This Prospectus is an outreach product of the Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response (CESR) report, released in May of 2023. CESR identified a range of opportunities for improved effectiveness in achieving the goals of the 2014 Watershed Agreement and the Beyond 2025 planning project. This prospectus is the first of an intended series of outreach products that provide more detailed descriptions of what these opportunities could look like if integrated into current partnership efforts. To that end, we would like to especially thank our partners from the Chesapeake Bay partnership who provided guidance and consultation to ensure that the prospectus was grounded in potential management and policy: Lee McDonnell (US EPA), Gary Shenk (USGS) and Mark Monaco (NOAA).
More information on the CESR effort here.
Suggested citation: Stephenson, K., D. Wardrop, L. Shabman, K. Rose, W. Dennison, J. Testa, R. Batiuk, Z. Easton. 2025. Tiered Implementation of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL: A STAC Prospectus. STAC Publication Number 25-001, Edgewater, MD. 19 pp.