A Stream Corridor Protection Strategy for Local Governments

Published:

July 1, 2002

Originator:

University of Virginia

For nearly twenty years the Bay Program partners have sought to protect and restore this unparalled resourse. The second Chesapeake Bay Agreement adopted in 1987, established a vision for thbe Bay's restoration. Its goals included proposed reductions of harmful nutrients. In 1992, the Bay Program moved upstream, with strategies for attacking nutrients at their sources in the Bay's tributaries. this guide is intended for local government planners, engineers, planning commissioners, boards of supervisors and city and town councilors.