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BIENNIAL STRATEGY REVIEW SYSTEM
Chesapeake Bay Program
Logic and Action Plan: Post-Quarterly Progress Meeting
Oysters – 2020-2021 [NOTE: make sure to edit pre- or post- in the text above, to tell the reader whether this logic and action plan
is in preparation for your quarterly progress meeting or has been updated based on discussion at the quarterly progress meeting.]
Long-term Target: (the metric for success of Outcome)
Two-year Target: (increment of metric for success)
Instructions: Before your quarterly progress meeting, provide the status of individual actions in the table below using this color key.
Action has been completed or is moving forward as planned.
Action has encountered minor obstacles.
Action has not been taken or has encountered a serious barrier.
Additional instructions for completing or updating your logic and action plan can be found on ChesapeakeDecisions.
Expected
Current
Factor Gap Actions Metrics Response and Learn/Adapt
Efforts
Application
What is impacting our What current What further What actions are What will we How and when do What did we learn
ability to achieve our efforts are efforts or essential (to help measure or observe we expect these from taking this
outcome? addressing this information are fill this gap) to to determine actions to address action? How will
factor? needed to fully achieve our progress in filling the identified gap? this lesson impact
address this factor? outcome? identified gap? How might that our work?
affect our work
going forward?
Resource Efforts are Funding across all 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 3.1 Adequate funding Full support from
Availability: underway to plan state, federal, in place to meet partners with
funding is a barrier to
for funding non-profit each tributary- resources needed
success, and tributary partners to fully specific to reach 10
considerations of restoration. complete 10 restoration goal, restored
efficiency and cost Innovative tributaries has not and efficiency in tributaries by
savings impact our finance strategies been secured. meeting 2025.
ability to reach 10 are currently restoration goals
tributaries by 2025. being discussed. increasing over
Cost-saving time.
Updated February 5, 2020 Page 1 of 5techniques are
also being
explored.
Scientific and Efforts to Surveys and 1.1, 1.2 Restored reefs Restored reefs are
Technical evaluate bottom ground truthing continue to meet sustaining and
Understanding: type, water for future success metrics. contributing
Evaluating bottom quality and restoration and ecosystem
conditions in selected habitat monitoring services on a
tributaries for conditions for efforts. tributary-level
suitable oyster reef successful oyster scale.
restoration, and restoration.
conducting
monitoring of
restored sites to
demonstrate success.
Government Partner Further 1.1, 1.2, 4.1 Agreement from Full support from
Agency, coordination and coordination is workgroups on partners with
Nongovernmental engagement for needed as the new restoration resources needed
Organization, and existing and tributary plans planning and to reach 10
Partner planned sites. are established. effective restored
Coordination: Frequent Continued restoration tributaries by
Engaging partners, coordination planning and implementation. 2025.
conduct permitting, with USACE and permitting
and coordinating state agencies. applications for
oyster reef new tributaries.
restoration and
monitoring at
selected sites in MD
and VA. Diverse
stakeholder
coordination is key.
Scientific and NCBO funded a More work is 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Increased Widespread
Technical suite of research needed to awareness of the support for large-
Understanding: studies on oyster synthesize results ecological and scale oyster
Learning how oyster reef ecosystem of ORES research economic benefits restoration, and
reefs benefit the services (ORES) and communicate of functioning understanding of
Chesapeake Bay and continues results to public oyster reefs by why restoration is
ecosystem and field research on and professional both partners and needed.
contribute to overall oyster reef audiences. public audiences.
Bay health is habitats.
important to
Updated February 5, 2020 Page 2 of 5demonstrate gains
from restoration.
Climate Change: Research is Continuing to 2.1, 4.1 Informed Restored reefs are
environmental ongoing to better track decisions to sustaining and
changes like low understand environmental support long- contributing
salinity, extreme climate impacts. changes and how term success of ecosystem
precipitation, ocean State agencies oyster restoration oyster restoration services long-
acidification, are collecting might be adapted based on the term.
increased data that can in response is latest climate
temperatures are help determine needed to support science.
expected to impact any impacts from increased oyster
oyster growth and extreme events, resilience.
mortality. for example, low
salinity
experienced in
the Bay during
2018-19.
