EBTJV

2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement: This document describes the framework for the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Located in Science and Data / Chesapeake Bay Program
2014 MSCGP Grant Application: This document describes the full proposal seeking funding from the 2014 MSCGP.
Located in Projects / EBTJV Operational Grants / 2014 MSCGP Grant
2014 MSCGP Grant Performance Report: This document describes the grant-related accomplishments achieved during the 1/1/14 to 12/31/14 performance period.
Located in Projects / EBTJV Operational Grants / 2014 MSCGP Grant
2014 MSCGP Grant Scope of Work for Eastern Fish Habitat Partnerships: This document describes the scope of work to be performed by the three Eastern FHPs (ACFHP, SARP, EBTJV) under the 2014 MSCGP grant.
Located in Projects / EBTJV Operational Grants / 2014 MSCGP Grant
2014 Restoring Habitat Connectivity, Machias & Saint Croix River tributary streams ME: EBTJV&NFHAP: Downeast Lakes Land Trust (DLLT) will continue its work with partners to restore brook trout habitat on priority streams in the headwaters of the Machias River and the west branch of the Saint Croix River by removing passage barriers.
Located in Projects / 2006 - 2018 Projects / 2014 Projects
A regional neural network ensemble for predicting mean daily river water temperature: Water temperature is a fundamental property of river habitat and often a key aspect of river resource management, but measurements to characterize thermal regimes are not available for most streams and rivers. As such, we developed an artificial neural network (ANN) ensemble model to predict mean daily water temperature in 197,402 individual stream reaches during the warm season (May–October) throughout the native range of brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis in the eastern U.S. We compared four models with different groups of predictors to determine how well water temperature could be predicted by climatic, landform, and land cover attributes, and used the median prediction from an ensemble of 100 ANNs as our final prediction for each model. The final model included air temperature, landform attributes and forested land cover and predicted mean daily water temperatures with moderate accuracy as determined by root mean squared error (RMSE) at 886 training sites with data from 1980 to 2009 (RMSE = 1.91 C). Based on validation at 96 sites (RMSE = 1.82) and separately for data from 2010 (RMSE = 1.93), a year with relatively warmer conditions, the model was able to generalize to new stream reaches and years. The most important predictors were mean daily air temperature, prior 7 day mean air temperature, and network catchment area according to sensitivity analyses. Forest land cover at both riparian and catchment extents had relatively weak but clear negative effects. Predicted daily water temperature averaged for the month of July matched expected spatial trends with cooler temperatures in headwaters and at higher elevations and latitudes. Our ANN ensemble is unique in predicting daily temperatures throughout a large region, while other regional efforts have predicted at relatively coarse time steps. The model may prove a useful tool for predicting water temperatures in sampled and unsampled rivers under current conditions and future projections of climate and land use changes, thereby providing information that is valuable to management of river ecosystems and biota such as brook trout.
Located in Science and Data / Brook Trout Related Publications
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, 2014: This document is the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement that was signed in 2014.
Located in Science and Data / Chesapeake Bay Program
Description of Methods Used to Develop Brook Trout Conservation Priority Scores at the Subwatershed Scale - Hanson et al. 2014: This document describes the methodology used to develop priority scores for Brook Trout conservation at the subwatershed scale.
Located in Science and Data / Brook Trout Related Publications / Chesapeake Bay Brook Trout Management Strategy-References
EBTJV - Celebrating Ten Years (2004-2014): This infographic highlights EBTJV accomplishments during its first 10 years as a partnership.
Located in Projects / EBTJV Operational Evaluation Reports / Accomplishment Summaries
EBTJV 10 Year Anniversary Info Graphic (2014): This info graphic summarizes the EBTJV's accomplishments during its first 10 years (2004-2014).
Located in Science and Data / EBTJV Reports / EBTJV Print Material

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