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2023 Press Releases
- Chesapeake Bay Program funding helps four local communities in designing beneficial green infrastructure projects
- Independent study evaluates why progress in achieving Bay water quality goals is lagging
- Journey through the watershed during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week
- Chesapeake Bay’s dead zone predicted to be 33% smaller than long-term average
- Chesapeake Bay Program notes 12% increase in underwater grass abundance, continues work toward its ambitious restoration goals
- Tree cover declines throughout watershed while impervious surfaces increase
- Chesapeake water quality sees slight decline
- Chesapeake Executive Council Celebrates 40 Years of Bay Partnership
- Acres of protected land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed hits 9.1 million
- The 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone is the smallest on record
2023 Media Advisories
Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: A Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response
May 3, 2023The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Scientific and Technical Assessment Committee is pleased to release Achieving Water Quality Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: A Comprehensive Evaluation of System Response. This independent report has been four years in the making to evaluate why progress meeting the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load and achieving healthy water quality standards in the Bay has been slower than expected. The report also identifies opportunities for improving the effectiveness of the Bay Program’s water quality management programs and living resource response. Authors of the report will be on hand to present an overview of findings and answer questions.
View AdvisoryPublic Tour of Baltimore Restoration Projects
June 5, 2023Please join the Chesapeake Bay Program and NFWF in celebrating the partnership’s 40th anniversary! The following organizations will be leading tours to show how their restoration projections are helping to improve their local waterways while contributing to the Watershed Agreement outcomes.
View AdvisoryPublic Tour of Lancaster Restoration Projects
June 5, 2023Please join the Chesapeake Bay Program and NFWF in celebrating the partnership’s 40th anniversary! The following organizations will be leading tours to show how their restoration projections are helping to improve their local waterways while contributing to the Watershed Agreement outcomes.
View Advisory2023 Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting
October 12, 2023On Thursday, October 19, 2023, the Chesapeake Executive Council will hold a public meeting and press event where they will reflect on the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the past 40 years to inform the next phase of watershed restoration.
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