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Chesapeake Bay Program
Funding: No direct funding. Dr. Tom Simpson, Chairs the Nutrient Subcommittee of the regional Bay Program that includes six states, the District of Columbia and EPA and NRCS on behalf of the federal government. This is the lead science-policy group for all aspects of nutrient reductions and tributary strategies for the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. Dr. Simpson oversees workgroups on Agriculture, Stormwater, Forestry, Wastewater Treatment, Sediment and Tributary Strategies. There are eight staff at the Chesapeake Bay program Office in Annapolis (in addition to those funded through UMD as described below) that supports the Nutrient Subcommittee and its workgroups. Members on the Subcommittee are state and federal mid to upper level managers, NGO representatives and a few academic representatives.
The Subcommittee is charged with providing technical and programmatic oversight for all nutrient reduction activities and recommending policy needs and direction to Bay Program leadership. As Chair of the Nutrient Subcommittee, Dr. Simpson also sits on the Implementation Committee, the Bay Program senior management committee, and the Budget Steering Committee that oversees the approximately $20 million per year Bay Program budget. Dr. Simpson is also one of two gubernatorial appointed members of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Bay Program. This independent Committee provides expert review, evaluation and scientific oversight of technical matters proposed by the bay program. The P.I. for this project is Dr. Tom Simpson.
For more information, contact Dr. Tom Simpson
Last updated: 04/8/2009
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