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Volume 2, Issue
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August
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IN THE ZONE is a
service from the Maryland Department of Natural
Resources' Chesapeake & Coastal
Program that delivers timely
information, tools and resources to those who live, work
and play in Maryland's coastal
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CCP
SPOTLIGHT: FUNDING
AVAILABLE FOR WATERSHED PLANNING AND PROJECT
DESIGN
CCP Spotlight is a feature of the In
the Zone e-mail service that highlights programs that
have been developed by the Chesapeake & Coastal
Program or through partnership and support from federal,
state and local partners helping to advance coastal
management in
Maryland.
 The Watershed Assistance Grant
Program welcomes requests
for technical planning, design and financing strategy
activities directly related to watershed restoration and
protection efforts.
Click here to
view the Request for Proposals.
Special Funding
Opportunity Also Available through Chesapeake Bay Green
Street-Green Jobs Initiative
In addition,
a special funding opportunity for green streets and
other urban green infrastructure projects is now
available. This announcement is soliciting
proposals for urban green infrastructure-driven
technical planning and design assistance associated with
watershed restoration projects. The Chesapeake Bay Green Street-Green Jobs
Initiative supports supports implementation of the
President's Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration Executive Order.
The Watershed Assistance Collaborative is a
partnership among Maryland's state agencies, the
Chesapeake Bay Trust, the University of Maryland, NOAA
and EPA. The Collaborative exists to provide
coordinated capacity-building opportunities to local
implementers.
Click here to view the Request for
Proposals. The deadline for
both RFPs is September 24, 2010.
Local
communities interested in learning how the Collaborative
can connect them to the financial and technical
resources they need to undertake comprehensive watershed
restoration projects in Maryland should e-mail Carrie Decker with the Chesapeake
& Coastal Program or call 410-260-8723.
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CCP
LAUNCHES NEW WATERSHED ASSISTANCE COLLABORATIVE WEBPAGE
 CCP
invites you to visit their new Watershed Assistance Collaborative
webpage to learn more about the technical and financial
assistance provided through the Collaborative to local
communities and governments for advancing watershed
protection and restoration activities in Maryland.
The
Collaborative webpage will direct and connect
communities to the following resources and information:
Planning and Design
Grants
(RFP currently open as
noted in CCP Spotlight) Learn about the planning
and design assistance available for protection and
restoration projects that lead to improved water quality
in Maryland.
Technical
Assistance
Find out about the project
management and coordination assistance available through
the Collaborative for implementation efforts in
Maryland.
Stakeholder Development & Financing
Strategies
Learn how the
Collaborative assists with project implementation,
watershed plan development, stakeholder development and
financing strategies.
Program Highlights
See
what the Collaborative has done to ensure local
communities get the information and the resources that
they need - putting the resources at the level where the
work gets
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MARYLAND'S
COASTAL ATLAS ROLLS OUT NEW ESTUARIES MAPPING
TOOL
Suite of
Mapping Tools Now Features Ocean, Shorelines
and Estuaries Mappers
CCP has launched the
Estuaries mapping tool, part of the suite of
applications that comprise Maryland's Coastal Atlas. "Estuaries" joins the already live Ocean
and Shorelines mapping tools of the Coastal Atlas that
were launched in June 2010. "Estuaries" allows
users to access information and maps identifying
critical tidal and near-shore aquatic resources and
habitats and their surrounding landscapes to focus
conservation and management activities. The aquatic
resources and habitats available through this tool are
available for both the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal
Bays.
Among the data found in
"Estuaries", the tool delivers the results of the
recently completed Blue Infrastructure Near-shore
Assessment - a detailed spatial
assessment of coastal habitat, critical natural
resources and associated human uses in the tidal waters
and near-shore area of Maryland's coastal zone. This
assessment evaluated and prioritized coastal habitats in
Maryland's Chesapeake and Coastal Bays, tidal waters and
Ocean and is currently being integrated in to coastal
conservation work. One example is the assessment's
application in land acquisition targeting. The map
products will be used to enhance the scope of
information and aquatic resource values considered in
land acquisition in coastal areas. CCP staff will
be on hand at the upcoming Maryland Association of Counties
(MACo) conference in Ocean City
on August 19th to demonstrate the Estuaries mapping tool
to county parks and recreation representatives and to
provide some brief
training.
