RD307 - Annual Report on the Implementation of the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement


Executive Summary:
The Chesapeake 2000 agreement, which details nearly 100 commitments, is one of the most aggressive and comprehensive watershed restoration plans ever developed. The Chesapeake Bay Program partners are committed to achieving these important commitments, and to pursuing all possible sources of supportive funding.

Several broad-or keystone-commitments are critical to leaving a healthy, sustainable Bay to future generations. Keystones are commitments that if accomplished will provide the greatest collateral benefit supporting the accomplishment of many associated commitments. They reveal some of the critical links and interrelationships among our elements of work.

Identifying keystones enables the Bay Program partners to focus their efforts on critical and imminent needs, and to make the best use of our management and assessment capabilities. Annually evaluated by the Bay Program's Implementation Committee, these keystones may change as goals are met and new opportunities for progress present themselves.

Bay Program managers are challenged to pursue work on many restoration fronts with an eye to how that work supports or is supported by the keystones.