About the Project

The York River and Small Coastal Basin Roundtable (Roundtable) produced the State of the York Watershed System report to cultivate watershed literacy, translate and transmit information that is difficult to navigate, and to bolster the watershed system’s visibility and value. The Roundtable is a forum for information sharing and collaboration among water quality- and conservation-minded stakeholders within Virginia’s York River, Mobjack Bay and Piankatank River watershed system. Led by Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia from 2019-2024, the Roundtable now supports the Commonwealth’s efforts to protect water quality and conserve coastal resources for the betterment of its communities by promoting place-based coordination and collaboration on watershed issues of mutual concern and interest.

About this Resource

Project Lead Cirse Gonzalez (Virginia Institute of Marine Science / Chesapeake Bay-VA National Estuarine Research Reserve) gives an introduction to "State of the York: A Holistic Synthesis of Place-based Data for Informed Decision-making and Outreach," a science transfer project funded in 2021 by the NERRS Science Collaborative. The presentation was given at a virtual project workshop in January 2022.