Chesapeake Bay Restoration

<body> <p>Home > Bay Restoration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the mid-1970's, U.S. Senator Charles Mathias (R-MD) saw the Bay of his youth in distress and began a fact-finding tour of marine science institutions around the Bay to try to understand the Chesapeake's decline. His efforts eventually resulted in formation of the Chesapeake Bay Program - a multi-jurisdictional partnership that's working successfully to restore and protect the Bay and its resources. Since the Bay Program's inception, the federal and state partners have met many goals and worked toward others in the effort to restore the Bay. The partners work to restore the Bay by: Monitoring the Bay's health Reducing pollution Restoring habitat Managing fisheries Maintaining sustainable development patterns Using computer models to predict future needs Sound Land Use: Enhancing, or even maintaining, the quality of the Bay while accommodating growth will frequently involve difficult choices. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners are committed to limiting and mitigating the potential adverse effects of continued growth and development. ......(Learn More) Restoring Water Quality: Overview | Brief Overview of Process | Chesapeake 2000 | Restoring the Bay: How We Get There | Developing New Water Quality Standards | Dissolved Oxygen | Chlorophyll a & Water Clarity | Modeling | Watershed Partners | Opportunities to Get Involved | Detailed Technical Overview of Process Managing Fisheries: General Overview | Aquatic Reef Restoration | Oyster reef habitat | Aquatic reef creation & restoration | Reef types & functions | Fish Passage Background | River and Stream Blockages | Fish Passage Goals Sound Land Use: General Overview | Promoting Sound Land Use | Implementing Sound Land Use | Measuring & Tracking CBP performance Restoring Habitat: General Overview | SAV Restoration | Fish Passage | River and Stream Blockages | Fish Passage Goals | Riparian Forest Buffers | What is a riparian forest? | What is a riparian forest buffer? | Benefits of Riparian Forest Buffers | Wetlands | Types of wetlands | Functions & value | Aquatic Reefs | Oyster reef habitat | Aquatic reef creation & restoration Monitoring: General Overview | Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring | Living Resources Monitoring | Water Quality Monitoring Computer Modeling: Overview | What Are Environmental Models? | Why do we need Models? | Bay Program Models | Watershed Model | Estuary Model | Airshed Model Reducing Pollution: General Overview | Nutrient Pollution | 40% Nutrient Reduction Goal | Chesapeake 2000 | Nutrient Reduction Practices | Sediment Pollution | What are sediments? | Where do sediments in the Bay come from? | Why are sediments a problem? | CBP & sediment pollution | Reduce sediment loads to the Bay | Toxics Pollution | Toxics 2000 Strategy | Reducing chemical contamination | Toxics Characterization | Fish Consumption Advisories | Air Pollution | Sources of air pollution | Impacts of air pollution | How does air pollution move? | Important terms | CBP & air pollution | Landscape changes Restoring and Protecting Chesapeake Bay and River Water Quality: 64 slide presentation with speaker notes available for viewing on the web or downloading as a Microsoft PowerPoint file. (2.9 MB) Little Falls Dam Fishway Project : Learn about an actual fishway project, on the Potomac River. Riparian Forest Buffer: Learn about the structure and function of Riparian forest buffers. Fishway Designs: How do fish return to spawning grounds when man-made structures block there way? Fish passages! See 5 of the most common types in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Working to Restore Bald Eagles: The Chesapeake Bay watershed, with its variety of food and habitat, has long been a major breeding ground of bald eagles. However, habitat destruction, poaching and contamination by DDT caused the bald eagle population to decline dramatically. Due to the ban on DDT and habitat protection, the bald eagle has made a significant comeback throughout the nation. (learn more .pdf 214 kb) Other Sites of Interest: Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Maryland Sea Grant Protecting & Restoring Virginia's Natural Resources - Virgina DEQ Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Save the Bay Chesapeake Bay Monitoring - Maryland DNR </body>