2021 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card

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dc.contributor.authorVargas-Nguyen, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorSwanson, Sky
dc.contributor.authorCarew, Annie
dc.contributor.authorEdgerton, Joe
dc.contributor.authorKelsey, Heath
dc.contributor.authorBadri, Lili
dc.contributor.authorVillanueva-Almanza, Lorena
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T17:40:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-06
dc.description.abstractThis report card provides a transparent, timely, and geographically detailed assessment of Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed. Since 2016, UMCES has engaged stakeholders throughout the watershed to transform the report card into an evaluation of the Chesapeake Watershed health. Watershed health includes traditional ecological indicators, but also economic and societal indicators. This is the third year the watershed has been scored, and four new economic indicators have been added. Linkages and relationships between the ecological, economic, and societal indicators will be evaluated in future report cards. Overall, the Chesapeake Watershed scored 56%, a C+. There were three ecological indicators, four economic indicators, and four societal indicators. Overall, Chesapeake Bay scored 50%, a C in 2021, which improved slightly since 2020. Long-term trends are still showing improvement for the overall Bay and four other regions, while one region is showing a declining trend.
dc.description.urihttps://ian.umces.edu/site/assets/files/28601/2021-chesapeake-bay-and-watershed-report-card.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/omxy-jol8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/34907
dc.subjectChesapeake Bay
dc.subjectChesapeake Bay Watershed
dc.subjectBay Health
dc.subjectWatershed Health
dc.subjectAquatic
dc.subjectTerrestrial
dc.subjectSocietal
dc.subjectReport Card
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subjectecosystem
dc.subjectwalkability
dc.subjectheat vulnerability index
dc.subjectsocial index
dc.subjectprotected lands
dc.subjectstewardship
dc.subjectbenthic community
dc.subjectwater quality
dc.subjecteconomics
dc.subjectmedian household income
dc.subjecthousing affordability
dc.subjectincome inequality
dc.subjectjobs growth
dc.subjectecological
dc.subjectsocietal
dc.subjecteconomic
dc.title2021 Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card
dc.typeReport

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