Regional Ecosystem Analysis Chesapeake Bay Watershed-Charlottesville, VA and Harrisburg, PA Areas: Calculating the Value of Nature

American Forests conducted a Regional Ecosystem Analysis of the Chesapeake Bay Region in 1999. This study looked at how the landscape changed over time in an 11.4 million acre study area in the southeast portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As an extension to that study, American Forests has conducted similar analyses in two adjacent areas of the watershed. In the initial study, it was determined that the Chesapeake Bay had lost a significant amount of its tree cover-average canopy declined from 51% in 1973 to 39% in 1997. Similar trends have been identifed in the new study areas surrounding Charlottesville, VA and Harrisburg, PA. These two areas are the focus of this study.

Keywords: Urban Sprawl,Watersheds

Pages: 8

Publisher: American Forests

Category: Reports

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