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The Bay Program plan will establish new goals and outcomes for restoration across the watershed.

Gov. Martin O’Malley was commended for his restoration work at the 2013 Executive Council meeting.

The Bay Program report offers a snapshot of health and restoration.

The Bay Program plan will establish new goals and outcomes for restoration across the watershed.

Simulations show that jurisdictions are reducing nutrient and sediment pollution.

A 21 percent loss in underwater grasses in the Bay and its tidal rivers reflects lows last reported in 1986.

The Bay Program report offers a science-based snapshot of watershed health.

The Bay Program is using brook trout to promote land conservation and habitat restoration in headwater states.

More than 3,700 acres of wetlands were restored last year, an acreage equivalent to 2,855 football fields.

Plans detail how each jurisdiction will put pollution controls in place to fully restore the Bay no later than 2025.