Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced the state has successfully met or surpassed nearly all of its pollution reduction targets set under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
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Maryland is awarding $11.2 million through the Whole Watershed Fund to support 30 restoration projects aimed at improving water quality, restoring habitats and strengthening communities across five key watersheds.
DNREC has released a new five-year Delaware Wetland Program Plan aimed at guiding wetland research, conservation, education and management efforts statewide through 2030.
More than 9.2 million acres of land across the Chesapeake Bay watershed have now been permanently protected from development, accounting for about 23 percent of the region’s total land area, according to data collected through 2024 by the Chesapeake Bay Program.
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Meghan Noe Fellows, the Director of Science and Restoration at the center for Inland Bays, says the summit is made up of a group of people who are interested in figuring out how to establish coastal resilience in light of small and large changes that are happening in the Inland Bays watershed.
This event is part of a month-long celebration of Earth Day in April 2025.
Findings from a fall 2022 Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) study found Per and Polyfluoroalky Substances (PFAs) in varying concentrations in every sample collected. The study involved 83 water samples from 33 watersheds in the state.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program is on track to restore healthy oyster reefs in ten tributaries by 2025, with eight already completed. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation calls for expanding these efforts to more tributaries, highlighting the ecological, economic, and climate benefits.
DNREC says previous grant-funded projects have encompassed a range of initiatives, from green roof installations to stream bank restorations and green stormwater improvements.