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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Announcement of Chesapeake Bay
Maryland National Estuarine Research
Reserve Revised Management Plan
Including a Boundary Expansion
Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Approval and
Availability of the Final Revised
Management Plan for the Chesapeake
Bay Maryland National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce has approved
the revised management plan, which
includes an expansion of the boundary
of the reserve, for the Chesapeake Bay
Maryland National Estuarine Research
Reserve.
The Chesapeake Bay Maryland
National Estuarine Research Reserve has
three sites: Monie Bay, Jug Bay, and
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Otter Point Creek. Monie Bay was
designated as part of the National
Estuarine Research Reserve in 1985 and
Jug Bay and Otter Point Creek were
designated in 1990 pursuant to Section
315 of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C.
1461. The reserve has been operating
under a management plan approved in
1990. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section
921.33(c), a state must revise their
management plan every five years. The
submission of this plan brings the
reserve into compliance and sets a
course for successful implementation of
the goals and objectives of the reserve.
A boundary expansion, new facilities,
and updated programmatic objectives
are notable revisions to the 1990
approved management plan.
The revised management plan
outlines the administrative structure;
the education, stewardship, and
research goals of the reserve; and the
plans for future land acquisition and
facility development to support reserve
operations. Since 1990, the reserve has
added a coastal training program that
delivers science-based information to
key decision makers in the Chesapeake
Bay. The reserve has realized many
aspects of the 1990 plan, including the
completion of the Anita C. Leight Center
in Harford County. This facility
provides classrooms, lab space, exhibit
space and office space and has allowed
the implementation of research,
education and volunteer activity at the
Otter Point Creek component of the
reserve.
This management plan calls for a
boundary expansion at two reserve sites:
1,345 acres are incorporated into the Jug
Bay component site and approximately
32 acres will be incorporated into the
Otter Point Creek site. The Otter Point
Creek component will expand its land
area from 443 to 475 acres. The land
increase consists of two forested parcels
adjacent to the current boundary that
will serve as a buffer for core estuarine
habitat and will also provide an
important access point for monitoring
and education programming. The
expansion at Jug Bay includes land on
both sides of the Patuxent River,
increasing the acreage of this site from
491 to 1,836. The original boundary for
this component site included a portion
of the county-owned parks. This
expansion incorporates a larger portion
of those parks to become designated as
part of the National Estuarine Research
Reserves. West of the Patuxent River,
the reserve will add 455 acres of
wetlands and buffer lands that will
enhance the protection of core reserve
lands and will enhance the research and
monitoring. East of the Patuxent River,
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the reserve will be expanded by 890
acres to increase the level of protection
surrounding the river and expand the
area available for reserve programming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Migliori at (301) 563–1126 or
Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of
NOAA’s National Ocean Service,
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of
the Chesapeake Bay Management Plan
revision, visit https://
www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cbnerr/.
Dated: June 12, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Announcement of Chesapeake Bay Maryland National Estuarine
Research Reserve Revised Management Plan Including a Boundary Expansion
AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Approval and Availability of the Final Revised
Management Plan for the Chesapeake Bay Maryland National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce has approved the revised management plan, which
includes an expansion of the boundary of the reserve, for the
Chesapeake Bay Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The Chesapeake Bay Maryland National Estuarine Research Reserve has
three sites: Monie Bay, Jug Bay, and Otter Point Creek. Monie Bay was
designated as part of the National Estuarine Research Reserve in 1985
and Jug Bay and Otter Point Creek were designated in 1990 pursuant to
Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended, 16
U.S.C. 1461. The reserve has been operating under a management plan
approved in 1990. Pursuant to 15 CFR Section 921.33(c), a state must
revise their management plan every five years. The submission of this
plan brings the reserve into compliance and sets a course for
successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the reserve. A
boundary expansion, new facilities, and updated programmatic objectives
are notable revisions to the 1990 approved management plan.
The revised management plan outlines the administrative structure;
the education, stewardship, and research goals of the reserve; and the
plans for future land acquisition and facility development to support
reserve operations. Since 1990, the reserve has added a coastal
training program that delivers science-based information to key
decision makers in the Chesapeake Bay. The reserve has realized many
aspects of the 1990 plan, including the completion of the Anita C.
Leight Center in Harford County. This facility provides classrooms, lab
space, exhibit space and office space and has allowed the
implementation of research, education and volunteer activity at the
Otter Point Creek component of the reserve.
This management plan calls for a boundary expansion at two reserve
sites: 1,345 acres are incorporated into the Jug Bay component site and
approximately 32 acres will be incorporated into the Otter Point Creek
site. The Otter Point Creek component will expand its land area from
443 to 475 acres. The land increase consists of two forested parcels
adjacent to the current boundary that will serve as a buffer for core
estuarine habitat and will also provide an important access point for
monitoring and education programming. The expansion at Jug Bay includes
land on both sides of the Patuxent River, increasing the acreage of
this site from 491 to 1,836. The original boundary for this component
site included a portion of the county-owned parks. This expansion
incorporates a larger portion of those parks to become designated as
part of the National Estuarine Research Reserves. West of the Patuxent
River, the reserve will add 455 acres of wetlands and buffer lands that
will enhance the protection of core reserve lands and will enhance the
research and monitoring. East of the Patuxent River, the reserve will
be expanded by 890 acres to increase the level of protection
surrounding the river and expand the area available for reserve
programming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Migliori at (301) 563-1126 or
Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563-1158 of NOAA's National Ocean Service,
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th
floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the Chesapeake Bay
Management Plan revision, visit https://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cbnerr/.
Dated: June 12, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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