RICH L. ALLOWAY, II · L. RAY ASHWORTH · MARK BELTON · ROBERT BLOXOM · ROBERT S. BLOXOM, JR. · BILL BOLLING · MICHAEL E. BORTNER · PETER A. BOZICK · TONY BRIDGES · TORREY C. BROWN · MICHAEL W. HEADQUARTERS AND MARYLAND OFFICE 60 West Street, Suite 406 BRUBAKER · PRESTON BRYANT · DAVID L. BULOVA · JOHN A. CADE · Annapolis, MD 21401 VIRGINIA P. CLAGETT · KENNETH COLE · HOWARD E. COPELAND · JOHN 410-263-3420 4yea0rs PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE COSGROVE · JAMES B. COULTER · JEFFREY W. COY · ELMO G. CROSS, JR. · c/o Senate of Pennsylvania 2020 COMMISSION BAY CHESAPEAKE B-63 Main Capitol JOHN W. DANIELS · ARTHUR A. DAVIS · NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS · BETTY Harrisburg, PA 17120 717-772-3651 J. DIENER · DOUG DOMENECH · THELMA DRAKE · BECKY NORTON DUNLOP VIRGINIA OFFICE · SARAH K. ELFRETH · G. WARRENAt the Commission ELLIOTT · GARTH D. EVERETT · RUSS 900 E. Main Street, 11th Floor Richmond, VA 23219 H. FAIRCHILD · BERNIE“table, FOWLER I cannot · J. CHARLES tell who FOXis · C. RONALD FRANKS 804-786-4849 · BRIAN E. FROSH · BARBARAa Republican FRUSH and ·who TAWANNA is a GAINES · JOSEPH www.chesbay.us V. GARTLAN, JR. · JOEDemocrat. GILL · KEITH J. GILLESPIE · JOHN R. GRIFFIN Ann Pesiri Swanson Executive Director · RON GUNS · NANCY D. —GUY Senator · ”GUY Mike GUZZONE Waugh (Pa.) · JEANNIE HADDAWAY- [email protected] RICCIO · RONALD HAMM · JOHN HANGER(1955-2014) · EMMETT W. HANGER, JR. · Mark L. Hoffman Maryland Director ELIZABETH H. HASKELL · ARTHUR D. HERSHEY · DAVID E. HESS · IRVINE [email protected] B. HILL · JAMES W. HUBBARD · JERRAULD C. JONES · NANCY J. KING · Marel King Pennsylvania Director MICHAEL KRANCER · STEPHEN LAFFERTY · LYNWOOD W. LEWIS, JR. [email protected] · L. SCOTT LINGAMFELTER · JOSEPH J. LONG, SR. · SARA LOVE · SCOTT Adrienne Kotula Virginia Director MARTIN · JAMES E. MCCLELLAN · CHARLES A. MCCLENAHAN · PATRICK [email protected] MCDONNELL · KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY · MAGGIE MCINTOSH · THOMAS Jennifer Dieux Administrative Officer “MAC” MIDDLETON · RONALD MILLER · THEODORE V. MORRISON, JR. · [email protected] W. TAYLOE MURPHY, JR. · ROBERT W. O’DONNELL · ALBERT C. POLLARD, JR. · JOHN QUIGLEY · MARGARET RANSONE · ALFRED W. REDMER · NICK RERRAS · JOHN R. REYNOLDS · CATHERINE I. RILEY · MAURICE B. ROWE · Chesapeake Bay Commission Policy for the Bay THOMAS RYMER · JOHN SHOWERS · JAMES M. SEIF · JAMES C. SIMPSON · ELIZABETH S. SMITH · EDWARD STABACK · DANA M. STEIN · STEPHEN H. COVER PHOTO: “SEPTEMBER MARSH” · DAVID HARP/CHESAPEAKEPHOTOS.COM · PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER SOURCE FOR ALL CHARTS AND GRAPHS: CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM (EXCEPT PAGE 14, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT) STETLER · S. WALLACE STIEFFEN · J. LOWELL STOLTZFUS · MATTHEW J. STRICKLER · P. MICHAEL STURLA · SARAH J. TAYLOR-ROGERS · W. HENRY RICH L. ALLOWAY, II · L. RAY ASHWORTH · MARK BELTON · ROBERT BLOXOM · ROBERT S. BLOXOM, JR. · BILL BOLLING · MICHAEL E. BORTNER · PETER A. BOZICK · TONY BRIDGES · TORREY C. BROWN · MICHAEL W. HEADQUARTERS AND MARYLAND OFFICE 60 West Street, Suite 406 BRUBAKER · PRESTON BRYANT · DAVID L. BULOVA · JOHN A. CADE · Annapolis, MD 21401 410-263-3420 VIRGINIA P. CLAGETT · KENNETH COLE · HOWARD