The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint
Learn about the Blueprint for protecting and restoring our Bay, rivers, and streams for us and future generations.
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Michael Adams
What is the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint?
Despite tremendous clean water progress across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, restoration efforts will not meet the nutrient pollution-reduction goals set under the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint by 2025. But 2025 is a deadline—not a finish line. And the Blueprint is working.
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2022 State of the Blueprint
We're approaching the 2025 implementation deadline for the historic Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. How far have we come and how far do we have to go?
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Krista Schlyer/iLCP
What Is Killing the Bay?
There are three major contributors to the poor health of our streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay: nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
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Steven Hayre
The History of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts
A history of the effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay and implement the Clean Water Blueprint.
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Nichole Leighton
2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
In 2014, representatives from the entire watershed signed Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. For the first time, Delaware, New York, and West Virginia committed to full partnership in the Bay Program.
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CBF Staff
How You Can Help Save the Bay
It is critically important that residents get involved to help save the Chesapeake Bay.
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