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Forty-five projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.8 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

View document [PDF, 222.9 KB] Backgrounder: SWG and INSR Grants 2014

A list of planned signatory participation in the development of Management Strategies.

View document [PDF, 357.4 KB] Backgrounder: Management Strategy Participation

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement is arranged in layers. At the top-most visionary layer, the partners established an expansive, collective Vision for an “environmentally and economically sustainable Chesapeake Bay Watershed”. They then worked together, following the Principles, to agree upon on the ten major Goals for achieving that Vision. The foundation for reaching these Goals lies in the individual Outcomes for the wide variety of watershed-related factors, issues, fish and shellfish, habitats, waterways, landscapes and people in the 64,000-square-mile region.

View document [PDF, 587.4 KB] Backgrounder: Understanding the Outcomes in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

The Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) has accomplished a great deal since the signing of our first collaborative agreement in 1983, but we still have much left to do. Like the others before it, the new voluntary Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement will create the foundation for the partners’ collective restoration, conservation, protection and stewardship efforts across the Chesapeake Bay region. From the moment it is signed by the Chesapeake Executive Council, it will be the Chesapeake Bay Program partners’ guide for our work now and into the next generation.

View document [PDF, 585.0 KB] Backgrounder: About the New Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement

Forty projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.2 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

View document [PDF, 314.7 KB] Press Backgrounder: SWG and INSR Grants (2013)

The Chesapeake Bay Program partners track and report on a wide variety of indicators of Bay and watershed health as well as watershed-wide restoration progress.

View document [PDF, 140.3 KB] Bay Barometer: Summary of Indicators (2011-2012)

Each year, the Susquehanna River provides the Bay with one-quarter of its sediment loads. Working to curb these loads are three large reservoirs located along the lower portion of the river, each of which sits behind a dam. These sediment-trapping reservoirs have served as effective “pollution gates” for three-quarters of a century. However, recent studies have drawn attention to their changing efficiency, with special attention paid to those behind the Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station (or Conowingo Dam) in Havre de Grace, Md.

View document [PDF, 371.8 KB] The Conowingo Dam and Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

The funding was provided through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which awards competitive grants of up to $1 million to projects that demonstrate innovative and cost-effective approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. This year, a total of almost $6.8 million was awarded to 21 innovative nutrient and sediment reduction projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

View document [PDF, 4.8 MB] Map: 2012 Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants (PDF)

The Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program promotes community-based efforts to develop and implement conservation strategies to protect and restore the diverse natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The program provides grants to local governments and community organizations working to improve the condition of their local watersheds while building citizen-based resource stewardship. The program has been designed to encourage the sharing of innovating ideas among the many organizations wishing to be involved in watershed protection activities.

View document [PDF, 5.1 MB] Map: Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants 1998-2012 (PDF)

Forty-one projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed received $9.22 million in grants from the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund, which is administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF).

View document [PDF, 93.1 KB] Press Backgrounder: SWG and INSR Grants (2012)