Published:
October 1, 1999
Originator:
Chesapeake Bay Program
EPA Number:
EPA 903-R-99-013

The 1995 Local Government Partnership Initiative engages the watershed's 1,650 local governments in the Bay restoration effort. The Executive Council followed this in 1996 by adopting the Local Government Participation Action Plan and the Priorities for Action for Land, Growth and Sterwardship in the Chesapeake Bay Region, which address land use management, stream corridor protection, and infrastructure improvements. A 1996 ripariann forest buffers initiative furthers the Bay Program's commitment to improving water quality and enhancing habitat with the goal of increasing riparian buffers on 2,010 miles of stream and shoreline in the watershed by the year 2010. In 1997 the Bay Program renewed its commitment to meet the 40% nutrient reduction efforts, expanded wetlands protection and support for community-based watershed restoration efforts.

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