivery and BMP performance

    Climate 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...

  • Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Near Final Management Strategy 2021

    Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Near Final Management Strategy 2021

  • Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Logic and Action Plan 2021

    Climate Adaptation Monitoring and Assessment Logic and Action Plan 2021

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Related 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)

      Address:
      1730 East Parham Road
      Richmond Virginia 23228

      • Email: mrbennet@usgs.gov
      • Phone: (804) 261-2643
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    • Julie Reichert-Nguyen (Coordinator), NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office


      Climate Resiliency Workgroup Coordinator

      Address:
      200 Harry S Truman Parkway
      Suite 460
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: julie.reichert-nguyen@noaa.gov
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    • Alex Gunnerson (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Scientific, Technical Assessment, and Reporting Team Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130 Annapolis
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: agunnerson@chesapeakebay.net
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    • Amy Goldfischer (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Scientific, Technical Assessment and Reporting (STAR) Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: agoldfischer@chesapeakebay.net
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    • Jamileh Soueidan (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Climate Resiliency Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: jamileh.soueidan@noaa.gov
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    • Elizabeth Andrews, College of William and Mary

      Address:
      PO Box 8795
      Williamsburg Virginia 23187

      • Email: eaandrews@wm.edu
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    • Katie Brownson, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)


      Watershed Specialist, U.S. Forest Service

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: Katherine.Brownson@usda.gov
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    • Nicole Carlozo, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

      Address:
      580 Taylor Ave
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: nicole.carlozo@maryland.gov
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    • Joel Carr, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

      Address:
      12100 Beech Forest Rd
      Laurel Maryland 20708

      • Email: jcarr@usgs.gov
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    • Sally Claggett, U.S. Forest Service (USFS)


      Program Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Suite 209
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: sclaggett@fs.fed.us
      • Phone: (410) 267-5706
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    • Cassandra Davis, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

      Address:
      625 Broadway
      Albany New York 12233

      • Email: cassandra.davis@dec.ny.gov
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    • Kevin DuBois, U.S. Department of the Navy

      Address:
      1510 Gilbert Street
      Bldg N26, Room 3300
      Norfolk Virginia 23511

      • Email: kevin.dubois@navy.mil
      • Phone: (757) 341-0424
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    • Jason Dubow, Maryland Department of Planning

      Address:
       301 West Preston Street
      Suite 1101
      Baltimore Maryland 21201

      • Email: jason.dubow@maryland.gov
      • Phone: (410) 767-3370
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    • Lena Easton-Calabria

      Address:
      1776 Main Street
      Santa Monica California 90401

      • Email: leaston@rand.org
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    • Jim George, Maryland Department of the Environment

      Address:
      1800 Washington Boulevard
      Baltimore Maryland 21230

      • Email: jgeorge@mde.state.md.us
      • Phone: (410) 537-3579
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    • Susan Herrod Julius, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

      Address:
      1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Mail code: 8601P)
      Office of Research and Development, EPA
      Washington District of Columbia 20460

      • Email: julius.susan@epa.gov
      • Phone: (703) 347-8619
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    • Nora Jackson, Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team Staffer

      Address:
      410 Severn Avenue
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: njackson@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5781
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    • Ann Jennings, Virginia Office of Natural Resources

      Address:
      Patrick Henry Building
      1111 East Broad Street
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: Ann.Jennings@governor.virginia.gov
      • Phone: (804) 786-0044
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    • Lewis Linker, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency


      Modeling Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: linker.lewis@epa.gov
      • Phone: (410) 267-5741
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    • Katie Matta, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3

      Address:
      1650 Arch St
      Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

      • Email: Matta.Katie@epa.gov
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    • Katie McClure, Maryland Sea Grant

      Address:
      College Park
      College Park Maryland 20742

      • Email: mcclure@umd.edu
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    • Molly Mitchell, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      1208 Greate Rd
      Gloucester Point Virginia 23062

      • Email: molly@vims.edu
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    • Fredrika Moser, Maryland Sea Grant

      Address:
      4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
      College Park Maryland 20740

      • Email: moser@mdsg.umd.edu
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    • Ann Phillips, Commonwealth of Virginia

      Address:
      P.O. Box 1475
      Richmond Virginia 23218

      • Email: ann.phillips@governor.virginia.gov
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    • Amanda Poskaitis, National Wildlife Federation

      Address:
      PO Box 1583
      Merrifield Virginia 22116

      • Email: PoskaitisA@nwf.org
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    • Jackie Specht, The Nature Conservancy

      Address:
      425 Barlow Pl #100
      Bethesda Maryland 20814

      • Email: jackie.specht@tnc.org
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    • Breck Sullivan, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)


      Scientific, Technical Assessment & Reporting Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5788
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    • Jennifer Volk, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension

      Address:
      69 Transportation Circle
      Dover Delaware 19901

      • Email: jennvolk@udel.edu
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    • Qian Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)


      Watershed Effectiveness Data Analyst

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: qzhang@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-5794
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