It takes a partnership to save an estuary

Excellent article on the history, development and current process of trying to restore the Chesapeake Bay by cooperating States to establishing the Chesapeake Program. 2024 measurements (TMDL) of the Bay's health must be significant. We have seen the 2020 Pandemic cause many practices & policies to change. Such as how more people are working from home on their lap tops. Getting more people to walk, bike and exersize in redevelopment master planning. Changes in using Commercial properties from office use to residential use; from forested land & stream to open spaces for sports and recreation; from Stormwater Management Plan Managers trying to better address forecasted increases in water velocity from more frequent storms and heavier downpours flowing from impervious surfaces into tributaries down to rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Has the Chesapeake Program leadership looked into the unintended destructive impacts on streams, tributaries and rivers due to the MDE MS4 Stream Restoration's Scope of Work requirements to achieve TMDL, that was funded & completed; that the Chesapeake Program will rigorously monitor and fund to restore improvements to the biodiversity of each degraded MS4 stream restoration project?

So important to remember where we have come from and the conplicated and comprehensive work that has been completed. So much progress so far that just has to continue! Thanks for reminding us!

Great article! Very, very useful for those of us who became involved in bay conservation recently and have been trying to assemble enough information on the history of restoration efforts to see the whole picture. Thank you!