Chesapeake Bay Program: Recent Actions are Positive Steps Toward More Effectively Guiding the Restoration Effort

Chesapeake Bay Program: Recent Actions are Positive Steps Toward More Effectively Guiding the Restoration Effort

Author: Anu K. Mittal

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-02-01

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 143790906X

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The Chesapeake Bay Program was created in 1983 when Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, D.C., the Chesapeake Bay Comm., and the EPA agreed to establish a partnership to restore the Bay. The partnership¿s most recent agreement, ¿Chesapeake 2000,¿ sets out 4 broad goals to guide the restoration effort through 2010. This testimony summarizes the findings of an Oct. 2005 report on: (1) the extent to which measures for assessing restoration progress had been established; (2) the extent to which program reports clearly and accurately described the Bay¿s health; (3) how much funding was provided for the effort for FY 1995 to 2004; and (4) how effectively the effort was being coordinated and managed. Charts and tables.