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1 Marel King, Pennsylvania Director Chesapeake Bay Commission Penn State Ag Council October 16, 2014

2 What makes it special?

3 The Chesapeake Bay is the largest, most productive estuary in the nation. heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation..." Captain John Smith, 1612

4 It s productive! EXTRAORDINARILY DIVERSE! The Chesapeake Bay supports more than 3,600 species of plants, fish and animals, including 348 kinds of finfish, 173 kinds of shellfish, and over 2,700 plants.

5 Coastal Sea Mean De pth Volum e Waters hed Are a Wate m cu. km sq. km Sea of Japan 1, , ,528 South China Sea 1,060 3,907,000 3,223,870 Gulf of Mexico 1,512 2,332,000 5,836,494 Mediterranean Sea 1,500 1,738,000 5,480,000 Red Sea , ,189 Black Sea 1, ,000 2,528,884 North Sea , ,306 Sea of Cortez ,000 1,454,775 Great Lakes 35 22, ,160 Baltic Sea ,721 1,721,233 Arabian (Persian) Gulf 40 10,000 1,248,506 Gulf of Finland 37 1, ,200 Chesapeake Bay ,400

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8 Land Use Matters Chesapeake Bay has the largest land-towater ratio on earth. C h e s a p e a k e B a y G u lf o f F in la n d A ra b ia n (P e r s ia n ) G u lf B a lt ic S e a G r e a t L a k e s S e a o f C o rte z N o rth S e a B la c k S e a R e d S e a M e d it e r ra n e a n S e a R e la tiv e W a te rs h e d S iz e s (m e tric u n its ) G u lf o f M e x ic o S o u th C h in a S e a S e a o f J a p a n W a te rs h e d /V o lu m e R a tio

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10 The Chesapeake Bay is IMPAIRED

11 WATER QUALITY STANDARDS Dissolved Oxygen Clarity Chlorophyll a SOURCES OF IMPAIRMENT Nitrogen Phosphorus Sediment

12 A. Cross Section of Chesapeake Bay or Tidal Tributary Shallow-Water Bay Grass Use Deep-Water Seasonal Fish and Shellfish Use Open-Water Fish and Shellfish Use Deep-Channel Seasonal Refuge Use B. Oblique View of the Chesapeake Bay and its Tidal Tributaries Migratory Fish Spawning and Nursery Use Shallow-Water Bay Grass Use Deep-Water Seasonal Fish and Shellfish Use Deep-Channel Seasonal Refuge Use

13 Signatories Chesapeake Bay Commission Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commonwealth of Virginia District of Columbia State of Maryland U.S. Environmental Protection Agency State of Delaware State of New York State of West Virginia Federal Agency Partners U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Postal Service (USPS) U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Capital Planning Commission Academic Partners Academy of Natural Sciences Chesapeake Research Consortium (CRC) College of William and Mary Cornell Cooperative Extension (New York) Old Dominion University (ODU) Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Smithsonian Institution University of Delaware Cooperative Extension University of the District of Columbia (UDC) University of Maryland University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia (UVa) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va Tech) West Virginia University Other Partners Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (ACB) American Forests Anacostia Watershed Society Center for Chesapeake Communities (CCC) Center for Watershed Protection (CWP) Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Chesapeake Bay Trust Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network Ducks Unlimited Ecosystem Solutions International City/County Management Association Local Government Environmental Assistance Network (LGEAN) Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) Low Impact Development Center Metropolitan Washington Council of Government (MWCOG) Montgomery County Environmental Protection National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Potomac Conservancy Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) Upper Susquehanna Coalition World Resources Institute

14 Federal Leadership Committee

15 1960s 2025 The Chesapeake Bay Restoration : A 50-Year History with a future 1960s-70s Visible decline in Bay resources 1967 Chesapeake Bay Foundation established EPA conducts 5-year Bay study 1980 Chesapeake Bay Commission established 1983 First Bay Agreement - Bay Program created 1987 Second Bay Agreement WQ Goals Clean Water Act Section Amendments to Agreement Tributary Strategies 2000 Third Bay Agreement Precursor to TMDL 2008 Water Quality Impairments Acknowledged 2010 Chesapeake Bay TMDL established 2014 Fourth Bay Agreement Measurable & Flexible % of TMDL implemented 2025 TMDL practices fully implemented 15

16 Transparency Accountability

17 TMDL Watershed Implementation Plans with 2- year Milestones

18 Source: US EPA

19 Source: US EPA

20 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Management Strategies

21 Verification of BMPs

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23 Any questions? Marel King Pennsylvania Director Chesapeake Bay Commission c/o Senate of Pennsylvania G-05 North Office Building Harrisburg, PA Chesapeake Bay Commission Policy for the Bay

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