The Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA sent an action alert to its members in Lancaster County alerting them Lancaster County government has signed on to a legal brief supporting an appeal filed by 21 states outside the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to overturn Chesapeake Bay cleanup standards. 

CBF urged concerned citizens to urge Lancaster commissioners to withdraw from the appeal.  The text of the action alert follows--

Keep Lancaster County’s Clean Water Momentum Moving Forward!

Despite decades of tremendous commitment, ingenuity, and progress made by local leaders and residents to improve our streams, Lancaster County Commissioners—in a decision that was not unanimous—have signed on to an appeal that could halt it all.

Send a message to Lancaster County Commissioners. Let them know you're disappointed that they're jeopardizing all the clean water progress that has been made. Now's the time to keep Lancaster's clean water momentum moving forward, not backward! 

Click Here to send your message to Lancaster County commissioners.

NewsClips:

CBF Urges Residents To Reverse Lancaster Decision On Bay Challenge

Op-Ed: Farm Bureau Had It Wrong On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Letter: Patriot Had It Right First Time On Chesapeake Bay

3/17/2014