Resources
Materials from the Senior Bay Scientists and Policymakers:
Press Releases
Supporters Demand Reduction of Manure Pollution, February 21, 2012 (PDF)
Senior Scientists & Policymakers Urge Caution On Nutrient Trading In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed, January 30, 2012 (PDF)
Senior Elected Officials, Scientists and Activists Dive Into Anacostia River to Highlight Government Failure to Meet Clean Water Act Goal, June 30, 2011 (PDF)
Scientific and Policy Experts Call for New Chesapeake Bay Regulatory Program; Call Bay Status Critical, December 2008
Documents
Statement of Parris N. Glendening in Support of SB 594 (PDF) – February 21, 2012
Dr. Bill Dennison’s Testimony on Agricultural Regulations (PDF) – February 21, 2012
Testimony of Dr. Lynton S. Land on SB 594 (PDF) – February 20, 2012
Agriculture – Nutrient Management – Application of Nutrients (PDF) – February 3, 2012
Bay Scientists 25-Step Action Plan
Position on Nutrient Trading, and Nutrient Trading Report (PDF), from the Senior Scientists and Policymakers for the Bay Nutrient Trading Subcommittee, Jan. 30, 2012
Nutrient Management Regulations letter to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (PDF) – December 1, 2011
Nutrient Management Regulations letter to Maryland’s Bay Cabinet (PDF) – November 19, 2011
Sustainable Forestry Council – Comments of Gerald W. Winegrad, Chairman of Senior Scientists and Policymakers for the Bay (PDF) – November 8, 2011
Media Coverage
Daily Environment Report: Advocates Want Rigorous Regulation Of Nutrient Trading in Bay Watershed (attached), February 2, 2012
Associated Press: Chesapeake Bay scientists urge caution on nutrient trading, January 31, 2012
We need to double down on commitment to clean water, oped by Chris Trumbauer, January 28, 2012
Jobs and clean water for rural Maryland, by Wayne Gilchrest, December 11, 2011
Anacostia River Plunge, June 2011
Our Say: Experts Call for Action on Bay – Is Anyone Listening?, editorial by The Capital, December 2008
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