CBF: PA is Far Off Track With Bay Cleanup
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's latest analysis criticizes state efforts on bay cleanup - with its sharpest barbs for Pennsylvania. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation recently released its latest "State of the…
Pennsylvania’s Draft Phase 3 WIP Fails to Meet Nitrogen Goals
A Bay Journal article (2019-04-19) reported that Pennsylvania’s draft Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) would meet its phosphorus reduction requirements but only achieve two-thirds of its nitrogen reduction goals.…
Conowingo Remains a Conundrum
A Baltimore Sun article (2019-07-07) highlighted the ongoing threat to Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts by polluted sediment coming down the Susquehanna River and through the Conowingo Dam. The issue continues to be…
Bay Journal Special Series 3 of 4: The Pennsylvania Problem
The third Bay Journal article (2018-10-17) in a special series on the Chesapeake Bay focused on the challenge of Pennsylvania, which is lagging far behind other Bay watershed states in meetings its…
Federal CREP Funding Renewed for Stream Buffers on Farms; Many Existing Contracts Set to Expire
A Bay Journal article (2019-05-29) reported that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will reopen signups for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) after an 8-month freeze. CREP, which has proven…
Governor Hogan Urges Other States to “Step Up” Bay Restoration Efforts
Several news articles reported on Maryland Governor Larry Hogan's recent efforts to hold upstream states more accountable for the debris and runoff that flows down the Susquehanna River and through…
Exelon Appeals Conowingo Order: Imposed Clean-up “Unfair Burden”
Exelon is appealing the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)'s decision from last April charging the energy monolith with significantly reducing nutrient and sediment pollution coming from the Conowingo Dam…
Bay Restoration Progress & Phase III WIPs Debated at 2019 Summer #MACoCon
Different perspectives were offered on Maryland’s new Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) during the “Endgame: Can Our Phase III WIP Meet Our Bay Restoration Goals?” panel on August 16…
