The Critical Area Act, passed in 1984, was significant and far-reaching, and marked the first time that the State and local governments jointly addressed the impacts of land development on habitat and aquatic resources. The law identified the “Critical Area” as all land within 1,000 feet of the Mean High … Continue reading →
The Chesapeake Bay Recovery Partnership is a newly formed public-private partnership between the Oyster Recovery Partnership and the State of Maryland (Department of Natural Resources).The partnership was created to raise funds from public and private sources and to implement large-scale, integrated Chesapeake Bay restoration projects that will include oyster restoration, … Continue reading →
The mission of the Oyster Recovery Partnership is to restore the ecological and economic benefits of oysters to Chesapeake Bay by creating habitat through the rehabilitation of historically productive oyster bars and seeding those bars with hatchery disease-free oysters produced at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science Horn … Continue reading →