A study was conducted to determine the degree of regional utilization of remote sensing data from the NASA Wallops four‐year old Chesapeake Bay Ecological Program. Forty‐three managerial agencies utilized the data in more than 80 projects related to regional management. User and project emphases were categorized on a primary and secondary basis. The results of the study indicate that remote sensing is being practically applied to the accomplishment of a diverse variety of managerial objectives by a significant proportion of the public agencies of the middle‐Atlantic states.