Completed Actions

2017

  • Developing a process to revise or reconsider management strategies that support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement in order to accommodate climate-related changes or impacts.
  • Increasing opportunities for formal and informal communications and idea exchange among the watershed’s “adaptation planning network.”
  • Developing informational products that can be used to inform community-led coastal resiliency planning.
  • Assessing progress toward the full integration of climate resiliency considerations into the Chesapeake Bay Program.
  • Investigating climate resiliency indicators that would assess the effectiveness of and ecological response to climate adaptation actions.

2016

  • Working with the Diversity Action Team to identify and pursue opportunities to create a strong linkage between the Climate Resiliency and Diversity management strategies.
  • Compiling and assessing lessons learned from past and ongoing climate adaptation planning and programmatic efforts within the watershed.