A frayed regulatory framework and dependence on voluntary action has done little to mitigate the damage from agricultural activities in the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Despite a quarter of a century of effort by farmers, citizens, environmentalists, and government officials to address pollution in the streams, rivers and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay region, agricultural fertilizers, animal manure and soil erosion remain the watershed’s largest sources of pollution.
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In Chesapeake Bay, It's the E.P.A vs. Federalism
The New Republic | September 11, 2009
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Why the Chesapeake Bay Clean Up Efforts Wildly Missed the Mark
Washington Examiner | September 8, 2009
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