E. COPELAND · JOHN PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE COSGROVE · JAMES B. COULTER · JEFFREY W. COY · ELMO G. CROSS, JR. · c/o Senate of Pennsylvania B-63 Main Capitol JOHN W. DANIELS · ARTHUR A. DAVIS · NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS · BETTY Harrisburg, PA 17120 717-772-3651 J. DIENER · DOUG DOMENECH · THELMA DRAKE · BECKY NORTON DUNLOP VIRGINIA OFFICE · SARAH K. ELFRETH · G. WARRENAt the Commission ELLIOTT · GARTH D. EVERETT · RUSS 900 E. Main Street, 11th Floor Richmond, VA 23219 H. FAIRCHILD · BERNIE“table, FOWLER I cannot · J. CHARLES tell who FOXis · C. RONALD FRANKS 804-786-4849 · BRIAN E. FROSH · BARBARAa Republican FRUSH and ·who TAWANNA is a GAINES · JOSEPH www.chesbay.us V. GARTLAN, JR. · JOEDemocrat. GILL · KEITH J. GILLESPIE · JOHN R. GRIFFIN Ann Pesiri Swanson Executive Director · RON GUNS · NANCY D. —GUY Senator · ”GUY Mike GUZZONE Waugh (Pa.) · JEANNIE HADDAWAY- [email protected] RICCIO · RONALD HAMM · JOHN HANGER(1955-2014) · EMMETT W. HANGER, JR. · Mark L. Hoffman Maryland Director ELIZABETH H. HASKELL · ARTHUR D. HERSHEY · DAVID E. HESS · IRVINE [email protected] B. HILL · JAMES W. HUBBARD · JERRAULD C. JONES · NANCY J. KING · Marel King Pennsylvania Director MICHAEL KRANCER · STEPHEN LAFFERTY · LYNWOOD W. LEWIS, JR. [email protected] · L. SCOTT LINGAMFELTER · JOSEPH J. LONG, SR. · SARA LOVE · SCOTT Adrienne Kotula Virginia Director MARTIN · JAMES E. MCCLELLAN · CHARLES A. MCCLENAHAN · PATRICK [email protected] MCDONNELL · KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY · MAGGIE MCINTOSH · THOMAS Jennifer Dieux Administrative Officer “MAC” MIDDLETON · RONALD MILLER · THEODORE V. MORRISON, JR. · [email protected] W. TAYLOE MURPHY, JR. · ROBERT W. O’DONNELL · ALBERT C. POLLARD, JR. · JOHN QUIGLEY · MARGARET RANSONE · ALFRED W. REDMER · NICK RERRAS · JOHN R. REYNOLDS · CATHERINE I. RILEY · MAURICE B. ROWE · Chesapeake Bay Commission Policy for the Bay THOMAS RYMER · JOHN SHOWERS · JAMES M. SEIF · JAMES C. SIMPSON · ELIZABETH S. SMITH · EDWARD STABACK · DANA M. STEIN · STEPHEN H. COVER PHOTO: “SEPTEMBER MARSH” · DAVID HARP/CHESAPEAKEPHOTOS.COM · PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER SOURCE FOR ALL CHARTS AND GRAPHS: CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM (EXCEPT PAGE 14, MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT) STETLER · S. WALLACE STIEFFEN · J. LOWELL STOLTZFUS · MATTHEW J. STRICKLER · P. MICHAEL STURLA · SARAH J. TAYLOR-ROGERS · W. HENRY RICH L. ALLOWAY, II · L. RAY ASHWORTH · MARK BELTON · ROBERT BLOXOM · ROBERT S. BLOXOM, JR. · BILL BOLLING · MICHAEL E. BORTNER 40 YEARS OF POLICY FOR THE BAY · PETER A. BOZICK · TONY BRIDGES · TORREY C. BROWN · MICHAEL W. HEADQUARTERS AND MARYLAND OFFICE ORTY YEARS AGO, THE DECLINING HEALTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE 60 West Street, Suite 406 BRUBAKER · PRESTON BRYANT · DAVID L. BULOVA · JOHN A. CADE · Annapolis, MD 21401 VIRGINIA P. CLAGETT · KENNETH COLE · HOWARD E. COPELAND · JOHN Chesapeake Bay prompted the General Assemblies of Maryland and Virginia to create 410-263-3420 4yea0rs the Chesapeake Bay Commission to lead and coordinate their joint efforts to restore PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE COSGROVE · JAMES B. COULTER · JEFFREY W. COY · ELMO G. CROSS, JR. · F