Navigation Guide
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Welcome to Our Watershed
Sources:
- Center for Costal Resources Management/Virginia Institute of Marine Science. (2000). State of the York Watershed 2000.
- York River and Small Coastal Basin Roundtable
- Moore & Reay. (2009). The Chesapeake Bay NERRS in Virginia: A Profile of the York River Ecosystem.
- Strickland, King, & McCartney. (2019). Defining the Greater York River Indigenous Cultural Landscape.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2010). TOTAL POPULATION. Decennial Census, DEC Summary File 1, Table P1.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS. Decennial Census, DEC Demographic Profile, Table DP1.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Household Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars). American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B19001.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Selected Economic Characteristics. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles, Table DP03.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months by Household Type by Age of Householder. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B17017.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Median Household Income in the Past 12 Months (in 2022 Inflation-Adjusted Dollars). American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B19013.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2022). Households by Presence of People Under 18 Years by Household Type. American Community Survey, ACS 5-Year Estimates Detailed Tables, Table B11005.
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Current-dollar Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (Thousands of dollars). CAGDP1 County and MSA gross domestic product (GDP) summary.
Our Changing Landscape
Resources:
- Green Springs National Historic Landmark District
- Coastal Wetlands Plan
- Geonarrative: Land Motion and Subsidence on the Virginia Coastal Plain
- Overview and hub: Land Subsidence on the Virginia Coastal Plain
- Report: Land subsidence and relative sea-level rise in the southern Chesapeake Bay region
- Compare Sea Level Rise Report Cards
- Adapt VA Interactive Map
- Virginia Shoreline Erosion Advisory Service
- A Homeowner’s Toolkit for Water Quality and Stormwater Management
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Maps
- Virginia Flood Risk Information System
- Mattaponi River Watershed TMDL Implementation Plan
- NOAA’s Natural Infrastructure Hub
- Center for Coastal Resource Management’s Nature-Based Solutions Hub
- StoryMap: Sustainable Shorescapes
- SHORE-BET Calculator
- Fight The Flood VA
- Shoreline Decision Support Tool
Calls to Action:
- National Conservation Easement Database
- Riparian Forests For Landowners Program
- Shoreline management tips
- Sea Level Rise Phone App
- Watershed Stewards Academy Rainscaping Manual
- Why Native Plants in VA
- Information on Living Shorelines
- Virginia Shoreline Erosion Advisory Service
- Fight The Flood VA
- Virginia Conservation Assistance Program
- Information on Wetlands Boards
- Shoreline Management Handbook
- VA Department of Health: How Septic Systems Work
- Virginia Household Water Quality Program
- Well Water Testing & Drinking Water Clinics
Sources:
- UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. (2024). Virginia Population Estimates.
- NOAA C-CAP Regional Land Cover
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). Housing Units. Decennial Census, DEC Demographic and Housing Characteristics, Table H1.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). Housing Units [1]. Decennial Census, DEC Summary File 1, Table H001.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2020). TOTAL POPULATION. Decennial Census, DEC Demographic and Housing Characteristics, Table P1.
- U.S. Census Bureau. (2000). Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000. Decennial Census, DEC Summary File 2 Demographic Profile, Table DP1.
- Chesapeake Bay Program (2023). Chesapeake Bay Land Use and Land Cover Database 2022 Edition: U.S. Geological Survey data release.
- National Conservation Easement Database
- Center for Coastal Resources Management. (2019). Shoreline & Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Mitchell, Herman, Bilkovic, & Hershner. (2017). Marsh persistence under sea-level rise is controlled by multiple, geologically variable stressors.
- Herman & Mitchell. (2020). Migration of the Tidal Marsh Range Under Sea Level Rise for Coastal Virginia, with Land Cover Data.
- Compensation, 9VAC25-210-116 (2023). https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title9/agency25/chapter210/section116/
- Sweet, William et al. (2017). Global and regional sea level rise scenarios for the United States.
- USDA Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundary Dataset
- NOAA 2022 State of High Tide Flooding and Annual Outlook.
- Center for Coastal Resources Management. (2022). Virginia Tidal Shoreline Erosion Rates.
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, National Climatic Data Center Conus Climate Divisional Dataset
- Mitchell, Isdell, Herman, & Tombleson. (2021). Impact Assessment and Management Challenges of Key Rural Human Health Infrastructure Under Sea Level Rise.
- Center for Coastal Resources Management. (2024). Potential Wastewater Service Type in York River Watershed by Address Point.
- USGS. Mattaponi River Near Beulahville, VA – 01674500.
- USGS. Pamunkey River Near Hanover, VA – 01673000.
- Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan: Phase 1. (2021).
- Chesapeake Bay Program Office. (2022). One-meter Resolution Land Cover Change Dataset for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, 2013/14 – 2017/18.
