PUBLICATIONS
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Agriculture Reports | Annual Reports | Bad Water Reports | Climate Change Report | Education & How-to | General | Oyster Report | Restoring Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay: A Plan for America's Next President | State of the Anacostia | State of the Bay Reports | Resource Lands Reports & Resources | Volunteer Annual Reports
Maryland Reports & Resources | Pennsylvania Reports & Resources | Virginia Reports & Resources
STATE OF THE BAY REPORTS
 State of the Bay 2008
CBF's State of the Bay report is compiled annually as a means to grade the Bay’s health. The report is based on data representing three major categories: pollution, habitat, and fisheries. Go to our State of the Bay page to download the report and press release and view videos about the health of the Bay.
State of the Bay Reports: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000
OYSTER REPORT 2010
 Oyster Report 2010 - On the Brink
This CBF report finds that Chesapeake Bay oysters are developing natural resistance to the diseases that have so devastated the Bay's oyster population in recent decades and calls for additional sanctuaries to repopulate the species.
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BAD WATERS REPORTS
Bad Water 2009: The Impact on Human Health in the Chesapeake Bay Region
CBF released this report on July 7, 2009. The report links pollution to human health risks and calls on the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to act now to reduce that pollution and the potential threats to human health.
Bad Waters and the Decline of Blue Crabs in the Chesapeake Bay
On December 29, 2008, CBF released Bad Waters 2008, a most comprehensive assessment of pollution’s impact on the iconic blue crab population.
Bad Waters: Dead Zones, Algal Blooms, and Fish Kills in the Chesapeake Bay Region in 2007
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RESTORING CLEAN WATER AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
 Restoring Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay: A Plan for America's Next President
(2008) CBF provides 16 specific actions that the Obama administration and Congress must take to reduce pollution, meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act, and improve local economies.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
 Annual Report 2009
A review of the accomplishments of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its members throughout 2009.
Annual Reports: 2007 | 2006 | 2008
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VOLUNTEER ANNUAL REPORTS
 2008-09 Volunteer Annual Report
Learn more about the variety of CBF volunteer programs available and how you can participate.
 2007-08 Volunteer Annual Report
CBF’s 2007-08 Volunteer Annual Report includes information on our volunteer programs and highlights just a few of our many volunteers who serve as an inspiration to others and have a vision for a healthy, vibrant, and productive Chesapeake Bay system.
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CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT
 Climate Change Report
Climate change impacts the Chesapeake Bay, its rivers, and streams. Uncover CBF's plan to clean up our waterways and limit the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.
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STATE OF THE ANACOSTIA REPORTS
State of the Anacostia River 2006
One of the nation's most polluted rivers, the Anacostia, continues to be plagued with sewage and polluted runoff.
State of the Anacostia River 2004
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AGRICULTURE
 Vital Signs: State of Chesapeake Agriculture
(2005) In this report, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and leading agricultural experts in the region take the pulse of agriculture in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Agriculture plays a critical role in the state of the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
 Farmland Preservation Report
(2006) Across the region, farmland and open space are being lost at an alarming rate. To provide information to enable both farmers and citizens to take action to slow the loss, CBF released this comprehensive look at farmland preservation in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Manure's Impact on Rivers, Streams, and the Chesapeake Bay (2004 ) This report details ways to keep manure out of the Bay and its rivers and streams.
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RESOURCE LANDS
Land and the Chesapeake Bay
(2007) A "snapshot" of information about how the use of land impacts and changes the Bay. This guide presents vital Bay-wide statistics about population trends, settlement patterns, economics, transportation, and the effects of land conversion on water quality. It concludes with a discussion of alternative growth patterns for an improved Bay.
Smart Growth
(2003) This publication addresses how smart growth can help ensure a healthy future for our communities and the Bay, and offers ideas on what citizens can do to encourage smart growth.
Smart Transportation: How to Reduce Gridlock and Pollution
(2002) We can take steps to reduce gridlock and pollution. Investing in Smart Transportation is the key. This brochure includes facts about transportation over the past 50 years and explores new solutions for today.
