State of the Chesapeake Bay Program
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State of the Chesapeake Bay Program
Nick DiPasquale, CBP Director, EPAExecutive Council Annual Meeting
June 16, 2014
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Topics for today
Highlights 2012-14
Funding update
Increased collaboration
Aligning of goals/outcomes
Restoration Progress
Looking Ahead
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• FY13 ($54 mil) FY14 ($70 mil)• State Grants
• Almost 80% of increase going to state grants
• Local government “set-aside” for implementation ($5 million)
• Increase for New Agreement
− Headwaters states
− Signatory states
• Restore monitoring funding to FY12 levels
FY2014 EPA’s CBP Budget
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www.chesapeakebay.net
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Enacted
President's Budget Request
Chesapeake Bay Program Funding(in millions)
E.O. 13508
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FY2014 EPA’s CBP Budget (cont’d)
• Other Investment Areas• Goal Implementation Team Support
− Management Strategy Development
− Implementation Projects & Tools
• BMP Expert Panels
• BMP Verification Programs
• CAST/FAST Tools
• Climate Change
• Citizen Monitoring Initiative
• FY2015 - $73 million Presidential Budget Request
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Increased Collaboration Internally across issues/Goal Teams
- Fisheries – bringing habitat into the work- Habitats – providing info to all on “services” offered by various habitats- Water Quality – a foundation for habitats and creatures- Healthy Watersheds – identifying healthy sub- watersheds and educating teams about them- Stewardship – connecting people, places and science
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Increased Collaboration - Example
GIT Collaboration: Harris Creek Oyster Restoration Efforts
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Alignment
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Stage 1: Align Interests, Priorities, & Efforts
Stage 2: Develop Negotiation Protocols for Establishing New Agreement
Stage 3: Negotiate New AgreementStage 4: Implement New Agreement
Four-stages over last 2 yrs
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The New Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
Clarity• Clearer goals and more well
defined outcomes than previous agreements
Flexibility• Allow us to adapt our thinking and
management decisions to adjust to changing conditions and circumstances
Transparency & Accountability• Partners set priorities & commit
resources through management strategies
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Accomplishm
ents
Communicating partners’ work – in print
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Accomplishm
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• 5,000,000 = views of website since 2012• 5,000 = single day high for views• 3,800+ = views of 6 blog posts on indicators of
Bay health and restoration successes• 9000 = views of top three videos in 2013
Social media reach grew 54% on average in 2013
- Facebook alone grew 145% !
Communicating partners’ work
www.chesapeakebay.net
(Bay 101 & Unscripted Series - most viewed by teachers, students, others)
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Accomplishm
ents
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2012-13Health
&Restoration
At A Glance
Accomplishm
ents – Overall
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• Crabs are not overfished
• Shad show a positive return
• Bay grasses challenged & resilient
• Chemical contaminants a concern
• Water quality still challenged
Accomplishm
ents-- Science
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Accomplishm
ents – Partners’ Efforts
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CBP partners progress to reduce Nitrogen – 2013 estimate
Accomplishm
ents-- Partners’
Efforts
28% of N target achieved
Approximately 262.38 million pounds nitrogen delivered to Bay in 2013, down from 282.66 in 2009
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Improving locally, long term
Flow adjustedmonitoring
trends(1985-2012)
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= Less N flowing in / improving trend
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ian.umces.edu/link/newinsights
Accomplishm
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A collaborative project
Science-based evidence of water quality
improvements, challenges and opportunities
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Looking Forward New Climate Change Coordinator• Will work across all issues/GITs• Brings climate change lens to all the partnership’s efforts
Toxics • Strengthen our research efforts• Identify BMPs that can also reduce toxics• Consider additional policies, programs, practices
ChesapeakeStat• Redesign underway • Will focus on Agreement implementation & tracking progress
Development of Management Strategies• More than 20 strategies to be developed in the next year• Implementation has already begun in some cases• Commitment to openness, transparency & public input
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