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Tagged Stories: "Chesapeake Bay TMDL"

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Chesapeake Stewardship Partnership News Restoration Spotlight Travel, Recreation and Culture Watershed Science Wildlife

Watershed jurisdictions help lower nutrient and sediment pollution entering the Bay

June 22, 2022

Bay model shows slight decline of pollution in 2021, thanks to agricultural conservation practices

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How we can reach a healthier, more productive Chesapeake Bay watershed

March 11, 2022

The Bay Program is likely to achieve 14 of our 31 outcomes by 2025

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As an Anacostia tributary is restored, D.C. residents reap the benefits

July 8, 2021

The transformation of Marvin Gaye Park is linked to that of Watts Branch

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Planning for a changing climate

June 5, 2019

Bay Program partners build resiliency into their pollution reduction plans

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Weigh in on plans to improve your local waterways

April 15, 2019

Draft Watershed Implementation Plans now available for public comment

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The Chesapeake Bay Program looks upstream for its new director

February 22, 2019

Dana Aunkst takes the helm of the 35-year old regional partnership

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The Chesapeake Bay Program provides the foundation to accelerate Bay restoration

December 20, 2018

The Bay's pollution diet sets limits on the amount of pollution flowing into the Chesapeake

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Chesapeake Bay Program partnership exceeds 2017 pollution reducing targets for phosphorus, sediment

July 17, 2018

Additional work is needed to close gap in reducing nitrogen

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EPA sets expectations for states, D.C. in third phase of Bay pollution diet

June 21, 2018

The Environmental Protection Agency provides its expectations for jurisdictions to reduce pollutants to the Bay and its streams

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Pennsylvania launches development of fresh plan to tackle water pollution

June 19, 2017

Public kickoff for Phase III WIP planning takes place in Harrisburg

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