Workshop Publications

The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has used its modeling system as a planning tool to inform strategic management decisions and adaptation toward Bay restoration since the 1980s. This modeling system has been continually updated with improvements and advancements intended to keep pace with emerging science. However, it has been more than a decade since theChesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) convened a dedicated workshop to discuss future directions for the suite of modeling tools used by the CBP. Given developments over the past twelve years (since the previous model visioning workshop), and the completion of the 2017 Mid-point Assessment of the EPA’s Total Maximum Daily Loadregulatory process, STAC agreed that 2018 was an appropriate time to convene a workshop aimed at formulating a vision for future CBP modeling to guide the partnership into the future (i.e., from 2025 and beyond).