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 On
June 28, 2000, the Chesapeake Executive
Council signed Chesapeake 2000 - a comprehensive and far-reaching
Bay agreement that will
guide Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the
Chesapeake Bay Commission and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) in their combined efforts to restore and protect the Chesapeake
Bay. The Chesapeake 2000 agreement guides the Bay Program partnership
efforts through the year 2010.
Chesapeake 2000 outlines 93 commitments detailing protection and restoration
goals critical to the health of the Bay watershed. From pledges to increase
riparian forest buffers, preserve additional tracts of land, restore oyster
populations and protect wetlands, Chesapeake 2000 strives toward improving
water quality as it is the most critical element in the overall protection
and restoration of the Bay and its tributaries. Scientists, government officials,
conservation leaders and citizens were all involved in the development of
Chesapeake 2000.
Chesapeake 2000 is the third Bay agreement written to guide the actions of
the multi-jurisdictional Chesapeake Bay Program. The first
agreement, creating the Bay Program was signed in 1983. A second
was signed in 1987 and amended
in 1992.
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- Living Resource Protection and Restoration - Restore,
enhance and protect the finfish, shellfish and other living resources, their
habitats and ecological relationships to sustain all fisheries and provide
for a balanced ecosystem.
- Vital Habitat Protection and Restoration - Preserve,
protect and restore those habitats and natural areas that are vital to the
survival and diversity of the living resources of the Bay and its rivers.
- Water Quality Protection and Restoration - Achieve
and maintain the water quality necessary to support the aquatic living resources
of the Bay and its tributaries and to protect human health.
- Sound Land Use - Develop, promote and achieve
sound land use practices which protect and restore watershed resources and
water quality, maintain reduced pollutant loadings for the Bay and its tributaries,
and restore and preserve aquatic living resources.
- Stewardship and Community Engagement - Promote
individual stewardship and assist individuals, community-based organizations,
businesses, local governments and schools to undertake initiatives to achieve
the goals and commitments of this agreement.
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