The Trust’s restoration programs and partnerships fund demonstration-scale habitat restoration and water quality improvement projects that engage volunteers and community leaders, create models for local communities, build capacity for effective implementation, and demonstrate practices and approaches that can be replicated on a broader scale throughout the Bay watershed. Our goal is to increase public support for and accelerate the implementation of restoration activities and best management practices needed to achieve water quality standards and restore local watersheds and the In 2009, through our restoration programs, the Trust supported projects that installed 6,752 linear feet of living shorelines, planted 220,648 native plants and trees, and restored 65 acres of wetland, oyster reef, and streamside buffers. The Trust supports Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts in a variety of ways, including: Grants
Partnerships Awards |
Restoration


