69 Franklin Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410-216-9441 www.chesapeakelegal.org [email protected] OUR MISSION
To use the law to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed by providing pro bono legal assistance through a network of volunteer attorneys. OUR VISION
A clean, healthy Chesapeake Bay that can be enjoyed safely by humans, sustain viable fishing harvests, and support thriving and diverse aquatic and wildlife populations. HOW IT WORKS
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Restoration and Protection Our Clients and Partners v Individuals v Ad-Hoc Coalitions v Community Groups v State and Local v Environmental Organizations Government v Conservation Organizations v Home Owners Associations v Coalitions CLA Clients
1000 Friends of Maryland Bedford County Citizen Choose Clean Water Federal Hill Residents Action Committee for Transit Group Coalition Food and Water Watch Agricultural Certainty Work Beechwood Hill Homeowners Choptank Riverkeeper Frederick County Citizens Group Association Citizens Against Plan for Group Allentown Residents for Berrywood Community Eva Mar Development Friends of Bryan Park Clean Air Association Citizens for a Better Charles Friends of Cabin John Creek Alliance for the Chesapeake Blue Water County Watershed Bay Baltimore/Baltimore Citizens to Protect Blu Point Friends of Hillmead Park Alliance to Restore Northwest Harbor Waterkeeper Citizens to Save Little Pimmit Friends of Jug Bay Creek BMAT Restoration Work Run Friends of Mc Millan Park Alliance to Save the Group Citizens to Save Valley Park Friends of Oxon Hill Rappahannock Breton Beach Road & Whetstone Run Friends of Rock Creek’s American Chestnut Land Residents City of Annapolis Environment Trust Calvert County Citizen Group Clean Water Action Friends of Sligo Creek American University Campaign to Reinvest in Clean the Creeks of District 2 Friends of the Bohemia AMP Creeks Council Oxen Hill, MD Coalition for Smarter Growth Friends of the Earth Anacostia Riverkeeper Campbell Foundation for Common Cause Maryland Friends of the National Anacostia Watershed the Environment Community and Arboretum Citizens Caroline County Environmental Future Harvest—CASA Advisory Committee Conservation Defense Services Good Jobs First Anacostia Watershed Society Alliance Conservancy for Charles Greater Goshen Civic Anglers Club of NY Cecil County Department of County Association Annapolis Citizen Group Public Works DC Bar Association Grove Park Neighborhood Annapolis Environmental Center for Progressive Dividing Road Property Association Commission Reform Owners Gunpowder Riverkeeper Annapolis Green Chapman Forest Foundation DMV Environmental Justice Harwood Civic Association Annapolis Neck Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Coalition HOPE Impacts Federation Commission EcoLatinos Jessup Improvement Assateague Coastal Trust Chesapeake Bay Foundation Elk and North East Rivers Association Assateague Coastkeeper Chesapeke Bay Funders Watershed Association Little Falls Watershed Audubon Maryland-DC Network Engage Mountain Maryland Alliance Audubon Naturalist Society Chesapeake Climate Action Environmental Action Center Lothian Civic Association Back Creek Conservancy Network Environment Maryland Lower Susquehanna Bay Land Trust Chesapeake Commons Environmental Integrity Riverkeeper Bay Princess Condominium Chesapeake Legal Alliance Project Magothy River Association Association Chester River Association Eyes of Paint Branch CLA Clients
Maryland Agricultural National Wildlife Federation Severn School Area Westport Residents, Certainty Oversight Natural Resources Defense Residents Baltimore, MD Committee Council Sierra Club (MD Chapter) Wylie Street Community Maryland Bass Nation Neighbors of Northwest Sierra Club (Southern MD Garden Maryland Clean Agriculture Branch Group) Citizens, Accomack County, Coalition North Linthicum Shenandoah Riverkeeper MD Maryland Coastal Bays Improvement Sidney Center Improvement Citizens, Annapolis, MD (3) Program Association Group Citizens, Anne Arundel Maryland Conservation Northwood-Four Corners Smarter Growth Alliance for County, MD (5) Council Civic Charles County Citizens, Arlington, VA (4) Maryland League of Association Smart Growth America Citizen, Arnold, MD Conservation Voters Oxford Landing Citizen South County Citizens Citizen, Baltimore County, Maryland Native Plant Group South Hampton HOA MD Society Patapsco River Alliance South River Federation Citizen, Calvert County, MD Maryland Open Government Patuxent Riverkeeper Southern Calvert Land Trust Citizen, Caroline County, MD Network Pines on the Severn Southern Maryland Audubon Citizen, Crownsville, MD Maryland Pesticide Community Society Citizen, Deale, MD Education Port Tobacco River St. Mary’s River Homeowner Citizen, Denton, MD Network Conservancy Group Citizen, Elkton, MD Maryland Pesticide Network Potomac Conservancy St. Mary’s River Watershed Citizen, Franklin County, PA Mason Springs Conservancy Potomac River Association Association Citizen, Hallowing Point Mattawoman Watershed Potomac Riverkeeper String of Pearls Trailer Park Society Queen Anne Conservation TAME Coalition Citizen, Linthicum, MD MD Nutrient Management Association Town Creek Foundation Citizen, Marietta, PA Trading Work Group Residents of Easton, MD Trash Free Maryland Citizen, Mill Creek, MD Midshore Riverkeeper Riva Woods Homeowners University of Maryland Citizens, Montgomery Conservancy Association Upper James Riverkeeper County, MD (10) Mill Creek Citizen Group SACReD Urban Ecosystems Citizen, Oxon Hill, MD Millers Island Community Sassafras River Association Restorations, Inc. Citizen, Prince George’s Federation Save Our Sanctuary Verna Harrison Associates County, MD Montgomery County Civic Save Your Annapolis Neck Waterkeepers Chesapeake Citizen, Queen Anne’s Association Scenic Rivers Land Trust Watershed Stewards County, MD Myersville Citizens for a Seven Oaks-Evanswood Academy Citizen, Sherwood Forest, Rural Community Association West Montgomery County MD Community Severn River Association Citizens Association Citizens, St. Mary’s County, Nanjemoy-Potomac Severn Riverkeeper West/Rhode Riverkeeper MD Environmental Coalition Types of Legal Assistance v Litigation v Regulations v Permit Review v Legislation v Legal Analyses v Advocacy v Strategic Advice and v Corporate Needs Support v Citizen Training and Information Our Work Types of Issues Addressed v Bay Clean Up Plan (TMDL) v Shoreline Protection v Industrial Emissions and Stream Restoration v Construction Runoff v Wildlife/Habitat Controls Protection v Land Remediation and v Sewer Infrastructure Reuse and Emissions v Conservation Easements v Stormwater v Development and Zoning v Mergers, Contract v Agricultural Pollution - Review, Trademark, etc. cropland, livestock
THE SEVERN
Severn Riverkeeper Severn River Association State and Regional Groups Waterkeepers Chesapeake, Choose Clean Water Coalition, MDLCV, 1000 Friends of Maryland, Environment Maryland, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Sierra Club Maryland, Scenic Rivers Land Trust Q & A