Issues Facing Maryland
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James Bowers
Actions Your Local Elected Officials Should Take for Clean Water
Sharing your concerns with candidates and elected officials is important for advocating for a clean Bay. Here are five key actions they can take for clean water.
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Carmera Thomas-Wilhite/CBF Staff
Agricultural Cost-Share in Maryland
Agricultural cost-share programs provide farmers with funding that defrays the expense of installing conservation practices.
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Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program
Baltimore's Wastewater Treatment Plants
Maryland’s two largest wastewater treatment plants have not been working as designed since at least spring of 2021, resulting in an unknown amount of excess pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay.
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Eliot Malumuth
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Phosphorus Management
Maryland needs a science-based method to identify areas most at risk for phosphorus pollution.
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Kathy Bosin
Roadside Ditch Retrofits
Since 2013, the Talbot County Ditch Retrofit Project has been working on an innovative program that will help the county achieve an estimated 17 percent of its urban nitrogen pollution goal.
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AJ Metcalf/CBF Staff
Sparrows Point and Bear Creek
The Sparrows Point Steel Mill operated form more than 80 years. Its pollution violations continue to foul local waterways.
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NRCS/Ron Nichols
How Residents Can Engage in Local Development Decisions Affecting Clean Water
It's time to de-mystify the rules governing growth and highlight the best opportunities for residents to influence development decisions.
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