Publication Type: Directive

  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 06-1 Protecting the Forests of the Chesapeake Watershed

    Retaining and expanding forests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed is critical to our success in restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Forests are the most beneficial land use for protecting water quality, due to their ability to capture, filter and retain water, as well as absorb pollution from the air. In Chesapeake 2000, we committed to Permanently preserve from development 20 percent of the land area in the watershed by 2010 and conserve existing forests along all streams and shorelines. 

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  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 93-5: Agriculture Nonpoint Source Initiative

    Overview of commitments in the Chesapeake Bay Program to restore and protect the ecological integrity, productivity and beneficial uses of the Chesapeake Bay. Signatories include the states of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, The EPA and the Chesapeake Bay Commission

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  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 04-3: Building New Partnerships and New markets for Agricultural Animal manure and Poultry

    Agriculture is a significant source of nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay, with animal manure and poultry litter contributing about half of the agricultural nutrient load. As animal operations become more concentrated and the acreage of cropland available for manure application is lost to development, the challenge of manure management will only intensify.

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  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 04-2: Meeting the Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals - Next Steps

    This Directive addresses next steps, each of which will advance Tributary Strategy implementation, and identifies measures to implement several Panel recommendations upon which action can be taken quickly.

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  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 97-2: Wetlands Protection and Restoration Goals

    Both tidal and non-tidal wetlands critical role in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, is emphasized in this in this directive and specific actions are recommended to maintain existing wetland and to restore wetland acreage and functions in order to sustain habitats for breeding, spawning, nesting, and wintering living resources.

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  • Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Directive

    Directive 98-1: Chesapeake Bay Program Education Initiative

    This directive outlines environmental education commitments by the Bay Program, departments of education and interagency education groups in each jurisdiction. These groups will report annually to the Department of Education, and private environmental organization in the Bay region, which also offer nationally-recognized training programs and curriculum. The education initiative also determines convening an Education Summit of the four interagency education groups in 1999 and every two years thereafter.

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