Maryland's ocean and estuarine
environments today face an era of unprecedented
activity. Wind farms and other energy facilities,
commercial fishing, diverse recreational uses, and
shipping highways are all competing for use and space.
To ensure the protection of Maryland's critical ocean
and estuarine resources, otherwise known as our Blue
Infrastructure, and the coastal economies that depend on
them, the Coastal Atlas has been developed to provide
direct access to available data needed for coastal and
ocean planning efforts.
By providing access to this
data, the Estuaries mapping tool can help coastal
managers and planners identify coastal habitats where
conservation and restoration activities can maintain and
improve coastal resources.
Click here to
access the Coastal Atlas' Estuaries mapping
tool.
For more information on
training events or to comment on the Coastal Atlas,
please e-mail Chris Cortina with the Chesapeake
& Coastal Program or call
410.260.8774. |
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MARYLAND
COASTAL AND WATERSHED ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(CWRAC)
Next Meeting: Friday, August
27
 The Coastal and Watershed Resources Advisory
Committee (CWRAC) is scheduled to meet on Friday,
August 27 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Calvary
United Methodist Church in Annapolis, Maryland.
The main topics are Enforceable Policies of the Maryland
Coastal Program (Routine Program Change),Chesapeake Bay
Shoreline Erosion Management Guide, and Developing
Legislative Proposals for 2011 Session. The
Committee will also get updates on the following:
WIP Advisory Committee and Climate Change
Insurance Advisory Committee.
CWRAC,
established in 1976, is comprised of representatives of
local government, concerned local citizens, special
interest groups, state and federal agencies and academic
institutions. CWRAC acts as an independent advisory body
to the Secretary of Natural Resources and to Maryland's
Chesapeake & Coastal Program on policy issues
affecting the coastal areas of Maryland. Funding is
provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration under the Coastal Zone Management
grant.
If you are interested in
attending the upcoming meeting or in need of more
information on CWRAC, e-mail Joe Abe or call 410.260.8740.
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TMDL WATERSHED
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (WIP) REGIONAL MEETINGS
Maryland's Tributary Teams
and EPA are Hosting Seven Public
Meetings
Maryland's
Chesapeake Bay Phase I Watershed Implementation Plan is
being developed to restore and protect a healthy Bay for
future generations. The six Chesapeake Bay
watershed states and the District of Columbia are to
submit draft Phase One reports by September 1, 2010 in
support of the development of the draft and final
Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (Bay
TMDL). Maryland's Tributary Teams and EPA are
hosting seven public meetings to learn more
about the TMDL WIP process in Maryland.
The public meeting schedule
is as follows:
- September 27, 2010, Hosted by the Upper Potomac
Trib team
South Hagerstown High School auditorium,
820 Commonwealth Ave., Hagerstown, 21740
Public
Meeting from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
- September 30 2010, Hosted by the three Eastern
Shore Trib Teams
Talbot County Community Center,
Wye Oak Meeting Room
10028 Ocean Gateway (eastbound
US Route 50) Easton, 21601
Public Meeting from
6:30 to 8:30 pm
- October 4, 2010, Hosted by the Upper Western Shore
and Patapsco Back Trib Teams
Maryland State Fair
Grounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium, 21093
DNR
Building/State Fair Museum; use the York Road
gate
Public Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
- October 6, 2010, Hosted by the Patuxent River
Commission and the Middle Potomac, the Lower Potomac
and Lower Western Shore Trib Teams
Prince George's
Soil Conservation District, 5301 Marlboro Race Track
Road
Upper Marlboro, 20772 (301)
574-5162 X3
Public Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30
pm
EPA Hosted Regional Meetings and
Webinar*
- October 12, Easton, 2 to 4 pm
The Easton Club,
28449 Clubhouse Dr, Easton
- October 13, Annapolis, 2 to 4 pm
The Sheraton
Annapolis, 173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis
- October 14, Hagerstown, 2 to 4 pm*
Hagerstown
Hotel and Convention Center, 1901 Dual Highway,
Hagerstown
* this is also Maryland's Webinar
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 Please feel free to contact us
with any comments, questions or ideas for future IN THE ZONE
e-mails. Sincerely,
Your Chesapeake & Coastal Program
Team
Maryland Department of
Natural Resources |
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A
publication of the Maryland Coastal Zone Management Program
pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Award No.NA09NOA4190170. This publication is funded (in part)
by a grant/cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The views expressed herein
are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the
views of NOAA or any of its
sub-agencies.
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