Other Relevant Resources

• Chesapeake Bay Commission

• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• USDA Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Relevant Organizations working in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Chesapeake Bay Program Directory of Watershed Organizations

NGOs

• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Chesapeake Bay Trust
• Canaan Valley Institute
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• Upper Susquehanna Coalition

Academic Organizations

• Maryland Sea Grant
• Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland Institute for Governmental Service
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science http://www.vims.edu/

Inter-Jurisdictional Agreements

• Chesapeake 2000 Agreement
• Memorandum of Understanding with the State of Delaware, the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, the State of New York, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of West Virginia, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Regarding Cooperative Efforts for the Protection of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Rivers.
• Directive No. 04-2 Meeting the Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals

Other Resource Clearinghouses

• Chesapeake Bay Program
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• CBP Innovative Technology Clearinghouse
• Environmental Trading Network
• Grey Literature Library, Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Carter Library and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
• Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland Institute for Governmental Service
• National LID Clearinghouse
• U.S. EPA National Targeted Watersheds Grant Program
• 2004 Grant Recipients
• 2003 Grant Recipients

Costs of Cleanup

• Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2004, “Cost Effective Strategies for the Bay.”

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Blue Ribbon Finance Panel, 2004, “Saving a National Treasure: Financing the Cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay.”
• Chesapeake Bay Commission, 2004, “The Cost of a Clean Bay: Assessing Funding the Watershed.”
• U.S. EPA Chesapeake Bay Program, 2003, “Economic Analyses of Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Actions to Restore Chesapeake Bay Water Quality.”

Other Publications

• U.S. EPA, 2005, ”National Management Measures to Protect and Restore Wetlands and Riparian Areas for the Abatement of Nonpoint Source Pollution.”
• U.S. EPA, 1993, “Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters.”
• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, 2003, “Chesapeake 2004 A Blueprint for Success.”
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2004, “State of the Bay Report.”
• The Wetlands Initiative, 2002, “Nitrogen Farming Using Wetlands To Remove Nitrogen From Our Nation’s Waters.”