This cooperative agreement provides umces federal funds to provide the chesapeake BAY program's (CBP's) non-federal partners with technical analysis and programmatic evaluation support

The project assists the CBP partners in meeting their restoration and protection goals and in increasing the transfer of scientific understanding to the CBP modeling and monitoring communities. This award provides incremental federal funds totaling $936,372 ($56,400 of which represent EPA in-kind funding). Federal funds of $4,681,960 ($282,000 of which represent EPA in-kind funding) are contingent upon availability. Activities:activities include assessing the environmental impacts of agriculture using statistical methods; developing and interpreting watershed models related to changing watershed conditions and downstream water quality; developing and analyzing criteria assessment frameworks to understand the impacts of restoration activities; and tidal water model development that assesses water quality and sediment as well as their interpretation.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:this agreement will contribute to the chesapeake BAY program (CBP) partnership's continuing mission of evaluating the effectiveness of management actions taken to reduce nutrient and sediment pollutant loads and to improve chesapeake BAY water quality through the seven watershed jurisdictions' watershed implementation plans (wips) and through local tmdls and water quality assessments. The expected outcomes are increased understanding of the water quality issues in the chesapeake BAY and improved decision-making and leadership by the CBP partnership in responding to climate change conditions and other future water quality challenges. Intended beneficiaries include the CBP partnership, local organizations, and environmental decision-makers within the chesapeake BAY watershed.