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# Land-Use Monitoring and Forecasting

## New high-resolution, land-use and change data improves decision-making in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

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Efforts are underway to protect the rich array of lands and habitat across the Bay watershed for fish, wildlife, and people. However, new high-resolution data show an alarming loss of forests and other vital lands because of development. The USGS is leading analyses of the enhanced land-change data, and forecasting scenarios of future use, to inform land-protection and local-planning decisions.

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Land Use, Change, and Forecasting

Watershed Characterization and Protection

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May 30, 2024

####                 New study highlights impact of current and historic land use on stream incision in Maryland Piedmont headwaters              

Chesapeake Bay Activities, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center

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May 30, 2024

####   New study highlights impact of current and historic land use on stream incision in Maryland Piedmont headwaters

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March 14, 2023

####                 Chesapeake Bay Land Use and Land Cover data is now published in additional formats              

Chesapeake Bay Activities, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center

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March 14, 2023

####   Chesapeake Bay Land Use and Land Cover data is now published in additional formats

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February 1, 2023

####                 USGS Collaborates on Maryland Healthy Watersheds Assessment              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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February 1, 2023

####   USGS Collaborates on Maryland Healthy Watersheds Assessment

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December 7, 2022

####                 USGS and CBP produce report to enhance Chesapeake Bay and watershed monitoring networks              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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December 7, 2022

####   USGS and CBP produce report to enhance Chesapeake Bay and watershed monitoring networks

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September 27, 2022

####                 New high-resolution, land-use and change data improves decision-making in the Chesapeake Bay watershed              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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September 27, 2022

####   New high-resolution, land-use and change data improves decision-making in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

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June 28, 2022

####                 A Science-Based Approach for Targeting Resources to Achieve Multiple Chesapeake Outcomes              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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June 28, 2022

####   A Science-Based Approach for Targeting Resources to Achieve Multiple Chesapeake Outcomes

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March 23, 2021

####                 Altered flow affects the biological health of streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, Chesapeake Bay Activities

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March 23, 2021

####   Altered flow affects the biological health of streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

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April 30, 2020

####                 New dataset available on stream and floodplain geometry to inform restoration decisions              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

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April 30, 2020

####   New dataset available on stream and floodplain geometry to inform restoration decisions

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February 19, 2020

####                 Projecting stream conditions under future land-use and climate scenarios              

Core Science Systems Mission Area, Chesapeake Bay Activities

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February 19, 2020

####   Projecting stream conditions under future land-use and climate scenarios

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September 13, 2019

####                 Tripod-palooza—USGS Collaborates with Federal, State, and Academic Partners to Support Coastal Resiliency in the Wider Chesapeake Bay Area              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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September 13, 2019

####   Tripod-palooza—USGS Collaborates with Federal, State, and Academic Partners to Support Coastal Resiliency in the Wider Chesapeake Bay Area

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July 10, 2019

####                 Population Growth              

Chesapeake Bay Activities

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July 10, 2019

####   Population Growth

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April 30, 2018

####                 Videos Highlighting USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities              

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April 30, 2018

####   Videos Highlighting USGS Chesapeake Bay Activities

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