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Reaching 2025

Steering Committee Report

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Reaching 2025 report

Refining response to public comments
Land conservation embedded throughout
Release in December 2023
Handing off longer term recommendations to Beyond 2025 Steering Committee

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Beyond 2025 Steering Committee

Members and Approach to Work

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/who/group/beyond-2025-steering-committee

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Small Group Topics and Lead Convenors

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• Climate – Breck Sullivan, USGS/STAR

• Healthy Watersheds – Jeff Lerner, EPA/GIT 4

• Clean Water - TBD

• People – Julia Wakeling, DC

• Shallow Water Habitats - Gina Hunt, MD DNR/GIT 2

Note: CCP Partners have interest in ALL of these topics but the Healthy Watersheds small group appears to be the place to center land use/land protection discussions

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Small Group Questions

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• VISION: Where Do We Want To Be – What does success for the Bay and the watershed look like with relation to this topic? What is the timeframe under consideration (e.g., by 2050)?

• VALUE: What We Do and How We Work –What new, emerging, and/or existing scientific information and other supporting information aligns with your small group topic and should be considered in developing recommendations? What are the specific factors influencing success and how can we incorporate lessons learned so we can achieve our goals (or refine our goals) more effectively and efficiently?

• VANGUARD – What idea would be transformational for the future of the Bay and its watershed, and what would it take to implement that idea?

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Cross-cutting considerations:

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• Climate: How does climate change interact with your topic, and how can we develop and implement approaches to account for it?

• People: How to be more effective at centering people in Bay conservation/restoration efforts for the future? How can principles of DEIJ, the social sciences (e.g., economics, anthropology), and methods for public engagement apply to the topical area?

• Living Resources: How to maximize with your topic the impact of management efforts for living resource response?

• Cross-Program Coordination: How can this coordination be strengthened within the context of a particular topic? How and where can resources be leveraged across programs to advance the topic forward within the partnership

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Add a Slide Title - 1

https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/what-s-next-for-the-chesapeake-bay/article_cf39e97a-476f-11ee-83bd-ef3bb77071f2.html

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What can we do?

Get involved – listen in on Steering Committee meetings where there is always a call for public input
Connect with leadership of the small groups who are working over the next three months to bring forward recommendations to discuss with the Steering Committee in February 2024 (tentatively scheduled for February 21-22)
Register for meetings and follow up materials at the Steering Committee page https://www.chesapeakebay.net/who/group/beyond-2025-steering-committee
Be available as subject matter experts and champions if called on
Fill out the evaluation survey from ERG if you receive it
Contact steering committee members you know
Read the resource documents and share them with advocates

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�Questions?

Kristin Saunders ksaunders@umces.edu

Wendy O’Sullivan wendy_o’sullivan@nps.gov