Marking his first meeting as Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council, Gov. Rendell unveiled Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy this week.

On January 27 the Department of Environmental Protection will host a meeting in Harrisburg to present information to the public on the Strategy.

The Governor also awarded a $1 million Growing Greener grant to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to continue efforts to improve the quality of Pennsylvania’s waterways through significant and targeted restoration of riparian forest buffers and wetlands.

CBF will work to maximize farmers’ participation in the expanded Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and pilot a new Stream Stewardship Program for the permanent protection of forested buffers.

At the same time, CBF organized a demonstration at the Council meeting to urge more action to curb the pollution degrading the Chesapeake and its rivers. But they left disappointed when the Council again failed to take decisive steps to restore this national treasure.

NewsClip: Rendell Unveils Bay Strategy

1/14/2005