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.
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)

STAC 2026 Letter to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Executive Council 

• 2025 – STAC Letter to the EC
• Principals’ Staff Committee Response (February 2026)

Presentations & Recordings:

• 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
  • Report-Out presentation
• Challenges and Opportunities in Operationalizing Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) Research in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed — Patrick Bitterman (Kent State University)
  • Workshop page
  • Report-Out presentation
• Healthy Forests: Proactive Strategies for Managing Threats and Promoting Conservation — Katie Brownson (USFS), Craig Highfield (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay)
  • Workshop page
  • Report-Out presentation
• Evaluating the performance of nature-based coastal protection solutions for natural capital accounting in the Chesapeake Bay — Laura Costadone (ODU)
  • Report-Out presentation

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