The Continued Evolution of Our Chesapeake Bay and Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Program: Growing with Partnerships

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1 The Continued Evolution of Our Chesapeake Bay and Basin Long-term Water Quality Monitoring Program: Growing with Partnerships Peter J. Tango Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Coordinator

2 Chesapeake Bay Program Monitoring Networks Watershed Monitoring Shallow Water Habitat Bay Water Quality Monitoring Phytoplankton, Benthos Monitoring

3 Chesapeake Bay Long term Water Quality Monitoring Program: present. Over 150 long term water quality monitoring stations provide coverage for the management segments

4 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Monitoring Network 85 long term monitoring stations All provide concentrations Subset are loading stations 3 new small watershed monitoring stations Proposed expansion for small watersheds assessing management effectiveness

5 Monitoring Flow-Adjusted Program Trend Products: Status, Trends, Targeting Maps Bay Barometer CBP/USGS Hirsch et al ,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Susquehanna River At Conowingo, Maryland Total Phosphorus Load Annual Load Load Flow-Normalized Load Allocation Clean Water Act Assessment maps

6 Monitoring Realignment 2009 Chesapeake Bay Partnership Senior Managers request: Maintain the Water Quality Monitoring Program in the Chesapeake Bay. Improve the Monitoring Network in the watershed to include more local scale assessment. Develop management relevant stories to inform decision making.

7 Over 600 Watershed Organizations and counting!

8 EBFMP OYSTERS BLUE CRAB STRIPED BASS ALOSIDS MENHADEN FISH PASSAGE SAV WETLANDS STREAM RESTRATION POINT SOURCE AG &CAFOs STORMWATER SEPTIC SHORELINE SEDIMENT AIR ACID MINE TOXICS LAND PRESERVATION LAND CONVERSION PRE-HYDROLOGY Number of Programs Monitoring Realignment 2009 Partnering Workgroup findings: AIR QUALITY BACTERIOLOGICAL BENTHIC BIRDS CLIMATOLOGICAL FISHERIES GROUND WATER METEOROLOGY OBSERVING SYSTEM PHYTOPLANKTON POINT SOURCE RADIOLOGICAL SAV SHELLFISH TOXICS-SEDIMENT TOXICS-TISSUE TOXICS-WATER WATER QUALITY NUMBER OF MONITORING PROGRAMS BY SUBJECT AREA 295 monitoring programs identified in the watershed and counting! Fisheries Monitoring Programs By Chesapeake Action Plan Goal Area Habitats Water Quality Watersheds WILDLIFE ZOOPLANKTON J. Johnson & K. Foreman CBP

9 Bay Watershed Health Indicators Measles Map Data providers : DE Biological Monitoring Program Fairfax Co. (VA) Stream Quality Assessment Program Frederick Co. (MD) Howard Co. (MD) Bio-Monitoring and Assessment Program, Loudoun Co. (VA) Stream Quality Assessment Program, Montgomery Co. (MD) Stream Protection Program, MD Biological Stream Survey, NY Routine Statewide Monitoring Program, PA Surface Water Monitoring Programs, Prince Georges Co (MD) Biological Assessment and Monitoring Program, SRBC Watershed Assessment Program, EPA EMAP Wadeable Stream Assessment, EPA Mid-Atlantic Highlands Assessment, National Forest Service Stream Assessment, USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program, Virginia DEQ Benthic Monitoring Program, V CUs Interactive Stream Assessment Resource Program, WV Watershed Monitoring Program. Creative management product development with diverse data sources

10 Bay Watershed Health Indicators Buchanan et al Acknowledgements An adhoc CBP workgroup created to guide development of the Chessie B-IBI consisted of benthic macroinvertebrate experts from the six states in the watershed (New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware) as well as federal, academic, and River Basin Commission partners. The authors wish to give special thanks to the members of the adhoc workgroup for their diligence in providing technical guidance and feedback: A.J. Smith (NYDEC), Aimee Budd (VADEQ), Bill Richardson (US EPA Region 3), Brian Chalfant (PADEP), Charlie Poukish (MDE), Dan Boward (MD DNR), Ed Reilly (NYDEC), Ellen Dickey (DNREC), Greg Garman (VCU), Greg Pond (US EPA Region 3),Hassan Mirsajadi (DNREC), Jeff Bailey (WVDEP), Jen Hoffman (SRBC), John Wirts (WVDEP), Kevin McGonigal (SRBC), Maggie Passmore (US EPA Region 3), Mike Fritz (EPA-CBPO), Nita Sylvester (EPA-CBPO), Peter Tango (USGS-CBPO),Rick Hoffman (VADEQ), Rod Kime (PADEP), Ron Klauda (MD DNR), Scott Stranko (MD DNR), Tony Prochaska (MD DNR), and Wayne Davis (EPA). Other members of the Chesapeake Bay Program s Non-Tidal Water Quality Workgroup as well as the Indicator Workgroup provided input on final presentation of the results. Furthering product development: status and targeting map

11 Rolling up and scaling down information for different needs

12 CitMon info and map courtesy of James Beckly VADEQ A portion of the VA Citizen Monitoring sites meet regulatory monitoring standards and are used in 303d listing assessments.

13 What s out on the horizon?

14 Maryland is piloting work for Regulatory Assessments: South River Federation Photo D. Muller. SRF South River Federation Increasing resolution Reducing uncertainty A Muller. USN

15 Uncovering Stories Right Under our Noses Liberty Reservoir Land use % Urban 21 Ag 29 Forest 50 Impervio us 3 Untapped data resources: Inland water bodies, e.g. Baltimore City Reservoirs 92 miles of streams, 27 square miles of watershed Land use, stream miles, watershed size:

16 Point Source Mgt Case Studies of Ecosystem Response: Synthesis and Integration at Gunston Cove, Potomac River Nutrients decline CHLA declines Water Clarity improves SAV resurgence continues R. Chris Jones GMU Claire Buchanan ICPRB

17 Developing New Management and Public Relevant Information Products with Diverse Data Sets D. Muller photo MDE Fish Kill Database National Amphibian Database

18 Our Emerald City of Monitoring Partnership Database e.g. CIMS Reports Maps Report cards Partnership Products Status and Trends Targeting Higher resolution, local understanding

19 Thank you

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