Local Leadership Workgroup
Upcoming Meetings
No upcoming meetings.
Scope and Purpose
The Local Leadership Workgroup was established in 2014 after the signing of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. This workgroup exists to accomplish the local leadership outcome outlined in the Agreement. For more information, visit the local leadership management strategy page.
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This bi-monthly newsletter features curated inspirational and informative resources and content for local governments within the Chesapeake Bay watershed region.
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Projects and Resources
Protect Local Waterways Website
The Protect Local Waterways Website is an online resource hub created to support decision-making by local officials. Local leaders make decisions that set the course for their community and local government actions determine the health and vitality of their jurisdiction, as well as that of local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. Local officials can achieve mutually beneficial outcomes by prioritizing local economic development, infrastructure resiliency, public health, and education, while also protecting your environment.
The Protect Local Waterways website's extensive learning library, titled "A Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay," contains 11 highly visual and succinct educational modules with companion fact sheets, infographics, and short videos.
Watershed Currents Newsletter: Resources for Local Governments
Watershed Currents is a bi-monthly curated newsletter that highlights local case studies and provides inspirational and informative resources for local governments and interested parties within the Chesapeake Bay watershed region. Each newsletter will be themed-focused and organized by local priorities impacting local government communities today. Please see below for past editions of the Newsletter:
November 2023: Latest Chesapeake Bay Program Happenings
September 2023: Launching ProtectLocalWaterways.org
July 2023: Roads & Stormwater Runoff
May 2023: Technical Assistance
January 2023: Environmental Health
November 2022: Behaviour Change
September 2022: Hazard Mitigation
July 2022: Stream Restoration/Health
Publications
Local Leadership Pre QPM Logic and Action Plan 2021
Local Leadership Pre-QPM Logic and Action Plan 2021
View detailsLocal Leadership Quarterly Progress Presentation 2021
Local Leadership Quarterly Progress Presentation 2021
View detailsMembers
Michelle Edwards (Chair), Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Commission
Martha Narvaez (Vice Chair), University of Delaware
Laura Cattell Noll (Coordinator), Local Leadership Workgroup Coordinator, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
501 Sixth Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
Email: lnoll@allianceforthebay.org
Phone: (443) 949-0575
Angelica Bailey Thupari
Heidi Bonnaffon, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
777 North Capitol Street NE
Suite 300
Washington, District of Columbia 20002
Email: hbonnaffon@mwcog.org
Dominic Butchko, Maryland Association of Counties
Pat Calvert, Virginia Conservation Network
Nicole Christ, Maryland Department of the Environment
Jen Cotting, Environmental Finance Center - UMD
Carrie Decker, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building
Annaoplis, Maryland 21401
Email: CDecker@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8723
Claudia Donegan, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Liz Feinberg, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Kate Fritz, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
14741 Governor Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
Email: Katharine.Fritz@ppd.mncppc.org
Phone: (301) 952-5402
Andy Fellows, Environmental Finance Center - UMD
Ronald Grutza, Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB)
Mark Hoffman, Chesapeake Bay Commission
60 West Street
Suite 406
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: mhoffman@chesbay.us
Phone: (410) 263-3420
James Hutzler, Virginia Association of Counties (VA)
Les Knapp, Maryland Department of the Environment
Megan Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Shannon Moore, Frederick County (MD)
Nancy Nunn, Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology
Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc. P.O. Box 169 124 Wye Narrows Drive
Queenstown, Maryland 21658
Email: nnunn@umd.edu