December 2023 STAC Quarterly Meeting

December 5, 2023 - December 6, 2023

The December 2023 Quarterly Meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, December 5th and Wednesday, December 6th.

The meeting theme for Day 2 was Maximizing STAC’s Impact Post-CESR, which focused on exploring the implications of major CESR recommendations and the approaches for addressing them over the next 1-2 years. Discussion focued on policy opportunities, as well as the reprioritization of goals and outcomes, potential changes in the monitoring and modeling programs, possible redefinition of GITs, adoption (and funding) of sandboxing efforts, etc. Specific questions STAC approached were:

• What would adopting CESR recommendations mean for the CBP operationally?
• What decisions would be required and when would they be made?

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Draft Meeting Agenda: FINAL December 2023 QM Agenda_Dec 4

Meeting Materials:

• Relevant to our ITEK conversation are the following sections in the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES Thematic Assessment Report on the Sustainable Use of Wild Species
  • A.2 (including Box SPM 1 and Figure SPM 3; pp. 13-16)
  • A.3.3 (p. 14)
  • B.2.6 (p. 21)
  • B.2.7 (p.22)
  • C.3 (pp. 29-30)
• Attendance Record: December 2022 – September 2023
• Current Membership Contacts
• Membership Term List
• STAC Membership Expertise
• STAC Bylaws
• STAC Operational Guidelines

Presentations:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Physics-informed Differentiable Modeling in Hydrology — Chaopeng Shen (PSU)
• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY21 Workshop “Evaluating an Improved Systems Approach to Crediting: Consideration of Wetland Ecosystem Services” — Pam Mason (VIMS)
• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY22 Workshop “Best Management Practices to Minimize Impacts of Solar Farms on Landscape Hydrology and Water Quality” — Lauren McPhillips (PSU)
• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY22 Workshop “Using Ecosystem Services to Increase Progress Toward, and Quantify the Benefits of, Multiple CBP Outcomes” — Jeremy Hanson (CRC)
• Further Conversation on Implementing ITEK in STAC Efforts — Marla Emery (USFWS)
• Panel: Chesapeake Bay ‘Thought Leaders’
  • Anna Killius (CBC)
  • Lee McDonnel (EPA)
  • David Goshorn (MD DNR)
  • Kristin Reilly (NWF)

Recordings:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Physics-informed Differentiable Modeling in Hydrology
  Presented by Chaopeng Shen (PSU)
  

• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY21 Workshop “Evaluating an Improved Systems Approach to Crediting: Consideration of Wetland Ecosystem Services”
  Presented by Pam Mason (VIMS)
  

• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY22 Workshop “Best Management Practices to Minimize Impacts of Solar Farms on Landscape Hydrology and Water Quality”
  Presented Lauren McPhillips (PSU)
  

• Briefing on Findings from the STAC FY22 Workshop “Using Ecosystem Services to Increase Progress Toward, and Quantify the Benefits of, Multiple CBP Outcomes”
  Presented by Jeremy Hanson (CRC)
  

• Further Conversation on Implementing ITEK in STAC Efforts
  Presented by Marla Emery (NINA)
  

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Final Meeting Minutes: FINAL_December 2023 Quarterly Meeting Minutes