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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

Scott Phillips U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey. USGS Chesapeake Bay Overview and the Executive Order. Scott Phillips USGS Chesapeake Bay Coordinator. USGS and the Executive Order. Strengthen science Address climate change Support all goals

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U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

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  1. Scott Phillips U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

  2. USGS Chesapeake Bay Overview and the Executive Order Scott Phillips USGS Chesapeake Bay Coordinator

  3. USGS and the Executive Order • Strengthen science • Address climate change • Support all goals • Improve efficiency and accountability • Prioritize and target • Monitor • Evaluate and adjust • USGS and NOAA • Coordinate Federal Science • Watershed • Estuary

  4. Water Quality • Major actions: • Models to target nutrients and sediment actions • Monitoring to assess progress • Evaluate water-quality changes

  5. Toxic Contaminants Impacting Fish and Wildlife • Poor health of fish and wildlife in the watershed • Fish kills and intersex • Multiple potential causes • Actions • Extent of poor health • Occurrence and sources of contaminants • Develop outcome/strategies (EPA, States, and FWS) • Establish monitoring and evaluation • Key partners - FWS, EPA, NOAA

  6. Strengthen Science • Outcomes: • Restore wetlands • Climate change • Land Conservation

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