DoD Chesapeake Bay Program

• Commander’s Corner: DoD CBP Gets New Leadership in Rear Admiral Carl A. Lahti
• DoD Chesapeake Bay Spring Clean-ups and Commanding Officer Clean-up Challenge Winners
• Success Story: An Ecosystem Approach to Pollution Reduction at Fort Meade Achieves Multiple Installation Goals and Saves Money!
• Conducting BMP Inspection and Maintenance for Protection of Water Quality and Installation Readiness
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates

• Success Story: Earth Day and Arbor Day Events around the Watershed
• Using Ecosystem Services to Increase Progress and Quantify Benefits: Enhancing Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership Outcomes
• Success Story: Engaging in Citizen Stewardship, Fort Walker, Virginia
• Earth Day and Clean Up Events Photo Collage

• Commander’s Corner: New DoD Installation Commanding Officer Clean-up Challenge
• Impacts of Microplastics Pollution on Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Goals and Outcomes
• Success Story: NAS Pax River’s Northern Diamondback Terrapin Nesting Program
• Success Story: Naval Station Norfolk EV Staff and DoD CBP Participate in Fleet Fest STEM Event
• Success Story: Naval Station Norfolk’s Exemplary Environmental Stewardship Initiatives
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Commander’s Corner: The DOD Launches its First Ever Climate Resilience Portal
• Carbon Sequestration Initiatives at Defense Supply Center Richmond
• Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL: Impacts of Climate Change
• Naval Air Station Oceana EV Staff and DoD CBP Participate in Air Show STEM Event
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Meet DoD’s New Regional Environmental Coordinator
• Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: A Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response (CESR)
• DoD CBP Engages with Students on DoD Environmental Careers
• Clean the Bay Activities at the 99th Readiness Division
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Commander’s Corner: Chesapeake Bay Commanders’ Conference After-Action Report
• Effects of Rising Water Temperatures in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Promoting Awareness and Education at Fort-Gregg Adams and Naval Station Norfolk
• Navy’s Focus to Minimize Impact on the Chesapeake Bay
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Navy Climate Resilience Funding and Contract Support
• Commanders’ Corner: Resources for Effective CBP Information Transfer to Commanding Officers
• Natural and Nature-Based Features to Build Resilience
• Success Story: Big Bethel Reservoir Swamp Forest Preservation
• Success Story: Arlington National Cemetery Stream Restoration
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Installations Continue to Lead in 2022 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
• Commanders’ Corner: 2022 Chesapeake Bay Commanders’ Conference Recap
• Green Infrastructure Asset Management
• Success Story: Fort Belvoir Fosters Community Environmental Stewardship
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Collectively, Federal Agencies Commit to Implement the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership’s Climate Directive
• Commanders’ Corner: 2022 Chesapeake Bay Commanders’ Conference
• Urban Heat Island Effect: Mission Impacts and Nature Based Mitigation Methods
• Supporting Military Installations by Engineering with Nature (EWN®)
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• New REPI Resilience Interactive Website
• Commanders’ Corner: New Authorities for Implementing Stormwater Resilience Projects in the FY2022 NDAA
• Planting Trees for Urban Stormwater Management
• Success Story: Monitoring of NAS Patuxent River Test Range
• Successful Community and Resilience Planning: NSA Annapolis and USNA
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Fort A.P. Hill Participates in Student Outreach Event
• Commanders Corner: Draft Water Quality Climate Milestones
• Success Story: Stewardship and Resilience Initiatives at Fort Belvoir
• Success Story: Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Participates in National Public Lands Day
• Incorporating Climate Resilience in Stormwater Design
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• In-Person Stewardship Events Returned in 2021
• Commanders Corner: Stormwater Management 101
