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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Research Recommendations for the Chesapeake Bay Program
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309210828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Chesapeake Bay is North America's largest and most biologically diverse estuary, as well as an important commercial and recreational resource. However, excessive amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment from human activities and land development have disrupted the ecosystem, causing harmful algae blooms, degraded habitats, and diminished populations of many species of fish and shellfish. In 1983, the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) was established, based on a cooperative partnership among the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the state of Maryland, and the commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and the District of Columbia, to address the extent, complexity, and sources of pollutants entering the Bay. In 2008, the CBP launched a series of initiatives to increase the transparency of the program and heighten its accountability and in 2009 an executive order injected new energy into the restoration. In addition, as part of the effect to improve the pace of progress and increase accountability in the Bay restoration, a two-year milestone strategy was introduced aimed at reducing overall pollution in the Bay by focusing on incremental, short-term commitments from each of the Bay jurisdictions. The National Research Council (NRC) established the Committee on the Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction in Improve Water Quality in 2009 in response to a request from the EPA. The committee was charged to assess the framework used by the states and the CBP for tracking nutrient and sediment control practices that are implemented in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and to evaluate the two-year milestone strategy. The committee was also to assess existing adaptive management strategies and to recommend improvements that could help CBP to meet its nutrient and sediment reduction goals. The committee did not attempt to identify every possible strategy that could be implemented but instead focused on approaches that are not being implemented to their full potential or that may have substantial, unrealized potential in the Bay watershed. Because many of these strategies have policy or societal implications that could not be fully evaluated by the committee, the strategies are not prioritized but are offered to encourage further consideration and exploration among the CBP partners and stakeholders.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Author: Chesapeake Bay Program (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Chesapeake Bay Program Technical Studies
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Chesapeake Bay Research Issues
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental ShelfPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Chesapeake Bay Study
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Chesapeake Bay Study
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Baltimore DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Report -- Summary: Supplement A. Problem identification. Supplement B. Public involvement. Supplement C. The Chesapeake Bay hydraulic model.
The Future Chesapeake
Author: J. R. SchubelPublisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 166570439X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Chesapeake Bay is the nation’s largest estuary. After slow deterioration for several centuries, the Chesapeake Bay Program was launched in 1983 to restore it. After spending more than $24 billion, the results of the restoration program are disappointing. The Bay Program has arrested the decline of the Bay, but it has failed to achieve its restoration goals—something that will become more challenging with climate change. The rate of environmental change today is more rapid than at any time in the history of humanity. The concept of restoration—to return to an earlier time and condition—is an outmoded concept for coastal ecosystems like the Chesapeake Bay that are at the leading edge of change. A better strategy would be to focus on shaping the future Bay. While we cannot create the future Bay, we have many of the tools to shape it, tools that have never been used as a complement to existing efforts. Learn about the past and present of the Bay, how climate change will affect its future, and how we can intervene to shape the future of the Chesapeake.
Reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Water Resources and EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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EPA Chesapeake Bay Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
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Category : Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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