Visit the links below for the full story behind each highlight (note: some of these links will take you off the CBF website):
In June:
- Dr. Kandis Boyd was tapped to lead EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program.
- Cumberland County, Pennsylvania's top cover crop incentive program proved to be a model for improving soil health and reducing polluted farm runoff
- A new campaign said “Soil Your Undies” to learn about soil health.
- CBF and others opposed the golf course proposal on Greenbury Point in Annapolis, Maryland due to water-quality risks.
- A new report detailed inattentive staff and lack of maintenance that led to cascading failures at Baltimore’s Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Maryland.
- A recent survey has shown the Bay’s blue crabs are at their lowest level in 33 years.
- Thousands of volunteers picked up trash across Virginia on Clean the Bay Day.
- Virginia legislators approved extraordinary clean-water investments.