• Success Story: 2021 Clean the Base Day at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP)
• Improving Best Management Practice (BMP) Performance through Adaptive Management
• Success Story: Naval Weapons (NWS) Station Earle Leads a Regional Approach to Climate Resilience
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team (CBAT) Updates
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• Meet DoD’s New Regional Environmental Coordination Office Team Member
• Commanders’ Corner:  Identifying Climate Change
• Funding Projects to Sustain Military Readiness and
• Promote Chesapeake Bay Restoration through DoD Program Synergy
• Collaborating Enhances Best Management Practice (BMP) Design and Adds Natural Resource Benefits at Arlington National Cemetery
• Success Story: Remediating Land and Supporting Green Approaches
• Success Story: Upcycling Christmas Trees to Improve Recreational Fish Habitat
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• A Look Back at the State of the Bay in 2020
• Commanders’ Corner: Developing Installation-Specific Water Quality Strategies
• Updated Guidance to the Prevented Sediment Protocol
• Success Story: Monitoring Urban Wildlife at Arlington National Cemetery
• Success Story: Managing Phragmites to Support Marshes in a Changing Climate
• Proposed Sentinel Landscape in Virginia
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Finding New Funding Opportunities
• Commanders’ Corner: Featuring Installation Status Reports
• Success Story: REPI Challenge Winners
• Success Story: Getting Creative with Outreach During COVID
• Success Story: One Solution to BMP Maintenance for MS4 Installations
• Nature-Based Solutions to Current and Future Flooding
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• DoD Water Quality Programmatic Two-Year Milestones
• Commander’s Corner: DoD CBP Communication and Outreach
• Storm Clouds Ahead: Considerations for a Changing Climate
• Success Story: Protecting Shorelines with Oyster Castles
• Success Story: Restoring a Riparian Buffer at Pentagon Lagoon
• Toxic Contaminants in the Chesapeake Bay
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Meet the DoD Chesapeake Bay Program’s New Team Member
• Commanders’ Corner: Environmental Authorities for Commanders
• You Asked For It: New Facility Analysis Category Codes Coming to Improve BMP Maintenance
• NAS Patuxent River Recognized for Tree Planting Excellence
• Improving Pond Performance and Their Benefits
• Joint Base Langley-Eustis: Protecting Our Nation, Protecting Our Environment
• Celebrating Innovation in Citizen Stewardship
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• New Year, New and Improved Outreach
• Commanders’ Corner: Your Installation & the Chesapeake Bay TMDL
• You Asked for It: Takeaways for DoD in EPA’s Phase III WIP Evaluations
• Christmas Tree Recycling Brings New Life to the Chesapeake Bay
• Bioforensics: Identifying Bioretention Failure and Developing Repair Plans to Maintain TMDL Credit
• Army Corps Helps JBA Increase Security, Reduce Pollution
• New Video Highlights Sustainable Practices at Arlington National Cemetery
• Naval Support Activity (NSA) Hampton Roads Wins River Star Awards
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• One Mission. Shared Leadership. Continuing Commitment
• The 2019 DoD Chesapeake Bay Commanders’ Conference: Supporting the Local Leadership Outcome
• Commanders’ Conference: By the Numbers
• Building Purpose and Motivation
• Success Story: Managing Chesapeake Bay Pollutants of Concern with Small Scale BMPs
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Identifying a Partnership’s Critical Elements
• Combining Partnerships with Recycled Material for Creative (and Sometimes Edible) Results
• State Partnership Meetings Provide New Opportunities for Collaboration
• Oyster Gardening at Defense Facilities Boosts Restoration Work
• U.S. Navy’s Stewards of the Sea Partnerships
• “Catch the King” Tide Event Gets Local Citizens Involved
• Ethiopia’s Tree Planting is One of Many Efforts Combating Deforestation Worldwide
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates

• What Challenges Remain in Restoring the Chesapeake Bay
• Increasing DoD’s Support of the [Ches Bay Watershed Agreement] Partnership Goals
• DoD Installation Stewardship Activities
• Honoring DoD’s Outstanding Urban BMPs
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates, and
• A Save-The-Date Message Regarding the Upcoming Commanders’ Conference

