Partners
In our effort to restore the Bay and its rivers, we engage with dozens of organizations, including federal and state agencies, local governments, non-profit organizations and academic institutions.

Photo Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Partnerships form the foundation of the Bay Program. They achieve better environmental results and save time and money, because they:
- Bring together expertise, authority and resources from a broad range of organizations
- Encourage involvement among many stakeholders
- Promote a more complete understanding of Bay issues
- Consolidate and coordinate the efforts of many groups
- Allow organizations to complement and learn from each other while avoiding duplication
The Bay Program partnership includes:
- 19 federal agencies
- Nearly 40 state agencies and programs in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia
- Approximately 1,800 local governments, represented through the Local Government Advisory Committee
- More than 20 academic institutions, represented through the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee
- More than 60 non-governmental organizations, including businesses, non-profits and advocacy groups
The following organizations are all part of the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership. To find individuals involved with the partnership's work, search our Who’s Who.
Principal Partners
- Chesapeake Bay Commission
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- Commonwealth of Virginia
- District of Columbia
- State of Delaware
- State of Maryland
- State of New York
- State of West Virginia
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Agency Partners
- Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
- Farm Service Agency (FSA)
- National Arboretum
- National Ocean Service
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Park Service (NPS)
- National Weather Service
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
- U.S. Department of Education
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHA)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- USGS Chesapeake Bay
Academic Partners
- Academy of Natural Sciences
- Chesapeake Research Consortium
- College of William and Mary
- Cornell Cooperative Extension (New York)
- Cornell University
- Delaware Sea Grant
- Dickinson College
- Hood College
- John Hopkins University
- Maryland Sea Grant
- Old Dominion University (ODU)
- Pennsylvania Sea Grant
- Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
- Smithsonian Institution
- UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)
- UMCES Horn Point Laboratory
- University of Delaware
- University of Maryland
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)
- University of Maryland School of Public Health
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Virginia
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Office
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Va Tech)
- Virginia Sea Grant
- West Virginia University
Non-Governmental Organizations
- American Planning Association (APA) of Delaware
- Alice Ferguson Foundation
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- American Forests
- American Rivers
- Anacostia Unplugged
- Anacostia Watershed Society
- Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy
- Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center
- Baltimore Orchard Project
- Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
- Blue Water Baltimore
- Cacapon Institute
- Center for Chesapeake Communities (CCC)
- Center for Watershed Protection
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Bay Trust
- Chesapeake Conservancy
- Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
- Choose Clean Water Coalition
- Conservation Finance Network
- DC Environmental Education Consortium
- Defensores De La Cuenca
- Ducks Unlimited
- Earth Conservation Corps
- Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
- ecoLatinos
- Elizabeth River Project
- Finger Lakes Land Trust
- Greater Baltimore Wilderness Coalition
- Groundwork Anacostia River DC
- Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
- International City/County Management Association
- Izaak Walton League
- Land Trust Alliance
- Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
- Maryland Environmental Health Network
- Maryland League of Conservation Voters
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- National Wildlife Federation
- NatureServe
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- Opinion Works
- Parks & People Foundation
- Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
- Pennsylvania Institute for Conservation Education
- People Acting Together in Howard County
- Potomac Conservancy
- Rivanna Conservation Society
- Rivanna River Basin Commission
- Student Conservation Association
- The Nature Conservancy
- Tidewater Oysters Gardener Association
- Trout Unlimited
- U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
- Virginia Poverty Law Center
- Waterkeeper Alliance
- West Rhode Riverkeeper Inc
Local Government
- Borough of Columbia (PA)
- City of Alexandria
- City of Annapolis (MD)
- City of Gaithersburg
- City of Hopewell (VA)
- City of Norfolk (VA)
- City of Rockville
- City of Salisbury (MD)
- City of Seat Pleasant (MD)
- City of York (PA)
- County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania
- County Commissioners Association of West Virginia
- DC Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
- Delaware Association of Conservation Districts
- Delaware League of Local Governments
- Fairfax County (VA)
- Hampden Township (PA)
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)
- Londonderry Township
- Luzerne Conservation District
- Maryland Association of Counties
- Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
- Maryland Municipal League (MML)
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- New York Association of Conservation Districts
- New York State Conference of Mayors
- Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts
- Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Governments
- Pennsylvania Municipal League
- Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB)
- Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors
- Southern Tier 8 Regional Planning and Development Board
- Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
- Upper Susquehanna Coalition
- Virginia Association of Counties (VA)
- Virginia Association of Planning District Commissions
- Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
- Virginia Municipal League
- West Virginia Conservation Agency
- West Virginia Municipal League
- Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority
Other Partners
- AMT Engineering
- Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works
- Bell and Evans Poultry
- Biohabitats
- Capital Region Water
- Hampton Roads Sanitation District
- Northern Virginia Regional Commission
- Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks
- Por Eco Productions
- Red Barn Consulting, Inc.
- Tetra Tech
- Versar
- Virginia Department of Transportation