Chesapeake Bay Coastal Program on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Chesapeake Bay Coastal Program
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last updated: March 2022

Chesapeake Bay Coastal Program is the first of the Service's coastal programs established to conserve coastal resources. The Chesapeake Bay Coastal Program identifies important Chesapeake Bay problems and solutions, carries out on-the-ground conservation projects, encourages stewardship of resources by local governments and the public and works with other federal, state and local agencies and the private sector to implement solutions to problems within the region.

The Chesapeake Bay Coastal Program is working with other federal, state and local agencies to protect living resources. Under a Memorandum of Agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a major partner in the Chesapeake Bay Program, a multi-agency effort to restore living resources and water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. Through its participation, the Service has facilitated a number of important activities such as:

Cooperatively surveyed all submerged aquatic vegetation since 1984
Developed protection guidelines for submerged aquatic vegetation

Waterfowl

Completed a comprehensive survey of all Chesapeake Bay waterbirds
Conducted a 40-year waterfowl status and trends study

Habitat restoration

Coordinated Chesapeake Bay wetlands status and trends survey
Coordinated development of a Chesapeake Bay habitat restoration strategy
Restored thousands of acres of wetlands and other important fish and wildlife habitats throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed. One example is Hail Cove.

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