Connecting Conservation Practices to Local Stream Health in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Impact of Current and Historic Land Use on Stream Incision in Maryland Piedmont Headwaters
New Insights for Reducing Nutrient and Sediment Loads
In Agricultural Watersheds Prioritized for Management Activities
Wastewater reuse may be detrimental to smallmouth bass abundance in the Shenandoah River Watershed
Chesapeake Publication Receives National Award for Outstanding Technology Paper
Newsletter: October 2023-March 2024
Publications
Discover Chesapeake related science in reports and journal articles authored by USGS scientists
Chesapeake Bay Activities
The Chesapeake Bay is our Nation’s largest estuary and provides over $100 billion in annual economic value. The USGS works with Federal, State, local, and academic partners to provide research and monitoring and to communicate results to inform management for the Chesapeake and other important landscapes across the Nation.
Connecting Conservation Practices to Local Stream Health in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
The Chesapeake Bay Partnership is implementing conservation practices (CPs) throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce nutrient and sediment delivery to the Bay. This study intends to provide an integrated and detailed understanding of how local streams respond to these CP-driven management efforts.
Agricultural and Urban Management Practices have Hidden Costs and Benefits to Stream Health
The findings of the study highlight that management practices can have both hidden costs and benefits to fish and macroinvertebrates depending on regional and local factors like how many and what type of management practices are implemented.
Quick Links
Learn more about USGS science activities in the Bay from our Science Strategy. Additional summaries of the USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities are available in the science topics section.
