(Posted by Gerald Winegrad)

Please join me, Friday, Nov. 19, 3:00 p.m. in Room 1140 of the Plant Sciences Building at the University of Maryland, College Park for a presentation on the status of Chesapeake Bay restoration and what needs to be done. The states have repeatedly failed to meet agreed upon pollution reductions and the EPA has set a pollution diet (TMDL) that requires states to reduce pollutants or face federal sanctions for the first time. Efforts to achieve Bay restoration are still lagging as 90 percent of the Bay’s waters fail to meet Clean Water Act requirements and therefore, the states are in violation of the Clean Water Act.