Three decades after the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement was signed, Chesapeake Bay Program partners are seeking public input on a new agreement that will guide the next chapter of restoration across the watershed, recommitting stakeholders to conservation success.
The draft Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement outlines a new plan for collaboration across the Bay’s political boundaries and clarifies the Bay Program’s vision and values. It establishes a series of interrelated goals and outcomes that will achieve results to protect and restore the Bay, its tributaries and the lands that surround them, as well as the health of the more than 17 million people who live here.
The Bay Program values stakeholder input: individual citizens, private businesses, watershed groups and local governments are key partners in the attainment of our restoration goals. Partners received input on an abridged draft of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement last summer, and welcome comments on this draft between January 29 and March 17, 2014.
Interested parties can offer input in three ways:
· Submitting an online comment at www.chesapeakebay.net/watershedagreement
· Submitting an email to agreement@chesapeakebay.net
· Submitting an in-person comment at the March 13 meeting of the Management Board, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Joe Macknis Memorial Conference Room (Fish Shack)
Facts
The draft Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement contains seven high-level goals that will advance watershed restoration. These goals are paired with time-bound, measurable
