New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Includes Staggered Goals After 2025 Deadlines Weren’t Met

Chesapeake Bay cleanup: Rough waters ahead

Since 1983, representatives of Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia and other states within the Chesapeake Bay watershed have entered into a series of agreements aimed at cleaning up the nation’s largest estuary. The latest, signed in 2014, is now in the process of being updated. Experts are reviewing all manner of concerns from farm runoff to forest buffers, from water pollution to land use policies and how best to nurture future genera…

Virginia lawmakers to learn of strides, challenges in Chesapeake Bay clean up

The Chesapeake Bay is one of Virginia’s top economic drivers and premiere recreational sites. The commonwealth, as well as surrounding states, have taken strides to clean up the waters over the last decade. But as the estuary faces new, climate…

New Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan includes staggered goals after 2025 deadlines weren’t met

Cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is a big feat, and the targets from a plan set in 2014 with a deadline of this year weren’t quite met. The new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement has four thematic goals with staggered goals and varying targets to meet for each subcategory. Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources Josh Kurtz said that those main goals are “healthy landscapes, clean water, engaged communities and thriving habitat and wildlife.” He sa…

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Chesapeake And Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Provides $29 Million For Ecological Restoration Projects - The BayNet

Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is awarding $29 million from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to 27 ecological restoration projects encompassing 160 sites throughout the state for Fiscal Year 2026. These projects were selected based on their ability to improve water quality and provide other benefits such as resilience to climate impacts, habita…

Maryland awards $29 million for Chesapeake Bay, coastal bays restoration projects

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is allocating $29 million from the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund to 27 ecological restoration projects across 160 sites statewide for Fiscal Year 2026, the department announced this week. These projects were selected to improve water quality, enhance resilience to climate change, boost habitat, and address environmental justice concerns. They will utilize various …