Various documents were created or referenced throughout the process of developing and adopting the CAP. Documents are organized into two categories: CBP-produced documents and key background documents.

CBP-produced documents are those developed by CBP partners either in response to congressional mandates or for the Chesapeake Action Plan. CBP-produced documents include:

• 2008 Chesapeake Bay Report to Congress: Strengthening the Management, Coordination and Accountability of the Chesapeake Bay Program
• Dashboards

Key background documents are fundamental documents CBP partners utilized to develop the Chesapeake Action Plan.

• 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act
• Senate Report 110-091 – Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill 2008
• 1987 Clean Water Act
• Harvard Business Review: Mastering the Management System, Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton
• Chesapeake 2000
• 2005 GAO Report - Chesapeake Bay Program: Improved Strategies are Needed to Better Assess, Report and Manage Restoration Progress