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Enhancing Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems: Fish Passage and SAV Restoration Efforts

The Chesapeake Bay Habitat Goal Implementation Team, led by Leo Miranda and Jeff Horan, aims to restore and protect vital habitats. This includes significant initiatives to enhance 150,000 acres and protect 225,000 acres of wetlands by 2025, alongside improving fish passage for various species. Innovative projects like the MD pilot utilizing NEIEN streamline data collection. Upcoming meetings will define objectives further and emphasize the importance of adaptive management. Megan Hession spearheads these efforts, interfacing with scientific committees to ensure successful implementation.

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Enhancing Chesapeake Bay Ecosystems: Fish Passage and SAV Restoration Efforts

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  1. CRC Staffer Update • Megan Hession • Habitat Goal Implementation Team

  2. Science, Technical Analysis, and Reporting Fish Passage Communications Workgroup Habitats GIT Leadership Chair Leo Miranda Fish and Wildlife Service Vice Chair Jeff Horan MD Dept of Natural Resources Coordinator Jennifer Greiner Fish and Wildlife Service Staffer Megan Hession Chesapeake Research Consortium Healthy Watersheds Partnering, Leadership & Management Stewardship Fisheries Wetlands SAV Local Government Advisory Committee Citizens’ Advisory Committee Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee Chesapeake Executive Council Principals’ Staff Committee Water Quality Stream Health Goal Implementation Teams Management Board Independent Evaluator

  3. Workgroup Activities • SAV Wetlands Restoring 30,000, enhancing 150,000, and protecting 225,000 acres of wetlands in the watershed by 2025. MD pilot project using NEIEN to streamline data collection Working towards 185,000 acre bay-wide abundance goal by planting SAV where possible and supporting work that improves water clarity. STAC review of SAV restoration Adaptive management planning using ChesapeakeStat

  4. Workgroup Activities • Fish Passage Stream Health Improving metrics for floodplain connectivity restoration, and restoring habitat for brook trout. Further defining workgroup objectives and science needs in upcoming STAR Streams Topical Meeting. Restoring historical fish migratory routes by opening 1,000 additional stream miles for -river herring -American shad -hickory shad -brook trout and/or -American eel. Chesapeake Bay Fish Passage Prioritization Framework.

  5. Highlights • Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species • Training and conferences • -ArcGIS courses • -MS Access course • -Forum on Earth Observations

  6. Next Steps Graduate study Pursue a career in government Explore other watersheds

  7. Megan HessionHabitat Goal Implementation Team Staffhession.megan@epa.gov 410-267-9830

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