Stopping Sprawl
A citizen's guide to understanding land use in the community.
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EDUCATION/HOW TO'S
Healthy Lawns, Healthy Waters
(2007) A guide to effective lawn care for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
What Goes Down the Drain?
(2006) This playful publication was designed mainly for fourth and fifth graders who want to find out what they can do to help stop pollutants from flowing into the Bay. It includes word scrambles, trivia questions, and other games.
Detox Your Home
(2005) This poster colorfully illustrates things you can do to cut back on the use of dangerous chemicals in both your home and in your yard.
10 Things You Can Do To Save the Bay
(2006) Think about the choices you make in your home, in your yard, and at your table. Consider making changes to help lessen pollution in our waterways. This colorful poster outlines ten things you can do to help make a difference.
CBF Field Guide to Underwater Grasses
This guide provides a quick reference for the most common underwater grass species found in the tidal Chesapeake Bay, as well as two species of algae that are sometimes confused with underwater grasses. Underwater grasses are found from pure freshwater to true seawater. This guide groups species according to the salinity ranges in which they are generally found and includes a drawing, full-color photo, and key information for each species.
Six Things Your Next County Officials Can Do to Help Save the Bay
The purpose of this guide is to illustrate how important land use issues are to the restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay. If your next county executive and/or county council or commissioners adopt growth-related initiatives, we will be one step closer to saving the Bay.
A Guide to Creating Meaningful Watershed Experiences
(2004) This guide provides information and resources that will enable educators to engage students in meaningful Bay or stream outdoor experiences. A "meaningful" Bay or stream outdoor experience consists of at least three parts: inquiry-based field investigations; classroom-based research and standards-based activities; and a student action designed and implemented to reduce pollution and improve water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. These MWEs also help meet Chesapeake 2000 Agreement requirements.
Fix Your Schoolyard Bare Spots
Bare spots are places where vegetation (such as plants, shrubs, grasses, flowers) no longer exists in the soil. Bare spots come in all shapes and sizes. The outcome of having any type of bare spot is the same: stormwater hits the ground and is not able to soak into the land. The plans to fix bare spots in this guide are inexpensive and easy enough for most students to complete with minimal help from adults. Although this guide is specifically written with the schoolyard in mind, the projects would work just as well at a home, community center, religious center, or any other private property.
Build Your Own Rain Garden
Scientists have found that nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution are the biggest threats to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Stormwater runoff is one of the largest sources of this pollution. A rain garden is designed to catch rainwater and to slow, decrease, and filter stormwater runoff. CBF’s rain garden design, described here step-by-step, is inexpensive and easy enough for most students to complete with minimal help from adults. And while this rain garden project is specifically written with the schoolyard in mind, it would work just as well at a home, community center, religious center, or any other private property.
Build Your Own Rain Barrel
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s rain barrel project guide describes step-by-step how to build and install a safe and successful rain barrel. Rain barrels come in several different shapes and sizes, but they all do the same thing: they save water and decrease stormwater runoff. This project is inexpensive and easy enough for most students to complete with some help from adults. Although our rain barrels are specifically designed with schoolyards in mind, they would work just as well at a home, community center, religious center, or any other private property.
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MARYLAND
Talbot County Creekwatchers Reports
The Talbot County Creekwatchers engage over 60 volunteers who conduct annual monitoring of 65 sampling locations March through November.
Maryland Oyster Gardening FAQs
(2006) Answers to the most frequently asked questions about CBF’s oyster gardening program in Maryland.
Vanishing Lands
(2000) This CBF report looks at the erosion of rural character in Wicomico County, Maryland, and recommends ways the county can protect its important resource lands and improve water quality.
2008 Wicomico County Creekwatchers Report
In a community partnership between CBF, the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, and Salisbury University, volunteers monitor 28 sites throughout the Wicomico river system.
Critical Area Program in Maryland
(2006) Learn about the Critical Area Program. It is a comprehensive program to protect the natural resources of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal shorelines.
