January 2013 | National Park Service | Chesapeake Bay Office The
Chesapeake Bay and the major rivers are the region’s ecological
and cultural lifeblood. They are the primary features that have
shaped human habitation for millennia. The very resource that
means Chesapeake or Susquehanna or Potomac to the world has
become one that is hard for many people to reach. Year after
year, residents of the Chesapeake watershed repeat the refrain:
access to the water is too limited. Citizens want more places
along the water where they can walk, sit, play, picnic, camp,
swim, fish, watch wildlife and put in their canoes, kayaks,
paddleboards, sailboats and powerboats. It is important to their
quality of life. This Chesapeake Watershed Public Access Plan
responds to this need. The plan is a product of the Strategy for
Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, developed
in response to Executive Order 13508. The strategy aims to
increase public access to the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries by
adding 300 new publi