Chesapeake WILD Program Grant Projects, 2025

Signed into law in October 2020, the Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (Chesapeake WILD) Act directed the Secretary of the Interior, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to develop and implement the non-regulatory Chesapeake WILD Program. Chesapeake WILD was established for the following purposes: 1. Coordination among federal, state, local, and regional entities to establish a shared vision for sustaining natural resources and human communities throughout the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, 2. Engagement of diverse agencies and organizations to build capacity and generate funding that address shared restoration and conservation priorities, and 3. Collaboration to administer a grant program and implement projects to conserve, steward, and enhance fish and wildlife habitats and related conservation values. This dataset represents 29 (of 33) projects awarded $6.9 million that generated $6.1 million in match from the grantees, providing a total conservation impact of $12.9 million for conservation investments support unmet place-based needs that align with five shared pillars. Spatial data are collected from grantees in a polygon geometry. The accuracy of polygons that are submitted depend on the methodology used by grantees to create them. Some grantees have a GIS team that uploads detailed project footprints developed by experienced GIS analysts. Others create project footprints during the grant application process using a map-based online drawing tool. All polygons are reviewed and approved by relevant program staff to ensure proper scale. Points are generated from polygons submitted by grantees. If there is one polygon, the point is placed in the centroid of the polygon. If there are multiple polygons that are within close proximity to each other, one point is generated as a representative point of the multiple polygons. If there are multiple polygons that are far away from each other, multiple points are created (the centroid of each of the polygons). Consequently, polygons are recommended for quantitative analyses requiring a high spatial resolution, and points are recommended for mapping the general location of many projects over large areas. - this means there are some duplicate points on the map. Please take the accuracy, methodology, and guidelines into consideration as you conduct your analyses. These data are intended for your internal analysis and the use case outlined above only. Spatial data should not be shared with other third party entities without approval from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. If you have any questions about the data, please feel free to contact to Mike Lagua ([e-mail]).2020年10月正式签署生效的《切萨皮克流域景观保护投资法案》（Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense, Chesapeake WILD）授权美国内政部长通过美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service），制定并实施非监管性质的切萨皮克WILD计划（Chesapeake WILD Program）。该计划的设立宗旨如下：1. 协调联邦、州、地方及区域各主体，为切萨皮克湾及其全流域的自然资源可持续保护与人类社区永续发展制定共同愿景；2. 联合多元机构与组织提升能力并筹措资金，以应对共同的生态修复与保护优先事项；3. 协作管理拨款项目并实施各类工程，以保护、管护并改善鱼类与野生生物栖息地及相关保护价值。本数据集涵盖33个获批资助项目中的29个：这些项目获得了690万美元的官方拨款，受助方同时自筹610万美元配套资金，合计产生1290万美元的保护投入效益，用于支持契合五大共同支柱的未被满足的属地化保护需求。空间数据以面状几何要素（polygon geometry）格式由受助方提交。所提交面要素的精度取决于受助方的制作方法：部分受助方配备地理信息系统（Geographic Information System, GIS）团队，由资深GIS分析师绘制详细的项目实施范围（project footprints）并上传数据；其余受助方则在拨款申请阶段，通过基于地图的在线绘图工具制作项目实施范围。所有面要素均需经相关计划工作人员审核批准，以确保比例合规。点要素由受助方提交的面要素生成：若仅存在单个面要素，则将点要素置于该面的质心（centroid）处；若存在多个彼此邻近的面要素，则生成单个点要素作为这些面的代表点；若存在多个彼此间距较远的面要素，则生成多个点要素（分别对应每个面的质心）。因此，在对空间分辨率要求较高的定量分析中，推荐使用面要素进行分析；而在大范围区域内批量展示多个项目的大致位置时，则推荐使用点要素——这会导致地图上存在部分重复点。请在开展分析时充分考虑数据的精度、制作方法及上述使用准则。本数据集仅可用于内部分析及上述指定场景，未经美国国家鱼类及野生动物基金会（National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, NFWF）批准，不得将空间数据共享给任何第三方实体。若对本数据集存在任何疑问，请联系迈克·拉瓜（[e-mail]）。