Publications

Overview of amendments to 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

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The Chesapeake Bay is a national treasure and historically the most productive estuary in the world. This document verifies that the signing Federal Agencies re-dedicate themselves to cooperative conservation in support of the Chesapeake Bay Partnership and the steps it will take to ensure its continued restoration.

A resolution to enhance Federal Cooperative Conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Program. In August 2004, the President issued an Executive Order to federal agencies that oversee environmental and natural resource policies and programs to promote cooperative conservation in collaboration with states, local governments, tribes and individuals.

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Building upon the Clean Water Action Plan, 15 agencies dedicated to enhancing stewardship on Federally-managed public lands are signatories to this Plan, which outlines new opportunities to support the needs of priority watersheds, particularly those states designated under the Clean Water Action Plan.

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This agreement is amplify the January 1988 Memorandum of Understanding between the USDA-forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency, as it pertains to providing technical services to State Foresters and other cooperators for the purpose of reducing non-point source pollution addressed in the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

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This strategy commits to voluntary efforts that build on the successes of the state and federal regulatory programs and go beyond compliance /existing regulatory point and nonpoint source programs to preclude the need for costly regulations and remediation in the future

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By this agreement, the Executive Committee members commit themselves to continually work to ensure that students have been exposed to concepts in environmental literacy and have examined strategies to foster their restoration and protection.

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By this agreement, the Executive Committee members commit themselves to nurture and sustain a Chesapeake Bay Watershed Partnership and to achieve the goals set both in the subsequent sections. Without such a partnership, future challenges will not be met. With it, the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay will be ensured for generations to come.

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