Tree Canopy Outcome:Logic & Action Plan
Chesapeake Bay Program partners have committed to taking a series of specific actions to support the management approaches guiding this outcome. These actions directly address the factors that could impact our progress. More information about performance targets and participating partners can be found in the complete Logic & Action Plan.
Download Logic & Action Plan (.pdf)Completed Actions
2024
- Completed the Chesapeake Goal Implementation Team (GIT)-funded project, Addressing Regional Tree Supply Challenges and Opportunities, which included convening an Urban Tree Supply Forum in August 2024. Project deliverables and Forum recordings are available on the Chesapeake Tree Canopy Network website.
- Convened a Chesapeake Bay Program webinar, Tapping into Community Stewards to Meet Your Tree Planting Goals.
2023
- Collaborated with the U.S. Forest Service, Chesapeake Conservancy, U.S. Geological Survey and other partners to develop County Tree Cover Status & Change Fact Sheets for the entire watershed.
- Convened a Tree Canopy Funding & Policy Roundtable for state and local leaders and held strategy sessions in each jurisdiction to create tree canopy action plans.
2022
- Collaborated with partners on updates to Capitalizing on the Benefits of Trees, Module 4 of the Local Government Guide to the Chesapeake Bay and produced two-page Tree Resource Guides for each of the Bay states.
2021
- Completed Trees and Schools: Growing the Connection guide to support collaboration across outcomes for tree canopy, environmental literacy and sustainable schools.
2020
- Convened two-day Chesapeake Tree Canopy Summit 2.0 in Linthicum, Md. with stakeholders from around the watershed, focused on public health, equity, stormwater, financing and ordinances.
2019
- Completed Financing Urban Tree Canopy Programs: Guidebook for Local Governments in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed with the Environmental Finance Center of the University of Maryland and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
2018
- Received a U.S. Forest Service grant to develop tree stewards training programs in Maryland and Delaware and support existing programs in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
- Worked with Center for Watershed Protection to complete Making Your Community Forest-Friendly: A Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes and Ordinances.
2017
- Collaborated with partners on Trees for All: Chesapeake Regional Environmental Justice workshop.
- Released the first high resolution land use/land cover data set for the watershed, providing Bay-wide tree canopy data.
2016
- Maintained and expanded the Chesapeake Tree Canopy Network as a hub for information and communities’ stories to aid practitioners across the region.
- Worked with federal, state and local program managers to integrate urban tree canopy and riparian forest buffer targets into the implementation of stormwater programs related to Total Maximum Daily Load, Watershed Implementation Plan and Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System regulations.