Restoring the Bay

From recycling to carpooling, from properly disposing of pet waste to planting a tree, every Marylander has a role in – and responsibility for -- improving water quality in Maryland's rivers, streams and creeks, and the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays.

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Tools for Local Governments

The Chesapeake and Coastal Bays Trust Fund provides financial assistance to local governments to for pollution control projects, such as reducing stormwater runoff.
Water quality grants and loans are available to help local governments fund access to safe and plentiful drinking water, upgrades to wastewater treatment plants, improvements to stormwater systems, and local stream and wetland restoration projects.
Maryland’s new stormwater program and regulations will help counties, communities, and individuals reduce runoff of trash and pollution that occurs during rainstorms.

Opportunities for Citizens

Cover Crops and other on-farm best management practices (BMPs) prevent soil erosion, manage nutrients and safeguard water quality in streams, rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.
Through Marylanders Grow Oysters, waterfront property owners are growing-out oysters that will eventually become part of local oyster reefs.
Maryland Tributary Team volunteers are addressing pollution at the local level in 10 major tributary basins of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Through the Bay Restoration Fund, Marylanders with septic systems can receive a free upgrade and five years of free maintenance to reduce nutrient pollution loads.
Plant and be counted with this $25 coupon from Marylanders Plant Trees.