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In January:
- Bay restoration and farm conservation programs see funding boost in FY2023 budget agreement.
- EPA finalizes rule on which wetlands and small waterways are protected under the Clean Water Act.
- Chesapeake Oyster Alliance awards grants to 13 innovative oyster projects.
- CBF wish list for 2023: Sustained clean water funding, more trees, fewer cows in streams.
- Russ Redding and Cindy Dunn keep their posts leading agriculture and natural resources departments.
- In win, U.S. Court of Appeals vacates Maryland’s Conowingo Dam license, offering a new chance for Chesapeake Bay protections.
- Virginia begins legislative session, will consider environmental policy and investments in clean-water programs.
- CBF and partners will remove pavement and plant hundreds of trees in Richmond and Petersburg..
