chesapeake bay trust

In 2009, the Chesapeake Bay Trust engaged in a comprehensive process to identify and define our strategic direction for 2010 - 2015. With input and advice from a wide range of stakeholders, the Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Trustees and staff are pleased to report on our new 2010 - 2015 Strategic Plan.

The Chesapeake Bay Trust’s highest priority is to increase individual and community stewardship of our region’s land and water resources, which all impact the health of the Chesapeake Bay. Over the next five years, the Trust commits to:

• Increase to $10 million by 2015 the amount we grant annually – more than double our current grantmaking.
• Engage at least 1 million people annually in Bay and local watershed restoration efforts through the hundreds of environmental education, restoration, or community engagement projects funded through our grant programs; and through the Trust’s voluntary contribution programs, including the Treasure the Chesapeake license plate, and income tax check-off programs.
• Launch a new Stewardship Communities Initiative to build and tell the stories of 100 exemplary stewardship communities across Maryland and the greater Bay watershed. These examples will show how communities, with funding and other support provided by the Trust and through contributions made by individuals across the Bay region, have developed common visions of a healthy, sustainable places – by a river, on the Bay, in a watershed – and moved decisively toward making those visions realities.

To review the complete 2010 - 2015 Strategic Plan, click here.