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Chesapeake Treasured Landscapes presentation during the Choose Clean Water conference
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Chesapeake Treasured Landscape Initiative
What are Chesapeake landscapes?
Blackwater
Great Falls of the Potomac
Lancaster County Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Water Gap
Shenandoah Valley
Eastern Shore
Tidewater Virginia
Tangier Island
Why Treasured?
May 12, 2009
Executive Order 13058: Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration
Expand public access to waters and open spaces of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
Conserve landscapes and ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay watershed
. . . that merit recognition for their historical, cultural, ecological, or scientific values
Bay States:
Protect 2.3 million
acres
Accessible:
2 % of Bay shoreline
U.S. Department of InteriorNational Park Service
Federal Leadership Committee for the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape Initiative
Coordinated by U.S. Department of the Interior, in collaboration with U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and U.S. Department of Defense
1. Coordinate funding to support state and local landscape conservation and public access
2. Conserve nationally significant landscapes and explore new national parks and refuges
3. Provide incentives and assistance for landscape conservation and public access
4. Foster citizen stewardship
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeMajor Elements
1. Support state & local land conservation & public accessCoordinate and target available funding
Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation
Program
Wetlands Reserve Program
Farm & Ranch Lands Protection Program
Anticipated increases in LWCF
1. Support state & local land conservation & public accessIdentify and prioritize landscapes – land conservation database
1. Support state & local land conservation & public accessIdentify and prioritize landscapes – Conduct Landscape Survey
1. Support state & local land conservation & public accessIdentify and prioritize public access – regional needs assessment & plan
A “next generation” Chesapeake Bay National Park?
2. Protect N.S. landscapes and explore new federal unitsExplore creating new national parks, trails, refuges, authorities
New national wildlife refuges?
Chesapeake marine protected areas?
2. Protect N.S. landscapes and explore new federal unitsProtect key resources and provide access at existing units
3. Provide incentives and assistanceProvide technical assistance and capacity building
4. Foster citizen stewardshipExplore creating a Chesapeake Conservation Corps
4. Foster citizen stewardshipExpand public education
4. Foster citizen stewardshipEnhance place-based stewardship interpretation
http://executiveorder.chesapeakebay.net/category/Reports-Documents.aspx
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeDraft Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
Landscape Conservation & Public Access in the Chesapeake Region