- VMRC Habitat Management Division
- VA. Code Ann. § 28.2-104.1, Living shorelines; development of general permit; guidance (2023). https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title28.2/chapter1/section28.2-104.1/
- SB 776, Wetlands protection; living shorelines., 2020 Session (Va. 2020). https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB776
- Nunez, Rudnicky, Mason, Tombleson, & Berman. (2022). A geospatial modeling approach to assess site suitability of living shorelines and emphasize best shoreline management practices.
Our Water Quality
Resources:
- VA DEQ Water Withdrawal
- HRSD Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow
- York River Physical Oceanography and Sediment Transport
- Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP): York WIP begins on page 110
- 2021 York Tributary Summary
- Chesapeake Bay Water-Quality Loads and Trends
- StoryMap: Chesapeake Bay Nontidal Monitoring Network Loads and Trends
- Water Quality within the York River Estuary
- VA Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- CEOS COAST Application Knowledge Hub
- Case Study: Lake Anna & HABs
- Department of Environmental Quality’s Final 2022 Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report
- Virginia DEQ Fact Sheets for Impaired Waters in 2022
- VA DEQ Integrated Reports
- VA DEQ Statewide PFAS Sampling Dashboard
- VA VDH PFAS Sampling Dashboard
- VA Marine Debris Reduction Plan
- Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative Data Explorer
- EPA How’s My Waterway?
- VDH Swimming Advisories and Monitored Beaches Map
- VDH Algal Bloom Surveillance Map
- Virginia’s Cooperative Extension: Well Water Testing & Drinking Water Clinic
Calls to Action:
- Quick Reference Guide for Best Management Practices
- Harmful Algal Bloom Online Report Form
- VDH’s Information on PFAS in Drinking Water
- HRSD’s Information to Managing PFAS
- Virginia Waterways Cleanup
- Prevent Balloon Litter
- Become a member of York River and Small Coastal Basin Roundtable
- Nominate a waterbody for monitoring by VA DEQ
- Virginia Tech Soil Testing Information
- VA DEQ Specialty Waste Disposal Information
- EPA’s Recreational Boater’s Guide to Vessel Sewage
- USCG Boater’s Guide to the Federal Requirements for Recreational Boats
Sources:
- Foster, B. M., Lopez, R., Crawford, E. R., Cook, W., Krigsvold, J., Langston, J. H., Langston, T., Miles, G., Moore, K., Garman, G. C., Rice, K. C., & Jastram, J. D. (2024). Characterization of the water resources of the Pamunkey River watershed in Virginia—A review of water science, management, and traditional ecological knowledge.
- Chesapeake Bay Program Office. (2019). Chesapeake Assessment and Scenario Tool.
- USGS (2024, June 26). River Input Monitoring Loads and Trends, virtual.
- Zhang, Blomquist, Fanelli, Keisman, Moyer, & Langland. (2023). Progress in reducing nutrient and sediment loads to Chesapeake Bay: Three decades of monitoring data and implications for restoring complex ecosystems.
- Chesapeake Bay Program (2018). Phase 6 Watershed Model – Section 2 – Average Loads Final Model Documentation for the Midpoint Assessment.
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, National Climatic Data Center Conus Climate Divisional Dataset
- Tidal Trends in Water Quality: York 2018 Tributary Summary. (2021).
- Virginia Estuarine and Coastal Observing System
- NERRS Centralized Data Management Office
- Mazzini & Pianca. (2022). Marine Heatwaves in the Chesapeake Bay.
- Shields, Parrish, & Moore. (2019). Short-Term Temperature Stress Results in Seagrass Community Shift in a Temperate Estuary.
- ZuBkoff, Munday, & Warinner. (1979). Mesoscale features of summer (1975-1979) dinoflagellate blooms in the York River, Virginia (Chesapeake Bay estuary).
- Marshall & Egerton. (2009). Phytoplankton Blooms: Their Occurence and Composition Within Virginia’s Tidal Tributaries
- Marshall. (1996). Toxin producing phytoplankton in Chesapeake Bay.
- Mulholland, Morse, Boneillo, Bernhardt, Filippino, Procise, Blanco-Garcia, Marshall, Egerton, Hunley, Moore, Berry, & Gobler. (2009). Understanding Causes and Impacts of the Dinoflagellate, Cochlodinium polykrikoides, Blooms in the Chesapeake Bay.
- Mulholland, Morse, Egerton, Bernhardt, & Filippino. (2018). Blooms of Dinoflagellate Mixotrophs in a Lower Chesapeake Bay Tributary: Carbon and Nitrogen Uptake over Diurnal, Seasonal, and Interannual Timescales.
- SENTINEL-2A MSI, Copernicus Program, modified by NOAA CoastWatch.
- Copernicus Sentinel data (2016).
