Eleven innovative environmental projects throughout the
Chesapeake Bay watershed have received a total of $5.8 million
in grants to reduce pollution to the local streams, creeks and
rivers that flow to the Chesapeake Bay. The grants are funded by
the U.S. EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program and administered by the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The funding for these
projects was awarded through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund
and its Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grant
Program. This program provides up to $1 million to innovative
and cost-effective projects that dramatically reduce or
eliminate the flow of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment
pollution into local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay. The
awarded projects offer innovative solutions to polluted runoff
from both urban and suburban stormwater and agriculture lands.
As a whole, the projects are expected to result in reductions of
over 1.5 million pounds of nitrogen, 51,000 pounds of
phosphorus, and 20,000 pounds of sediment entering the