Progress Even Healthy Watersheds
Ensure 100 percent of state-identified currently healthy waters and watersheds remain healthy.
Ensure 100 percent of state-identified currently healthy waters and watersheds remain healthy.
Each jurisdiction in the Chesapeake Bay region has its own definition of healthy waters and watersheds, and its own programs to support watershed protection. Honoring state preference, the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Maintain Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team will not seek a single definition for healthy waters and watersheds but will strategically track and support the preservation of state-identified healthy waters and watersheds. These waters and watersheds as identified in 2017 will serve as the baseline from which we assess watershed health and measure progress toward this outcome.
To achieve this outcome, Chesapeake Bay Program partners have committed to:
These partners will also collaborate with the work being done to achieve the Land Use Methods and Metrics, Land Use Options Evaluation and Protected Lands outcomes.
As part of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s partnership-wide implementation of adaptive management, progress toward this outcome was reviewed and discussed by the Management Board in May of 2017.
The Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Team leads the effort to achieve this outcome. It works in partnership with the Sustainable Fisheries, Vital Habitats, Water Quality and Fostering Stewardship goal implementation teams.
Participating partners include: