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The attack on Chesapeake restoration continues
CBF's Federal Affairs Director Doug Siglin updates us on how the American Farm Bureau Federation has aggressively renewed its attacks on the blueprint for ending the worst sources of pollution to the Bay. What can we do about it? Plus, read on for updates on our local efforts in Maryland, Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Pennsylvania.
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A healthy Bay means a healthy economy
"It's a beautiful thing for me to be working again and putting food on the table for my family," says Marcus Irving, who recently got a job building stormwater pollution-control devices in Montgomery County, Maryland. See how Irving and many others have now found work because of efforts to achieve the Bay Pollution Limits all documented in our new investigative report, Debunking the "Job Killer" Myth; How Pollution Limits Encourage Jobs in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Plus, read on for what Congressman Connelly had to say about our report...
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"We cannot save the Bay without saving the headwaters..."
"...Everything that flows into the Bay comes from places like this," says CBF's Libby Norris. See for yourself in our latest video how 70 CBF volunteers worked to plant 1,200 trees alongside Muddy Creek in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
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Wintertime magic on the islands
It's cold, it's dark, the students and educators have all fled...so what's it like out on our island centers in the dead of winter anyway? CBFer Adam Wickline shows us that even though everyone has gone home, life still thrives in these magic places!
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