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Earlier this week, Senator Paul Trible (R-VA) released the following statement.
Sen. Trible has been an outspoken advocate of programs to clean up the bay, as well as agricultural initiatives to encourage farmers in the Chesapeake Bay region to pursue conservation practices which will assist in the urgent effort to preserve the bay.
“This year could be decisive for the Chesapeake Bay,” Sen. Trible said. “It is the year the 1983 bay agreement must be renewed, and that agreement will literally determine the fate of the bay.
“Despite the progress to date, the bay remains embattled. Each day agricultural and urban runoff, along with pollution from industrial facilities and sewage-treatment plants, assaults it. Excessive amounts of nutrients and toxic chemicals continue to threaten its priceless resources.
“As a result, recreational activities have been curtailed and strains increased on the watermen who depend on the bay for their livelihood. We need to act decisively and promptly to reverse the decline and begin the process of upgrading the bay’s water quality.
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