EPA and Agriculture agree on Chesapeake Bay actions EPA and USDA signed an agreement to better align resources, tools, partners, and actions to keep farmers farming while accelerating progress toward a healthy Bay. Conserving forests and reducing nutrients and sediment running off farmlands are important to the overall success of the Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. Memorandum of Understanding-PDF [4pp, 87k, about pdf]

Water protection leader named new director of Chesapeake Bay Program Jeffrey L. Lape, who has helped lead key government initiatives to combat water pollution and protect watersheds, is the new director of the Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Biography

The Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO) represents the federal government in the implementation of strategies to meet the restoration goals of the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) . The CBP is a unique regional partnership leading and directing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Our mission is to lead and empower others to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem for future generations.

The CBP was formed to provide coordination and support the goals of the historic Chesapeake Bay Agreement of 1983. On June 28, 2000, the Chesapeake Executive Council signed Chesapeake 2000 - a comprehensive and far-reaching Bay agreement that will guide Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in their combined efforts to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake 2000 Agreement guides the Bay Program partnership efforts through the year 2010.

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Our main office is located in Annapolis, Maryland.