The Chesapeake Bay Program has announced the public release and the opening of the public comment period for the twenty-nine draft management strategies under the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. Included in this release is the 2017 WIP, 2025 WIP and Water Quality Standards Attainment & Monitoring Outcomes Management Strategy: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/22045/3_water_quality_public_3-13-15_2.pdf

Bay Program partners welcome comments on the draft strategies between March 16 and April 30, 2015. COG staff will be working with the Chesapeake Bay and Water Resources Policy and Water Resource Technical Committees to develop formal comments. Please contact Heidi Bonnaffon of COG Staff (hbonnaffon@mwcog.org) for addtional details.

A press release with additional information about the management strategies and the public comment period can be found here: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/presscenter/release/22564

Click here to view a copy of the draft management strategies.