Collaborative Management

Chapter 8 in Vig discussed several examples of collaborative management. The section mentioned the Chesapeake Bay Program which began in 1983 as an informal agreement between the District of Columbia and neighboring states Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The agreement was one of the first to include multiple entities and was entered into address bay wide problems that can affect each area such as reducing phosphorous and nitrogen from agricultural and urban runoff. Since 1983 the Chesapeake Bay Program has grown to include some more formal agreements, add some supportive federal and state legislation, made changes in agency regulations, and added large amounts of local, state, and federal funding (Vig pg. 187)

Here is an interesting article about the history of the Chesapeake Bay Program and some lessons learned since 1983.

http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=2113