About the Blueprint
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The History of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts
A history of the effort to restore the Chesapeake Bay and implement the Clean Water Blueprint.
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What is the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint?
Most experts consider the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint the Chesapeake Bay's best chance for real restoration.
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What Is Killing the Bay?
There are three major contributors to the poor health of our streams, rivers, and the Chesapeake Bay: nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
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2022 State of the Blueprint
Less than four years remain to the 2025 implementation deadline for the historic Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint.
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State Watershed Implementation Plans
Each Bay state has developed a Watershed Implementation Plans as part of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint.
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The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint
Learn about the Blueprint for protecting and restoring our Bay, rivers, and streams for us and future generations.
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Getting Restoration Back on Track
Reducing pollution remains the single most urgent priority to restore the Chesapeake Bay, and the Blueprint has proven to be the best way yet to do so. Programs to address pollution from agriculture and urban and suburban areas, however, have fallen woefully short. Addressing these sources is the defining challenge the partnership now faces, and key policy changes are necessary to fix issues that have long hampered success.
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In the Blog
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52 Years of Earth Day
April 21, 2022
This Friday marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day. This important day set off an extraordinary movement to celebrate our natural world and inspire people from all walks of life to stand up for its critical protection and restoration. Look at the history of what this day has meant to all of us who insist on a clean and healthy Earth.
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Save the Bay News: Are We on Track?
January 21, 2022
Our monthly roundup of engaging and educational content for you to enjoy at home. This month we discuss the 2021 State of the Blueprint report and how we can get Bay restoration back on track.
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Raiding Dedicated Conservation Funds to Plug the State’s Budget Gap Would Further Damage Pennsylvania’s Environment
November 18, 2020
As Pennsylvania legislators begin looking under the Commonwealth’s cushions for enough spare change to plug a state budget gap that could be higher than $4 billion, they should keep hands off of funds already dedicated to conservation and environmental programs.
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CBF Suing EPA Will Benefit Pennsylvanians
October 20, 2020
In this season and all going forward, we should remind those elected to serve us and who may have forgotten, that clean water counts in Pennsylvania.
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Time for Pennsylvania to Live up to Promises Made
August 31, 2020
Since more than half of the freshwater that pours into the bay comes from the Susquehanna River, saving the Bay is only possible if we first save the local Pennsylvania rivers and streams that feed into it.
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