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a tri-state legislative body that represents Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania make an alliance with the Chesapeake Bay. they created a program to help people to monitor water quality
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the Chesapeake bay program is established in the U.S
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Maryland passes the Critical Area Act to better manage the growth. to help monitor the wetlands
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Virginia agrees on the moratorium and puts it into action to prohibit the fishing on striped bass to help them recover
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Environmental Protection Agency's Great Waters Program makes notice that air pollution contributes to water pollution in the U.S
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The Clean Vessel Act presenting a viable another way to the put over disposal of sewage.
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A law passed in Pennsylvania makes certain farmers develop and put in nutrient management plans, limiting the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous that can run off of farms and waterways
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The Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act made a state fund that supports the prevention, reduction, and control of pollution
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission closes Atlantic sturgeon fishing in the East Coast
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The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation makes the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund helping people and the community get back polluted rivers and streams in the U.S
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Maryland records its lowest blue crab harvest: 20.2 million pounds an all-time lowest
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More than 2,800 miles of forest buffers have been made new in the watershed, meeting the Bay Program’s goal for forest buffer restoration
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency makes water quality criteria for the Chesapeake Bay
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The Chesapeake Executive Council takes animal manure management strategy to reduce nutrient pollution from livestock operations
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The Chesapeake Executive Council takes new directives to make bigger forest covers, reduce the amount of phosphorous in fertilizers and increase funding for on-farm conservation programs
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The Chesapeake Executive Council signs the Forest Conservation Initiative, going to conserve 695,000 acres of forests by 2020
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Maryland, Virginia, and the Potomac River Fisheries Commission makes emergency regulations on the fishing of blue crabs to help them recover
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President Obama signs an order that calls the federal government to renew the effort to protect and make new of the watershed
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Maryland, Virginia, and New York ban phosphates in dishwasher detergent to lower phosphorous pollution in waterways
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency makes a new Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Permit to the area of Columbia
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Harris Creek becomes the first thing to do for the oyster restoration goals set forth in the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order to help oyster populations in 20 Bay by 2025
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A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can make a limit for the Chesapeake Bay
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The Chesapeake Executive Council signs the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement which contains achievement and outcomes that will make the way to conservation and restoration in the water shed
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The Chesapeake Executive Council made 25 strategies showing the Chesapeake Bay Program’s ways to meet the goal of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
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The U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear the case challenging the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load
