Chesapeake Bay Conservation

Updated 02/19/2009

Online Publications

Conserving Natural Resources in the Chesapeake Bay:  NRCS 2008 Conservation Activities (PDF; 429KB)

2008 Conservation Innovation Grants (GIG):  Exploring Conservation Technologies in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (PDF; 5425KB)

Conserving Natural Resources in the Chesapeake Bay: NRCS 2007 Conservation Activities (PDF; 535KB)

Chesapeake Bay and Agriculture Conservation Resource Brief (PDF; 787KB)

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Chesapeake Bay Farm Bill Listening Session July 14

On July 14, the Natural Resources Conservation Service held a public listening session in Annapolis, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill. 

Meeting Transcript
Brief summary of meeting (New York State NRCS Web Site)
Original Meeting Announcement

News Release - June 10, 2008: 
USDA-NRCS Provides $5 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants to Protect Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is the largest estuary in North America and encompasses part of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia. Agriculture and non-federal forested lands account for more than half of the land use in the Bay watershed. 

NRCS provides technical assistance to farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to plan and apply conservation practices to improve water quality, restore wetlands, and enhance wildlife habitat.  Financial assistance is provided through Farm Bill programs to help implement these practices.

Agriculture has been doing its part to improve natural resource conditions in the Bay watershed. Farmers are planting stream buffers for cleaner water, fencing cattle out of streams, properly managing manure, and installing other conservation practices.



For more information on conservation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed:
Delaware
New York
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania