Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay commitments are far-reaching and include goals for reducing pollution, restoring habitats, protecting watersheds and fostering stewardship. Our plan is to track our progress to these commitments as part of BayStat.
- A great deal of information is readily available about the sources of and our efforts to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution after years of data gathering and analyses. Learn more Maryland’s Statewide Tributary Strategies Implementation Plan and our progress in meeting the Best Management Practices implementation goals.
- Restoring Habitats is measured against a series of goals established by Maryland and the Bay Program, and includes activities like Wetlands Restoration, Oyster Restoration, and Riparian Buffer Restoration. Practices that we use to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution are also effective at restoring critical habitats for our living resources.
- Protecting Watersheds practices help slow the rate of new pollution associated with population increases in the watershed, as well as reduce current pollution levels.
- Fostering Stewardship efforts include a broad range of actions from expanding opportunities for residents to experience the Chesapeake, to formal outdoor environmental education experiences for school-age children, to engaging communities and helping move them to action.
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