West Virginia
The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are valuable natural resources…A collective population of more than 200,000 [West Virginians], live within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The protection…of the environmental health and integrity of the Chesapeake Bay is accordingly in the best interests of the State of West Virginia.
West Virginia Code 22-11-30
The West Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, about 14 percent of the state’s land mass, includes Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton and small portions of Preston, Tucker, and Monroe counties. More than 12 percent of West Virginia’s population lives in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The streams born in West Virginia’s mountains flow into major river systems that provide drinking water for much of the Mid-Atlantic. Two main tributaries of the Bay begin in West Virginia: the headwaters of the Potomac and James rivers both begin in the Mountain State.
Coalition Lead
Quarterly Call