Innovative Direct setting Lower cost, non- 2.1 Increased Appropriate
Restoration pilot study invasive efficiency in methods,
Techniques: completed. monitoring restoration knowledge, and
Improving efficiency Efforts to apply methods to progress at a pace technology in
with more innovation alternative evaluate success needed to achieve place needed to
is needed to both substrate are metrics (e.g. video the 2025 reach 10 restored
keep pace with the ongoing in MD methods) should outcome. tributaries by
timeline and reduce and VA, based on be explored over 2025.
costs. site-specific the next two
conditions. Low years.
relief reefs and
windrows
techniques
(stripes) are
being used in VA.
ACTIONS – 2020-2021
Responsible Geographic Expected
Action
Description Performance Target(s) Party (or Location Timeline
#
Parties)
Management Approach 1: Restoration planning and implementation
Updated February 5, 2020 Page 3 of 5Complete blueprints for St. Mary’s and MD Workgroup St. Mary’s and July 2020
Manokin Manokin
Complete restoration in Little Choptank MD Workgroup Little Little
and St. Mary’s partners Choptank, St. Choptank
Mary’s 2020
Maryland Workgroup continues St. Mary’s
planning, restoration, and 2021
1.1 monitoring in selected tributaries
in Maryland, pending funding Complete MD monitoring and annual USACE, ORP, MD Complete by
monitoring report NOAA Spring
annually
Continue restoration work in Tred Avon, MD Workgroup Tred Avon, Summer
begin work in Manokin, and continue partners Manokin, 2020-2021
reseeding Harris Creek as needed Harris Creek
Complete blueprint for Great Wicomico VA Workgroups Great Fall 2020
partners Wicomico
Continue restoration restoration work in VA Workgroup Lynnhaven, 2020-2021
Lynnhaven, Piankatank, and Lower York partners Piankatank, &
rivers Lower York
River
Adopt Virginia oyster monitoring strategies
VA Workgroup VA Fall 2020
Virginia Interagency Team, and
partners
VA Workgroups continue
Begin restoration work in the Great VA Workgroup Great Fall 2021
planning, restoration, and
1.2 Wicomico partners Wicomico
monitoring in selected tributaries
Vote to approve selection of 11 tributary
th Executive Eastern Fall 2020
in Virginia, pending funding
and complete construction in the Eastern Committee, VA Branch of
Branch of Elizabeth River Workgroup Elizabeth
Partners River
Conduct post-restoration monitoring based VMRC, Eastern 2020-2021
on the success metrics in Eastern Branch of Hampton Roads Branch of
Elizabeth River Workgroup Elizabeth
partners River
Management Approach 2: Coordinate and communicate oyster restoration progress and research
Receive diver versus patent tong gear ORP, SFGIT MD Spring 2020
Complete research studies on comparison study and use results to inform
2.1
oysters and share results with monitoring
Updated February 5, 2020 Page 4 of 5state Workgroups and Sustainable Complete direct setting pilot analysis, write NOAA Choptank Field testing
Fisheries GIT up and share results, and continue testing complex Summer 2020
methods
Complete MD and VA implementation NCBO Baywide Spring
Communicate results of oyster updates Communications annually
2.2
restoration science for public Develop materials to highlight oyster NCBO, CBP, and Baywide Ongoing in
audiences restoration science and good news stories external partners 2020-21
for public audiences (Pew, TNC)
Share science about oyster reef Complete ORES synthesis of research and NCBO Baywide Fall 2020
ecosystem services (ORES) NOAA Technical Memo
2.3
Management Approach 3: Securing support and resources
Seek alternative finance and funding NCBO, CBP Baywide Ongoing
Continue to seek resources needed options for restoration (e.g., finance forum,
3.1
to achieve outcome by 2025 review BMP report and facilitate
implementation)
Management Approach 4: Cross-outcome collaboration and multiple benefits
Use designation of Middle Peninsula of NCBO Middle Ongoing
Virginia (York & Piankatank rivers) as a Peninsula of
Focused nearshore habitat priority watershed for restoration in the Virginia (York
4.1
restoration in the Middle USACE Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive & Piankatank
Peninsula of Virginia Plan with support from Virginia Coastal Rivers)
Zone Management program and NOAA
Habitat Focus Area to promote nearshore
habitat restoration
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