June 2025 STAC Meeting

June 16, 2025 - June 18, 2025
Shepherdstown, WV

Setting the Science Agenda for 2026

The June 2025 STAC Meeting was held in-person on Monday, June 16th through Wednesday, June 18th at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The meeting summary on Wednesday, June 18th at 1:00-3:00 pm could be publicly attended virtually.

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Meeting Agenda: FINAL_STAC June 2025 Setting the Science Agenda

Meeting Materials:

• “Gold Standards of Science”
  • 2025 Executive Order on the “Gold Standard of Science”
  • Nature Article on the “Gold Standard of Science”
• For discussions on Indigenous Data Sovereignty:
  • Jacobs (Ed.). 2025. Excerpts from Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (full book here)
  • Armstrong et al. 2021. Historical Indigenous Land-Use Explains Plant Functional Trait Diversity
  • Leonard. 2021. WAMPUM Adaptation framework: eastern coastal Tribal Nations and sea level rise impacts on water security
  • Gazing Wolf et al. 2024. Centering Indigenous Knowledges in ecology and beyond
  • Peltier. 2018. An Application of Two-Eyed Seeing: Indigenous Research Methods With Participatory Action Research
• Briefing on Stakeholders’ Advisory Committee for STAC June 2025
• STAC Business
  • Attendance Record: June 2024 – March 2025
  • Current Membership Contacts
  • STAC Membership Term List
  • STAC Membership Expertise
  • STAC Bylaws (current)
  • STAC Operational Guidelines (current)
  • STAC Expense Reimbursement Voucher 2025

Presentations:

• STAC Members’ Lightning Talks
• The Future of the C-StREAM Program — Gabriella Giordano (CRC)
• Living Resources Feasibility Charette Debrief — Kaylyn Gootman (EPA)
• CESR Debrief — Denice Wardrop (CRC), Kurt Stephenson (VT)
• CESR Updates — Kenny Rose (UMCES), Mark Monaco (NOAA)
• The Bay Program: Present and Future — Kaylyn Gootman (EPA), Breck Sullivan (USGS), Rachel Felver (Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay)
• Roles and Function of STAR — Ken Hyer (USGS), Breck Sullivan (USGS)
• Environmental Decision Support Tools — Alex Gunnerson (USGS), Sophie Waterman (USGS)
• Nature-Based Solutions and Capital Accounting — Vamsi Sridharan (Tetra Tech), Julia Fucci (CRC)
• The Indigenous Conservation Council (ICC) and Indigenous Data Sovereignty — Melissa Ann Ehrenreich (ICC), Desiree Shelley (ICC)

Recording:

• Meeting Summary
  

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Final Meeting Minutes: June 2025 Meeting Minutes_approved 09.16.2025

For any questions, please contact STAC Projects Manager Tou Matthews (matthewst@chesapeake.org).