Public Access Site Development 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
2022
- Completed the Benefits and Barriers study.
- Refreshed workgroup membership to ensure representation of all states and federal partners.
2021
- Updated the annual inventory of new public access sites in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with 12 sites opened in 2020. A number of state agencies provided technical assistance to local governments and nongovernmental organizations in the provision of new public access sites.
2018-2019
- Engaged more than 350 students in the Wilderness Inquiry Canoemobile program in voyager canoes on the Susquehanna River. For some students, this marked their first paddling experience on a river. Almost all of the students came from Title I schools, or schools with high numbers or high percentages of children from low-income families.
2016-2017
- Established processes with all watershed states to allow their transportation departments to explore public access site provisions for those projects that are over or adjacent to water bodies with potential recreational access.
- Collaborated with Youth Conservation Corps members to enhance water access by developing boat-in primitive campsites, clearing viewsheds and building water-view trails.
- Included appropriate accessibility requirements in all National Park Service Chesapeake Bay financial assistance awards for public access. The office funded six public access projects during this time. Interpretive signage was included in some of these public access sites. Partners provided on-the-water programming including programs for school students.