chesapeake bay trust

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 Chesapeake Bay.

In 2010, through our restoration programs, the Trust supported projects that installed 4,705 linear feet of living shorelines, planted 115,665 native plants and trees, and restored 47 acres of wetland, oyster reef, and streamside buffers.

All contributions are unrestricted assets of the Chesapeake Bay Trust and are subject to allocation at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.