Incorporating Freshwater Mussels in the Chesapeake Bay Partnership
March 5, 2020 - March 6, 2020Annapolis, MD
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) invites you to participate in a two day workshop designed to synthesize the current knowledge of how freshwater mussels could be best used in support of Chesapeake Bay Program Goals and Outcomes.
The restoration of freshwater mussel populations has received little attention from partners working on Bay restoration issues, yet has the potential to offer comparable benefits to those of oysters in upper watershed communities where the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership has struggled to engage. The 2010 Executive Order 13508 specified for the CBP partnership to evaluate the role of oysters and mussels in restoring the Bay. Mussels exhibit significant potential for ecosystem services and this workshop aims to explore such opportunities.
Agenda:
STAC Mussels Workshop Agenda_2.26.2020
Presentations:
- Atkinson_Versatility of diversity
- Anderson_Principles of national strategy for the conservation of freshwater mollusks
- Atkinson_Versatility of diversity
- Cornwell_Adapting proposed tidal BMPs
- Hahn_Damage assessments and information needs approaches
- Kreeger_Holistic shellfish restoration for cleaner water
- Kreeger_Mussels for Clean Water Initiative
- Mair et al_Atlantic slope conservation
- Strayer_Freshwater mussel contributions to ecosystem services
- Strayer_Mussel History