Nutrient Management

This section includes information relating to nutrient management initiatives in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Specific information can be found on the following topics: best management practices, agricultural practices, riparian forest initiatives, urban stormwater, low impact development and atmospheric deposition.

BMPs

• CBP BMP Main Page  
• 2006 - 2007 Mid-Atlantic Water Program (MAWP) BMP Effectiveness Report  
• Urban BMP Performance Tool

General Resources

• Total N and P loads from Chesapeake Bay (USGS Spatially Referenced Regressions On Watershed (SPARROW) Model maps)
• C. Randall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 2004, "A LOT for Less, Innovative Economical and Technological Strategies for the Implementation of Limit of Technology (LOT) Nutrient Removal in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed"
• Evans, et al., 2003, “A Generic Tool for Evaluating the Utility of Selected Pollution Mitigation Strategies within a Watershed”

 

Agriculture

• CBP Agricultural Nutrient Reduction Workgroup
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Programs
• USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
• Delaware Nutrient Management  
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
• New York – Upper Susquehanna Coalition
• Virginia DCR Best Management Practices for Virginia Agriculture
• Virginia’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
• West Virginia Department of Agriculture

Riparian Forest

• Recommendations for the 2003 Directive on Expanded Riparian Forest Buffer Goals, Dec 2003
• Klapproth and Johnson, 2000, “Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Water Quality”
• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Riparian Buffer Initiative
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service Stream ReLeaf
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Stream ReLeaf
• Virginia Department of Forestry Riparian Forest Buffers
• Virginia DCR Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Department’s Riparian Buffer Modification & Mitigation Guidance Manual

 

Urban Stormwater

• CBP Stormwater Page
• Chesapeake Stormwater Network
• CBP Urban Stormwater Workgroup
• U.S. EPA Stormwater Program
• U.S. EPA Nonpoint Source Program - Urban Runoff Library

• Urban BMP Performance Tool

 

State Resources

• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Marlyand
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Stormwater Management
• West Virginia 

 

Other Resources

• Storm Water Resource Locator
• Stormwater Solutions
• Center for Watershed Protection

 

Low Impact Development

• Low Impact Development Center
• National LID Clearinghouse
• Woods Hole Research Center Urban Development in the Chesapeake Bay
• Claggett et al., 2004, “Assessing Development Pressure in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: An Evaluation of two Land-Use Change Models”
• Jantz and Goetz, and Melchoir, 2005, “Resource Land Loss and Forest Vulnerability in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.”

 

Atmospheric Deposition

• CBP Air Pollution
• NOAA website 
• Atmospheric Deposition Measurement and Analysis Information Resource