NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office Biennial Report to Congress, Fiscal Years 2009-2010.

摘要

The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office (NCBO) is a key partner in the Chesapeake Bay Program and plays a critical part in the collaborative effort to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay. This report to Congress for fiscal year (FY) 2009–2010 details NCBO’s accomplishments during this timeframe and is submitted in accordance with NCBO’s authorization, enacted by Congress in 1992 (Public Law No. 98-210) and reauthorized in 2002 (Public Law No. 107-372). During FY 2009–2010, NCBO played a major role in overseeing and coordinating NOAA’s response to Executive Order 13508 on Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration, including helping to produce the Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (released May 2010) and the Fiscal Year 2011 Chesapeake Bay Action Plan (released September 2010). Many of the NCBO accomplishments in this Biennial Report to Congress also support implementation of the Executive Order and will have a direct effect on the future success of the Action Plan. This report details NCBO’s activities for FY 2009–2010 through its three primary program areas of Ecosystem Science, Coastal and Living Resource Management, and Environmental Literacy.