Kristin Reilly 1/8/25 Kristin Reilly 1/8/25

Revising the Bay Agreement

As we start 2025, the Coalition continues to work closely on the future of the Chesapeake restoration effort. Right now, members are engaging with the Chesapeake Bay Program on revisions to the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Agreement.

Kristin Reilly 10/7/24 Kristin Reilly 10/7/24

A Vision for Beyond 2025: October Update

The future of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort is at a crossroads. What can your organization can do?

Drew Robinson 10/3/24 Drew Robinson 10/3/24

A Chorus of Clean Water Voices: October Update

We’re delighted to share that several more organizations and partners, including a farmer and small business leader, have published op-eds making the case for recommitting to the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort. These pieces showcase the wide array of perspectives with compelling narratives on the need for clean water in our communities.

Choose Clean Water Coalition 8/20/24 Choose Clean Water Coalition 8/20/24

Keeping Chesapeake Bay Clean Is in Everyone’s Interest

For quite some time now, the Coalition and many of our member organizations have circled 2025 as we chart the future of the Bay restoration effort. In this op-ed published today in The Baltimore Sun, Coalition Director Kristin Reilly shares the story of her connection to the Chesapeake Bay, the status of the decades-long effort to protect and restore the Bay’s rivers and streams, and how it’s crucial for state and federal leaders to recommit to the Bay restoration effort and refresh the goals and outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement.

Drew Robinson 7/25/24 Drew Robinson 7/25/24

A Chorus of Clean Water Voices

The effort to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers and streams that feed it is facing a critical juncture. For several months, the Coalition has closely followed discussions on the future of the Bay restoration effort as it approaches an important deadline.

The Coalition gathered 131 signatures from its member organizations to our recommendations letter. But many groups are taking it a step further, submitting their own letters and making their voices heard in the opinion pages of their local newspapers.

Kristin Reilly 5/28/24 Kristin Reilly 5/28/24

A Vision for Beyond 2025

The future of the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort is at a crossroads. What can your organization can do?

Drew Robinson 12/5/22 Drew Robinson 12/5/22

Clean Water Profile: Ridgway "Ridge" Hall

Our Clean Water Profile series continues, highlighting a long-time advocate and legal warrior for clean water. Ridgway Hall, known by friends and colleagues as “Ridge,” is a walking encyclopedia of the history of Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, particularly as it relates to its legal battles.

Kristin Reilly 10/10/22 Kristin Reilly 10/10/22

Clock is Ticking on Chesapeake Bay

We have a national treasure right in our backyard. While we have made great progress in improving the health of the rivers and streams feeding the Chesapeake Bay, the ultimate success of the restoration effort for the nation’s largest estuary is at risk.

Drew Robinson 9/27/22 Drew Robinson 9/27/22

Clean Water Profile: Michael Mehrazar

Kicking off the Coalition’s new “Clean Water Profiles” series is the Coalition's new Pennsylvania State Lead and PennFuture Campaign Manager, Michael Mehrazar.

Drew Robinson 10/21/21 Drew Robinson 10/21/21

Planting Trees and Fighting for Funding in the Keystone State

It might be the best way to clean our water. Planting trees along rivers and streams provides multiple benefits in the work to protect and restore our rivers and streams. Which is why the Coalition was excited to host its first on-the-ground restoration event in collaboration with PennFuture and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.

Drew Robinson 9/7/21 Drew Robinson 9/7/21

A Shot in the Arm for Chesapeake Bay Restoration

With the Senate’s passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams will receive an important boost.