Science
Fish, Streams, and Water Quality
Science activities are improving the understanding of how restoration and conservation efforts, along with land-use and climate change, are affecting conditions for fish, wildlife, and people
Science activities are improving the understanding of how restoration and conservation efforts, along with land-use and climate change, are affecting conditions for fish, wildlife, and people
Coastal Habitats and Waterbirds
Efforts include assessing and forecasting risks to coastal areas from sea-level rise and development, and the associated threats to waterbirds
Efforts include assessing and forecasting risks to coastal areas from sea-level rise and development, and the associated threats to waterbirds
Land-Use Monitoring and Forecasting
Leading analyses of the enhanced land-change data, and forecasting scenarios of future use, to inform land-protection and local-planning decisions
Leading analyses of the enhanced land-change data, and forecasting scenarios of future use, to inform land-protection and local-planning decisions
Collaborate and Inform
Translates the science and engages stakeholders to effectively inform restoration and conservation decisions across the Chesapeake watershed, which are also applied to other restoration efforts across the Nation
Translates the science and engages stakeholders to effectively inform restoration and conservation decisions across the Chesapeake watershed, which are also applied to other restoration efforts across the Nation
The Chesapeake Bay Program is one of the largest federal-state restoration partnerships in the United States and is underpinned by rigorous science. The USGS provides integrated science and engages stakeholders to inform the multi-faceted restoration and conservation decisions to improve habitat for fish and waterfowl, and socio-economic benefits to the 18 million people living in the watershed.