Expert Panel Report
Consensus Recommendations to Improve Protocols 2 and 3 for Defining Stream Restoration Pollutant Removal Credits
Developed by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network, this report (2020) provides updated guidance for crediting pollutant reductions from floodplain and stream restoration projects. It refines definitions, design approaches, and scientific assumptions to improve the accuracy and consistency of sediment and nutrient removal estimates for restoration practices across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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The Urban Nutrient Management expert panel report was first approved in 2013. In the years since, the Chesapeake Bay Program...
This report (2014, prepared by the Chesapeake Stormwater Network and the Center for Watershed Protection, establishes methods for assigning nutrient...
Recommendations for Crediting Outfall and Gully Stabilization Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (October 2019), refines existing stream restoration protocols...