• SAV: The Unseen Foundation of the Bay’s Ecosystem
• SAV in the Chesapeake Bay
• SAV Surveys, Protection, and Restoration at APG
• Climate Change and the Future of SAV in the Chesapeake Bay
• Recent Rainfall Trends and Their Effect on SAV
• The Elizabeth River Project: River Star Awards
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• DoD Regional Environmental Office Welcomes Trevor Manning
• Celebrating 35 Years of Commitment to the Bays
• State of the Bay: Reviewing the Status of Key Indicators of Bay Health
• Counting the Cost: How Stormwater BMPs Co-Benefit the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort
• Urban Nutrient Management Plans in Action
• Bioretention: Design Innovation for Enhanced Nutrient Removal
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Meet the DoD Chesapeake Bay Program’s New Team Member
• New STAC Report on Climate Change Effects on BMPs
• Creative Solutions to Climate Resilience with Co-Benefits
• Building Community-Military Resilience
• Where to Put the Water
• EPA Releases Midpoint Assessment
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Making an Impact on Earth Day in the Chesapeake Bay
• Fort A.P. Hill Celebrates Earth Day with Environmental Awareness and Community Outreach
• Naval Station Norfolk and Local Partners use Earth Day to Engage the Public
• Shoreline Restoration – A Team Effort at Aberdeen Proving Ground
• Building Climate Resilience: Understanding Vulnerability and Reducing Risk
• Clean the Bay Day 2018
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Navy and Military Installations Recognized by the Elizabeth River Project
• Joint Base Langley-Eustis Taking on BMP Operation, Maintenance, & Verification
• ANC Continues to Focus on Sustainability
• Communication Package Released for Bay Modeling Tools
• Holistic Analysis of Benefits of Green Infrastructure
• Virginia Releases Phase II MS4 Rulemaking
• Local Area Planning Goals: Defining Expectations
• Midpoint Assessment Updates
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Considering the Many Benefits of Natural Resource BMPs
• Protecting Natural Resources and Military Readiness
• When Environmental & Mission Priorities Conflict
• Bringing Better Site Design into the 21^st Century
• Midpoint Assessment Updates
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Monitoring Marine Animals in the Chesapeake Bay
• Sharing the Skies Above the Chesapeake Bay
• Constructing Rain Gardens to Attract Butterflies
• Installations Offer Unique Opportunities for Declining Species
• Amphibian Diversity at JBLE-Langley
• Dolphins Shedding New Light on Water Quality Impacts to Human
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates

• Empowering Our Communities with Environmental Awareness, One Event at a Time
• Naval Support Facility Indian Head and Joint Base Andrews Lend a Hand for Earth Week
• 29^th Annual Clean the Bay Day
• Cleaner Shoreline, Cleaner Water at Camp Peary
• Measuring Citizen Stewardship in the Chesapeake Bay
• Celebrating a Century of Tree Stewardship in Maryland
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Connecting the Public to the Outdoors: Thousands of Acres on DoD Lands Enjoyed by Hunters and Anglers
• Hiking, Biking, and More at Fort Indiantown Gap and USMCB Quantico
• ZooAmerica, Military Base Continue Cooperation to Save Butterfly Species in South Central Pennsylvania
• Understanding the Benefits of Urban Tree Canopy
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Details of the Midpoint Assessment and What is a WIP?
• Phase III WIP Expectations
• Incorporating Climate Change into Phase III WIPs
• Conservation at Gouldman Pond
• Possum Point Shoreline Restoration
• Chesapeake Bay Action Team Updates
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• Newest DoD CBP Coordinator
• Forestry at Aberdeen Proving Ground
• Combating Emerging Invasive Species
• Installation Management Command Chesapeake Bay TMDL Project
• CBAT Updates
• U.S. Army Garrison Adelphi Laboratory Center Pollinator Garden Project
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• DoD Chesapeake Bay Program “Soundoff”
• Joint Base Langley-Eustis Promotes Native Species
• Environment Virginia Symposium
• APG and Harford County, Maryland, Mark Arbor Day
• Earth Day Around the Bay
• CBAT Update
• Social Marketing
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• A Message from the Coordinator
• DoD CBP Updates and Highlights
• U.S. Navy Marine Species Monitoring Projects
• Marine Corps Base Quantico Conservation Plantings
• Norfolk Naval Sailing Center and Marina
• Designing Natural Infrastructure for Coastal Virginia
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