Michael-Helfrich – Chesapeake Bay Action Plan

Chesapeake Bay Action Plan

After decades of effort, the voluntary, collaborative approach to restoring the health and vitality of the Chesapeake Bay— the largest estuary in the United States—has not worked and, in fact, is failing.

A diverse group of 57 senior scientists and policymakers have joined forces to save the Bay. This is our plan.

Low Expectations in Pennsylvania

By Michael R. Helfrich | March 25, 2011 |

Good luck, Chesapeake Bay. Pennsylvania’s new governor and legislature have no interest in protecting Pennsylvania’s resources and environment, let alone the Chesapeake Bay. We have been assured that environmental regulations will not stand in the way of industrial progress.

Support Farmers, Not the Farm Bureau

By Michael R. Helfrich | January 24, 2011 |

(Posted by Michael R. Helfrich.)

Many of you have probably heard about the Farm Bureau suing to block the Chesapeake TMDL (Total Maximum Daily Load) and WIP (Watershed Implementation Plan) cleanup plans. This lobbying group has no understanding of what it means to live in community, where everyone’s actions affect everyone else. They are willing to destroy the Bay economy, supposedly to save agriculture around the Chesapeake Watershed. But why do they never go after the real problem?