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  1. Recent Stories

Tagged Stories: "watershed model"

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

Bay jurisdictions continue to chip away at pollution

May 2, 2024

Watershed Model shows decline in nutrients, sediment entering the Chesapeake

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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 does wind impact the Chesapeake Bay?

April 8, 2021

Wind influences the water, land and people of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

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Wastewater treatment plant upgrades help reduce nitrogen pollution entering the Bay

August 7, 2020

Sediment pollution also declines, thanks in part to the efforts of our farmers

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Creating incentives for conservation and land use

September 27, 2019

Future land preservation and sustainable growth plans can benefit watershed jurisdictions

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Why should you care about a Watershed Implementation Plan?

August 14, 2018

Bottom line: it will impact your community, not just the Chesapeake Bay

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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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The population of people isn't the only thing growing in the Chesapeake region

April 17, 2018

Watershed jurisdictions to factor increased pollution from rising human and livestock populations into their planning

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Updated tools help address pollution and plan for the future

January 25, 2018

Chesapeake Bay Program unveils a new version of their state-of-the-art suite of modeling tools

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Many Pennsylvania farmers taking voluntary action to improve water quality, survey finds

December 20, 2016

Bay Program’s Agriculture Workgroup approves survey methodology

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