June 2023 STAC Quarterly Meeting

June 13, 2023 - June 14, 2023

The June 2023 STAC meeting was held in-person on Tuesday, June 13th and Wednesday, June 14th at the Potomac Science Center in Woodbridge, VA.

Field Trip: On the morning of Day 2, STAC took a guided hike of Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, provided by Gabriela Youngken of Potomac River NWRC.

 

 

 

 

STAC members and friends meet up over dinner to discuss Bay issues, STAC business, and life.

 

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Final Meeting Agenda: Final June 2023 STAC Quarterly Meeting Agenda 

Meeting Materials: 

• Indigenous Knowledge Federal Guidance
• Indigenous Knowledge Federal Guidance Implementation Memo
• Chesapeake Governance Study: Report of 2021 Decision-Maker Interview Results (for D.G. Webster report out)
• Revisiting Coastal Land-Water Interactions: The Triblet Connection (for Meeting Theme)
• Attendance Record June 2022 – March 2023
• Current Membership Contact List
• Membership Term List
• Member Expertise April 2023
• STAC Bylaws
• STAC Operational Guidelines
• STAC Expense Reimbursement Voucher 2023

Presentations:   

• Discussion of Utilizing Remaining FY23 Workshop Funds on Activities Related to Findings in the Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response (CESR) — Denice Wardrop (CRC), Meg Cole (CRC)
• Indigenous Knowledge Federal Guidance — Ashley Spivey (Executive Directory, Kenah Consulting)
• Report Out on the Chesapeake Governance Study: Report of 2021 Decision-Maker Interview Results — D.G. Webster (Dartmouth College)
• Progress on CAST Optimization — Kalyanmoy Deb (MSU), Pouyan Nejadhasemi (MSU), Gregorio Toscano (EPA), Hoda Razavi (MSU)
• Report Out on State of the Science Workshop Status of Shortcut Nitrogen Removal: Revealing the Outcome of 10 Years of R&D — Charles Bott (Hampton Roads Sanitation District)
• Science Needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program: Local Action Cohort and Riparian Buffer Needs — Breck Sullivan (USGS) and Outcome Leads: Peter Claggett (LUMM), Renee Thompson (USGS), Katie Brownson (USFS), Julie Mawhorter (USFS)
• Opening Remarks on Adaptive Resource Management: The Power of (Multiple) Models — Byron (Ken) Williams (USGS)
• Panel: Current Use of Multiple Models to Support CBP Management
  • Lew Linker (EPA)
  • Peter Tango (USGS)
• Panel: How Can These Efforts Help Inform CBP Adaptive Management?
  • Byron (Ken) Williams (USGS)
  • Mike Runge (USGS)
  • Kenny Rose (UMCES)

Recordings:

• Indigenous Knowledge Federal Guidance
  Invited speaker Ashley Spivey (Kenah Consultanting)
  

• Report Out on the Chesapeake Governance Study: Report of 2021 Decision-Maker Interview Results
  Presented by D.G. Webster (Dartmouth College)
  

• Progress on CAST Optimization
  Presented by Kalyanmoy Deb (MSU), Pouyan Nejadhasemi (MSU), Gregorio Toscano (EPA), Hoda Razavi (MSU)
  

• Report Out on State of the Science Workshop Status of Shortcut Nitrogen Removal: Revealing the Outcome of 10 Years of R&D
  Presented by Charles Bott (Hampton Roads Sanitation District)
  

• Science Needs of the Chesapeake Bay Program: Local Action Cohort and Riparian Buffer Needs
  Presented by Breck Sullivan (USGS) and Outcome Leads Peter Claggett (LUMM), Renee Thompson (USGS), Katie Brownson (USFS), Julie Mawhorter (USFS)
  

• Day 2, Meeting Theme: Advancing Living Resource and Habitat Management in the Chesapeake Bay’s T-Zone
  • Opening Remarks on Adaptive Resource Management: The Power of (Multiple) Models
    Presented by Byron (Ken) Williams (USGS)
  • Application of Multiple Models to Support Chesapeake TMDL
    Presented by Lew Linker (EPA)
  • Monitoring Chesapeake Bay: Shallow Water Focus
    Presented by Peter Tango (USGS)
  • Discussion Panel: How Can These Efforts Help Inform CBP Adaptive Management?
    Panelists: Byron (Ken) Williams (USGS), Mike Runge (USGS), Kenny Rose (UMCES)

Final Meeting Minutes: FINAL_June 2023 Quarterly Meeting Minutes