u.s. department of the interior u.s. geological survey jonathan doherty national park service
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U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Jonathan DohertyJonathan DohertyNational Park Service
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Chesapeake Treasured Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeLandscape Initiative
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What are Chesapeake What are Chesapeake landscapes?landscapes?
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Blackwater
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Great Falls of the Potomac
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania
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Susquehanna Water Gap
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Shenandoah Valley
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Eastern Shore
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Tidewater Virginia
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Tangier Island
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Why Treasured?Why Treasured?
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Heritage
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Tradition
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History
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Wildlife
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Health
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Recreation
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Sense of Place
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• 51 Units of the National Park System
• 4 National Trails
• 171 Chesapeake Bay Gateways
Why the National Park Service?Why the National Park Service?
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Executive Order 13508 Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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• Protect an additional 2 million acresProtect an additional 2 million acres of lands of lands currently identified as high conservation priorities at the currently identified as high conservation priorities at the local, state or federal level by 2025, including 695,000 acres local, state or federal level by 2025, including 695,000 acres of forest land of highest value for maintaining water quality. of forest land of highest value for maintaining water quality. (Current condition: approximately 7.8 million acres (Current condition: approximately 7.8 million acres protected watershed-wide)protected watershed-wide)
• Increase public access to the Bay and its tributaries by Increase public access to the Bay and its tributaries by
adding adding 300 new public access sites300 new public access sites by 2025. by 2025. (Current condition: 754 public sites in DC, MD, PA, VA)(Current condition: 754 public sites in DC, MD, PA, VA)
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeGoals
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Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeAction Overview – Land Conservation & Public Access
• Launch Chesapeake Treasured Landscape Initiative.• Coordinate and target federal land conservation funding.• Identify culturally significant landscapes.• Establish watershed-wide GIS-based land conservation targeting system.• Conserve landscapes through National Park Service partnership areas.• Consider a new unit of the National Park System for Chesapeake.• Achieve conservation goals through Nat’l Wildlife Refuge partnerships.• Develop a Bay-wide strategy to reduce the loss of farms and forests.• Support creation and expansion of protected coastal and marine areas.• Provide community assistance for landscape conservation.• Develop integrated transportation, land use, housing and infrastructure plans.• Develop a plan to expand public access.• Prioritize funding for public access development.
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• Focus partners’ land conservation fundingFocus partners’ land conservation funding
• Foster strategic coordinationFoster strategic coordination
• Incorporate all local, state and federal prioritiesIncorporate all local, state and federal priorities
• Build on existing work Build on existing work
Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeLand Conservation Targeting System
Coastal & Estuarine Land Conservation
Program
Wetlands Reserve & Farm & Ranch Lands Protection
Programs
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Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeLand Conservation Targeting System
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Chesapeake Treasured Landscape InitiativeLand Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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States Counties Protected Lands Virginia Priorities (partial) Maryland Priorities (partial) Pennsylvania Priorities (partial) National Trail Landscapes Public Access Sites
Land Conservation Targeting System
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PartnersPartners
EngagingEngaging
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