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The
Chesapeake Bay and the LCCD
The
Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Program focuses on reducing pollution
reaching the Bay from the Commonwealth. Organized in 1983, the
Bay Program provides assistance to help private citizens decrease
nutrient and toxic runoff from agricultural and urban sources.
Over half the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lies within the Chesapeake
Bay Watershed Basin, which stretches from central New York to
Southern Virginia. The 444-mile long Susquehanna River contributes
over half the Bay's fresh water and as much as 90 percent of the
fresh water in the Bay's upper portions. An additional two percent
of the Chesapeake's freshwater comes from 1,570 square miles of
Pennsylvania that drain into the Potomac River.
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| So what are we doing about it? Conservation districts in Pennsylvania's portion of the Bay watershed commit much of their time and resources to the Bay Program to reduce nutrient and sediment levels in the Susquehanna and Potomac Watersheds. Districts provide the following support:
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