{"id":13037,"date":"2017-02-07T17:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T22:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=13037"},"modified":"2017-04-12T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:47:11","slug":"chesapeake-and-atlantic-coastal-bays-trust-fund-releases-annual-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/02\/07\/chesapeake-and-atlantic-coastal-bays-trust-fund-releases-annual-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund Releases Annual Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Partnerships Prove to be Catalyst for Chesapeake Bay Restoration<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund<\/a>\u00a0released its\u00a0annual report<\/a>, which details the program\u2019s activities in the state, including the restoration of 653 acres of wetland, 207,900 linear feet of stream, and 1,165 acres of streamside tree buffers.<\/p>\n

The Trust Fund, which is administered by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>, invested in the removal of nearly 40 acres of impervious surface and the installation of 14,164 urban trees and 566 stormwater retrofits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trust Fund is a catalyst for state and local partners to collaboratively focus our limited financial resources on the most effective and efficient projects aimed at enhancing and restoring the Chesapeake Bay,\u201d Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. \u201cUtilizing sound science and the latest technologies, the fund leverages community buy-in for local projects that ultimately improve the quality of our state\u2019s most precious natural resource, the Chesapeake Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2009, this unique financing program has directed $348 million to local governments and nonprofit organizations for more than 2,000 nonpoint source pollution projects that mitigate and reduce harmful nutrient and sediment runoff from entering the bay. Staff work with local partners on stormwater infrastructure improvements and employing the newest technologies to improve water quality.<\/p>\n

Governor Larry Hogan has his continued commitment to bay restoration<\/a> by fully funding the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund<\/a> at $51.3 million. That investment includes $21.54 million to help local communities meet their nutrient and sediment reduction goals in support of the state’s Watershed Implementation Plan. In addition to competitive state grants, the Trust Fund will target $11.25 million for cover crops and $3.29 million to support staff at the local soil conservation districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Partnerships Prove to be Catalyst for Chesapeake Bay Restoration The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund\u00a0released its\u00a0annual report, which details the program\u2019s activities in the state, including the restoration of 653 acres of wetland, 207,900 linear feet of stream, and 1,165 acres of streamside tree buffers. The Trust Fund, which is administered by the  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,33],"tags":[3092,2982,2952],"class_list":["post-13037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-the-bay","tag-chesapeake-and-atlantic-coastal-bays-trust-fund","tag-chesapeake-bay","tag-larry-hogan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13037"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13894,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13037\/revisions\/13894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}