Projects completed supporting EPA Chesapeake Bay Program

Web Team highlights:

• Improved user experience and content for ChesapeakeBay.net FAQ, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement pages
• Completed user research to inform future enhancements to ChesapeakeBehaviorChange.org
• Updated the program's reports of progress toward 17 outcomes

Data Analysis Team highlights:

• Continued work on tributary summaries, including completion of Potomac Tributary Summary
• Release of 2024 Chesapeake Bay Tidal Water Quality Trends
• STAC Workshop Review: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to Advance Chesapeake Bay Research and Management: A Review of Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Chesapeake Center for Collaborative Computing (C4) Team highlights:

• Completed a twelfth year of cloud infrastructure support, extended the second six-year C4 cooperative agreement into a seventh year, and chosen to continue that support under a third C4 cooperative agreement. CBPO Data Center developments in supported C4 cloud infrastructure over the last year included Web Team improvements to sites, increased use of generative AI, and further refinement of high-performance computing clusters. C4 provides the Chesapeake Bay Program with cloud and IT resources to meet scientific and business computing needs.