Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Workgroup
Upcoming Meetings
SAV Workgroup Summer 2023 Meeting
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 from 1:00pm - 5:00pmScope and Purpose
The SAV Workgroup serves the broader Bay community by guiding managers on the protection and restoration of SAV. The Workgroup carries out its mission by providing technical expertise and applying research findings to issues impacting SAV in the Bay.
Projects and Resources
Chesapeake Bay SAV Monitoring Effort
The Chesapeake Bay Program is working towards a three-tiered hierarchical monitoring approach for SAV. To learn more about the effort, visit our webpages at:
https://www.chesapeakebay.net/what/programs/monitoring/sav-monitoring-program
Chesapeake Bay SAV Restoration Manual and Outreach Materials
The below resources, developed by Green Fin Studios in partnership with the SAV Workgroup, include a Chesapeake Bay SAV Restoration Manual and accompanying outreach materials. This work was funded through the Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Team (GIT) Funding Program.
- SAV Restoration in Chesapeake Bay: A Guide to the Restoration of SAV in Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries (pdf - 14.604 MB)
- SAV Restoration Quick Start Guide (pdf - 1.726 MB)
- SAV Restoration Fact Sheet (pdf - 5.224 MB)
- SAV Restoration Bookmark (pdf - 866.772 KB)
- SAV-ing the Sassafras River (pdf - 929.988 KB)
Tributary Specific SAV Fact Sheets
The Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Synthesis Project brought together experts from the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership specializing in SAV, water quality, and land-use research and management. The goal of the project was to conduct a synthesis of multiple long-term datasets to determine what role the growing human population in the Chesapeake Bay watershed has played in influencing SAV distribution and abundance and if the sustained efforts and management actions implemented by the CBP partnership have benefited SAV habitat.
In response to interest from resource managers, local planners, and watershed organizations, the SAV Synthesis Project team conducted segment-specific reviews of SAV trends and progress towards restoration targets and created SAV fact-sheets for each segment. This local-scale segment review aims to provide a summary of information that may guide local planning and implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to encourage SAV recovery throughout the Bay.
The information provided in these fact sheets, along with accompanying data and information linked or referenced, should serve as references and guidance for resource managers and local planners in the identification and implementation of BMPs that benefit SAV recovery in their creeks, tributaries, or jurisdictional areas.
You can access the fact sheets here: https://gis.chesapeakebay.net/sav/
or on our CAST website here: https://cast.chesapeakebay.net/Home/TMDLTracking#SAVReportsSection
SAV Regulatory Review
The below resources, developed by the Chesapeake Legal Alliance in partnership with the SAV Workgroup, include a comprehensive regulatory review for Chesapeake Bay SAV and an accompanying searchable database for CB SAV statutes, regulations, and relevant policies. This work was funded through the Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Team (GIT) Funding Program.
- Existing Chesapeake Bay Watershed Statutes and Regulations Affecting SAV 1 (pdf - 728.77 KB)
- CB SAV searchable SAV reg database (xlsx - 204.801 KB)
Social Marketing Campaign to Promote SAV Stewardship
The below resources, developed by Action Research, Inc. in partnership with the SAV and Communications Workgroups, include social marketing materials to promote SAV stewardship. This work was funded through the Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Team (GIT) Funding Program.
- Commitment Card SAV CBSM (pdf - 1.539 MB)
- Door Hanger SAV CBSM (pdf - 356.008 KB)
- Poster Blue Crab SAV CBSM (pdf - 2.298 MB)
- Poster Terrapin SAV CBSM (pdf - 2.242 MB)
- Shore Sign SAV CBSM roboto (pdf - 89.76 KB)
Publications
Chesapeake Bay SAV Habitat Requirements and Restoration Targets: A Technical Synthesis
The first Chesapeake Bay SAV technical synthesis.
View detailsWatershed Agreement
Vital Habitats Goal
Members
Brooke Landry (Chair), Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: Brooke.Landry@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 260-8629
Rebecca Golden (Vice Chair), Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Hadijah (Dede) Lawal (Staffer), Habitat Goal Implementation Team Staffer, Chesapeake Research Consortium
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: lawalh@chesapeake.org
Phone: (410) 267-5724
Alyson Hall, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Amanda Shaver, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Becky Swerida, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Bill Dennison, STAR, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech
Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Cassie Gurbisz, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Chris Adriance, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Chris Patrick, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Cindy Johnson, STAR Data Integrity Workgroup Chair, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Dave Wilcox, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
David O'Brien, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Gloucester Point (VA) Field Office
Gloucester Point, virginia 23062
Email: David.L.O'Brien@noaa.gov
Doug Myers, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Richard Zimmerman, Old Dominion University (ODU)
5115 Hampton Boulevard
Norfolk, virginia 23062
Email: rzimmerman@odu.edu
Phone: (757) 683-5991
Don Weller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Enie Hensel, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Erin Reilly, James River Association
Erin Shields, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Jackie Specht, The Nature Conservancy
Jessie Jarvis, University of North Carolina
Robert Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Jonathan Lefcheck, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Jonathan Watson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Julie Bortz, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Katia Engelhardt, UMCES Appalachian Laboratory
301 Braddock Road
Frostburg, maryland 21532
Email: engelhardt@al.umces.edu
Phone: (301) 689-7140
Kelly Somers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Ken Moore, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Lauren Alvaro, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Lora Harris, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
Maile Neel
Magdalene Ngeve
6117 Plant Sciences Building 4291 Fieldhouse Drive
College Park, maryland 20742
Email: magngeve@gmail.com
Marc Hensel, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Mark Lewandowski, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: mlewandowski@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 260-8634
Mark Luckenbach, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
Matt Robinson, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)
Megan Fitzgerald, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3
Mike Johnson, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Mike Naylor, Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Ave Bldg E3
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: mike.naylor@maryland.gov
Phone: (410) 353-2049
Mike Norman, Anne Arundel Community College
Nancy Rybicki, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Peter McGowan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Peter Tango, Monitoring Coordinator, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
Annapolis, maryland 21401
Email: ptango@chesapeakebay.net
Phone: (410) 267-9875
Rhianne Cofer, Old Dominion University (ODU)
Stan Kollar, Harford Community College
Steve Ailstock, Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, maryland 21012
Email: smailstock@mail.aacc.cc.md.us
Phone: (410) 777-2230