Stormwater Management in Maryland
(2006) Stormwater runoff from developed land is a major contributor of pollutants and sediment to the Bay. A healthy Bay requires proper storm water management. This guide will help you understand the problem and what you can do.
Erosion and Sediment Control in Maryland
(2006) This guide focuses on the control of sediment and erosion during construction. It describes the importance of erosion and sediment control and how you can limit it at your own construction projects. The guide also outlines Maryland’s regulations and ways to encourage developers to comply with requirements.
Protecting Wetlands in Maryland
(2006) This publication aims to help citizens understand and influence the planning and permitting decisions to protect wetlands. Citizen involvement in the earliest stages of the process is the best way to minimize impacts to wetlands.
Forest Conservation in Maryland
(2006) This guide aims to make the Maryland Conservation Act more accessible and useful for citizens who want to protect forests in their communities. It outlines the Act, describes how it affects the development process, and outlines how citizens can use the Act to protect forest lands.
Influencing Development in Your Community - A Citizens Guide in Maryland
(2004) This guide will help you to understand the development process and development projects; tell you how to be an effective advocate for responsible growth; and give you ideas on how to become involved in development issues in your community.
The InterCounty Connector Report
(2006) This six-page report explains why Maryland's InterCounty Connector (ICC) would be detrimental to the area. The report also offers feasible alternatives to the ICC.
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VIRGINIA
Virginia Oyster Restoration Center 2008 Year-end Summary
Virginia Oyster Aquaculture Fact Sheet
Virginia Oyster Gardening FAQs
(2006) Answers to the most frequently asked questions about CBF’s Virginia oyster gardening program.
Virginia Oyster Aquaculture Program Report
(2004) CBF began the Virginia Oyster Aquaculture Program in 2000 with the goal of producing and transplanting one million adult native oysters annually onto Virginia state-managed sanctuary reefs. To date 3.6 million native adult oysters have been grown by CBF’s oyster farm and transplanted onto 17 state managed sanctuary reefs in 9 Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. This is the latest annual report.
A Citizens Guide to Planning and Zoning in Virginia
(2003) Land use plans and zoning ordinances, and more importantly the laws that govern their application, can sometimes be confusing. The purpose of this guide is to help Virginia citizens participate in land use decisions at the local level by describing how comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and subdivision rules work.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Waters at Risk: Pollution in the Susquehanna Watershed--Sources and Solutions
(2006) An 11-page report elaborating on the sources of pollution in the Susquehanna watershed. The report also sheds light on various solutions that would improve water quality in this watershed.
Addressing Land Use and Sprawl in Pennsylvania
(2007) This document provides an overview of how Pennsylvania is sprawling, and what can be done to steer towards a more economically and ecologically sustainable future before it is too late.
Stroud Outreach
This CBF publication utilizes research published in September 2004 by the Stroud Water Research Center. The study examined sixteen streams in Eastern Pennsylvania to determine the differences in pollutant processing capacity between forested and non-forested segments.
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GENERAL
Merrill Center Overview
(2002) An overview of the Philip Merrill Environmental Center, CBF’s “green” headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland, including photos and diagrams of the building.
Merrill Center "book" with Inga Clough illustrations
(2000) A 10-page overview of one of the world's "greenest" buildings, the CBF's headquarters in Annapolis, MD. It is the first to receive the U.S. Green Building Council's Platinum rating for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED).
A "LOT" for Less
Prepared for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation by Clifford W. Randall, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
(2004) The living resources and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay are important to the economic well-being of Virginia, but it is unlikely they can be restored unless restoration efforts are accelerated considerably from the current pace. The key to restoration is the reduction of the quantity of nitrogen and phosphorus entering the Bay, and the quickest reductions can be obtained by implementing "limit of technology (LOT)" nutrient removal at the significant wastewater treatment plants throughout the watershed.
Building Blocks for Emerging Environmental Non-Profit Organizations
A compilation of CBF's experiences in affecting positive change on behalf of the Bay. It serves as a framework of ideas that demonstrate how CBF has achieved its current status. It is designed to help move emerging environmental non-profits forward on the road to self-actualization.
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