September 2026 STAC Meeting

September 15, 2026 - September 15, 2026

The September 2026 STAC Meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, September 15th, from 10:00am to 3:00pm (EST).

This meeting was a Workshop Meeting. During this meeting, STAC discussed important STAC business, received report-outs from the previous year workshops, and received planning updates from current-year workshops.

Draft Agenda: FINAL_STAC September 2026 Meeting Agenda

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Meeting Materials:

• STAC Business:
  • Attendance Record: September 2025 – June 2026
  • Current Membership Contacts
  • STAC Membership Term List
  • STAC Bylaws
  • STAC Operational Guidelines
  • STAC Expense Reimbursement Voucher 2026
• Phase 7 CBPO Review Requests 
  • 4-Dimensional (4-D) Interpolator 101 PPT
  • STAC Response to CBPO Review Requests (2026-07-02)
• 2025-2026 Workshop Updates
  • State of the Science of Salinity Risks in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries: Connecting Monitoring, Modeling and Management — Sujay Kaushal (UMD), Stanley Grant (VT)
    • Workshop page
  • Challenges and Opportunities in Operationalizing Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Research in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed — Patrick Bitterman (Kent State University)
    • Workshop page
  • Healthy Forests: Proactive Strategies for Managing Threats and Promoting Conservation — Craig Highfield (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay),Katie Brownson(USFS)
    • Workshop page
• STAC 2026 Letter to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Executive Council 
  • 2025 – STAC Letter to the EC
  • Principals’ Staff Committee Response (February 2026)

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If you have any questions, please reach out to STAC Projects Manager Tou Matthews (matthewst@chesapeake.org).