June 2026 STAC Meeting
June 15, 2026 - June 17, 2026Shepherdstown, WV
The June 2026 STAC Meeting was held in-person on Monday, June 15th through Wednesday, June 17th at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Materials
- STAC Business
- CBP Decisions, Actions, and Emerging Priorities
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement 2025
- DRAFT Goal Team Membership and Structure PPT (June 11, 2026 – MB materials)
- DRAFT Governance and Structure Two-Pager (June 11, 2026 MB materials)
- Panel: Indigenous Science and Tribal Perspectives
- Presenter, Facilitator: Desiree Shelley (ICC); Panelists: Victoria Ferguson; Kelsey Leonard, PhD; Martin Saniga; Casey Thornbrugh, PhD
Presenters and Panelists Handout - Suggested pre-reading for panel discussion
- Wiederkehr and Tupponce 2026: Returning to Indigenous Knowledge: Coastal Preservation Success Stories in Tribal-Federal-State Partnerships.
- Lyver et al. 2017: An indigenous community-based monitoring system for assessing forest health in New Zealand
- Leonard 2021: WAMPUM Adaptation framework: eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security
- Carroll et al. 2020: The CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance
- Armstrong et al. 2021: Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity
- Saavedra et al. 2025: On tap, not on top: An urgent call for academia to support Indigenous science and equitable conservation.
- CBP-related materials
- Presenter, Facilitator: Desiree Shelley (ICC); Panelists: Victoria Ferguson; Kelsey Leonard, PhD; Martin Saniga; Casey Thornbrugh, PhD
- Partnering Efforts with Advisory Committees
- Backgrounder on CBP Advisory Committees (December 2025)
- AAC Subcommittee Updates (May 2026)
- AAC Workplan Development (May 2026)
- Topical Meetings 2025-2026
- Publication: November 2025 Topical Meeting Synthesis document: Governance and Decision-making
- Link to meeting page with related materials and recordings
- Publication: February 2026 Topical Meeting Synthesis document: Integration of Social Sciences into Water Management Programs
- Link to meeting page with related materials and recordings
- Reminder: STAC Meeting Restructure (effective June 2025)
- Publication: November 2025 Topical Meeting Synthesis document: Governance and Decision-making
- 2025-2026 Workshop Developments
- 2025 Workshop, Blueprint for Building Partnerships and Recommendations for Scaling Brook Trout Restoration in Stronghold and Persistent Patches, workshop webpage
- Report: STAC Publication Number 26-003, Edgewater, MD. 63 pp.
- May MB presentation on findings and recommendations
- 2025 Workshop, Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Advance Chesapeake Bay Research and Management: A review of status, challenges, and opportunities, workshop webpage
- Report: STAC Publication Number 25-005, Edgewater, MD. 45 pp.
- December ’25 MB presentation on findings and recommendations
- March 2026 CRC Roundtable on Workshop Findings: Link to recording
- 2025 Workshop, Striped Bass Survey Assessment and Habitat Connections, workshop webpage
- Report: STAC Publication Number 25-006, Edgewater, MD. 46 pp.
- April MB presentation on findings and recommendations
- Communication Two-Pager: State of Striped Bass – A Guide to Science (May 2026)
- All STAC workshops planned for 2026 have now been convened. Links to workshop webpages and related materials are provided below.
- February 24-25th: Healthy Forests: Proactive Strategies for Managing Threats and Promoting Conservation
- March 26-27th: Challenges and Opportunities in Operationalizing Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Research in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- May 26-27th: State of the Science of Salinity Risks in the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries: Connecting Monitoring, Modeling and Management
- 2025 Workshop, Blueprint for Building Partnerships and Recommendations for Scaling Brook Trout Restoration in Stronghold and Persistent Patches, workshop webpage
Presentations
- Introduction to Phase 7 Model Review
- Overview of Goal Teams
- Healthy Landscapes
- Clean Water
- Thriving Habitat, Fisheries, & Wildlife
- Engaged Communities
Meeting Summary
Meeting Minutes: FINAL_June 2026 Meeting Minutes_Approved 09.15.2026
Please contact STAC Projects Manager Tou Matthews (matthewst@chesapeake.org) with any questions.