- VA DEQ Office of Ecology, Water Monitoring & Assessment Program. (2022). Final 305(b)/303(d) Assessment Unit GIS dataset.
- Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- Commonwealth of Virginia Chesapeake Bay TMDL Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. (2019).
- Interactive Map: PFAS Contamination in the U.S.
- RiverTrends
- Lake Anna Civic Association’s Water Quality Monitoring Program
- Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative
The Resources We Steward
Resources:
- VA Oyster Gardening
- Trapa bispinosa Dashboard App
- Invasive Plant Species of Virginia
- Additional Info & 2018 Invasive Species Management Plan
- Virginia’s 2015 Wildlife Action Plan
- Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service
- VA DCR Natural Heritage Data Explorer
- Protected Areas:
- Federal Designations:
- Wildlife Management Areas:
- State Parks:
- Natural Preserve Areas:
- State Forests:
- Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
- State of the York Watershed System StoryMap
- Virginia’s Coastal Wilds
- State regulations on all fish catch
- Information on Fish Consumption Advisories
- Information on VDH Emergency Shellfish Condemnation
Calls to Action:
- Virginia Oyster Shell Recycling Program
- Report Nutria
- Mapping Invasive Species
- VA Department of Wildlife Resources: Snakehead Identification
- VA Department of Wildlife Resources: More on the Northern Snakehead & Reporting
- VA DCR Land Conservation Organizations
- Crap Trap App
- Freshwater Fishing Regulations
- Saltwater Fishing Regulations
- Saltwater Crabbing Regulations
- VA DWR Guide: Collecting, Exhibiting, and Releasing Wildlife
- RecFish App
- Fish Consumption Advisory
- VDOH Emergency Shellfish Condemnation
Sources:
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- VMRC Chesapeake Bay Map
- VA Oyster Stock Assessment and Replenishment Archive
- NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office. (2022). Oyster Reef Restoration Blueprints (Lower Piankatank River, Mobjack Bay, York River).
- VIMS SAV Monitoring & Restoration: Access Our Results.
- Shields, Parrish, & Moore. (2019). Short-Term Temperature Stress Results in Seagrass Community Shift in a Temperate Estuary.
- Orth, Williams, Marion, Wilcox, Carruthers, Moore, Kemp, Dennison, Rybicki, Bergstrom, & Batiuk. (2010). Long-Term Trends in Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay, USA, Related to Water Quality.
- Scheld, Bilkovic, Stafford, Powers, Musick, & Guthrie. (2024). Valuing shoreline habitats for recreational fishing.
- VA Marine Resources Commission
- Chesapeake Bay Program Field Guide
- USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
- NOAA Fisheries: Species Directory
- NatureServe Explorer
- FishBase
- Murdy & Musick. (2013). Field guide to fishes of the Chesapeake Bay.
- Hewitt, Ellis & Fabrizio. (2009). Fisheries of the York River System.
- Buchanan, Fabrizio, & Tuckey. (2022). Estimation of juvenile striped bass relative abundance in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay.
- Tuckey & Fabrizio. (2021). 2021 Annual Report Estimating Relative Juvenile Abundance of Ecologically Important Finfish in the Virginia Portion of Chesapeake Bay (1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021).
- The Nature Conservancy: Chesapeake Fish Passage Prioritization Tool.
- Moore & Silberhorn. (1976). Gloucester County Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Priest & Silberhorn. (1987). King and Queen County Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Silberhorn & Zacherle. (1987). King William County and Town of West Point Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Moore & Silberhorn. (1980). James City County Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Silberhorn. (1974). Mathews County Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- Priest & Silberhorn. (1981). Middlesex County Tidal Marsh Inventory.
- VA Department of Wildlife Resources: Menace of the Marsh
- Invasive Catfish Workgroup
- NOAA Fisheries: Blue Catfish
- Chesapeake Bay Program: Blue Catfish
- Connelly, W. (2001). Growth Patterns of Three Species of Catfish (Ictaluridae) from Three Virginia Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay.
- Nepal & Fabrizio. (2019). High salinity tolerance of invasive blue catfish suggests potential for further range expansion in the Chesapeake Bay region.
- Blue Catfish: Invasive and Delicious
- Fabrizio, Nepal, & Tuckey. (2020). Invasive Blue Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay Region: A Case Study of Competing Management Objectives.
- Schmitt, Peoples, Castello, & Orth. (2018). Feeding ecology of generalist consumers: a case study of invasive blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA.
- VA DEQ – Coastal GEMS
- ChesapeakeProgress: Public Access Site Development
- Gonyo, Burkart, & Regan. (2024). Leveraging big data for outdoor recreation management: A case study from the York river in Virginia.
- NOAA Middle Peninsula Habitat Focus Area
- VA Security Corridor Sentinel Landscape
- VA Department of Wildlife Resources
- Lake Anna fishing regulations
- Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project
- Center for Coastal Resources Management