c/o Senate of Pennsylvania the ailing estuary. Pennsylvania joined as an equal member in 1985, forming the current 2020 COMMISSION BAY CHESAPEAKE B-63 Main Capitol JOHN W. DANIELS · ARTHUR A. DAVIS · NICHOLAS DEBENEDICTIS · BETTY Harrisburg, PA 17120 tri-state legislative body. 717-772-3651 J. DIENER · DOUG DOMENECH · THELMA DRAKE · BECKY NORTON DUNLOP Composed of 21 members, seven from each state, fifteen of the Commission’s members VIRGINIA OFFICE · SARAH K. ELFRETH · G. WARRENAt the Commission ELLIOTT · GARTH D. EVERETT · RUSS 900 E. Main Street, 11th Floor are state legislators, representing the diversity of the Bay’s people, places and political Richmond, VA 23219 H. FAIRCHILD · BERNIE“table, FOWLER I cannot · J. CHARLES tell who FOXis · C. RONALD FRANKS 804-786-4849 identities. A cabinet member represents each governor. A citizen representative from each · BRIAN E. FROSH · BARBARAa Republican FRUSH and ·who TAWANNA is a GAINES · JOSEPH www.chesbay.us state completes the membership. Collectively, these leaders define the Commission’s V. GARTLAN, JR. · JOEDemocrat. GILL · KEITH J. GILLESPIE · JOHN R. GRIFFIN Ann Pesiri Swanson identity, determine its direction, and share its workload. Executive Director · RON GUNS · NANCY D. —GUY Senator · ”GUY Mike GUZZONE Waugh (Pa.) · JEANNIE HADDAWAY- [email protected] RICCIO · RONALD HAMM · JOHN HANGER(1955-2014) · EMMETT W. HANGER, JR. · The Commission’s charge is to address the breadth of issues that threaten the health of Mark L. Hoffman the Bay watershed. Commission members craft and secure passage of laws, policies and Maryland Director ELIZABETH H. HASKELL · ARTHUR D. HERSHEY · DAVID E. HESS · IRVINE [email protected] B. HILL · JAMES W. HUBBARD · JERRAULD C. JONES · NANCY J. KING · budgets that balance many competing interests. The Commission has been a signatory to Marel King each Chesapeake Bay Agreement and is a member of the Chesapeake Executive Council, Pennsylvania Director MICHAEL KRANCER · STEPHEN LAFFERTY · LYNWOOD W. LEWIS, JR. [email protected] · L. SCOTT LINGAMFELTER · JOSEPH J. LONG, SR. · SARA LOVE · SCOTT serving as the legislative voice of the multi-jurisdictional, federal-state Chesapeake Bay Adrienne Kotula Program Partnership. The Commission also serves as a liaison to the U.S. Congress on Virginia Director MARTIN · JAMES E. MCCLELLAN · CHARLES A. MCCLENAHAN · PATRICK [email protected] MCDONNELL · KATHLEEN A. MCGINTY · MAGGIE MCINTOSH · THOMAS policy and budgetary matters related to the restoration of the Bay watershed. Jennifer Dieux The year 2020 marks the Commission’s 40th anniversary, giving it an opportunity to Administrative Officer “MAC” MIDDLETON · RONALD MILLER · THEODORE V. MORRISON, JR. · [email protected] W. TAYLOE MURPHY, JR. · ROBERT W. O’DONNELL · ALBERT C. POLLARD, reflect not only on its history and accomplishments, but also on its future. JR. · JOHN QUIGLEY · MARGARET RANSONE · ALFRED W. REDMER · NICK This report pays tribute and offers thanks to the 127 state legislators, cabinet RERRAS · JOHN R. REYNOLDS · CATHERINE I. RILEY · MAURICE B. ROWE · secretaries, and private citizens who have served on the Commission and given freely of Chesapeake Bay Commission their time, thought and initiative in this noble and essential cause — the restoration of the Policy for the Bay THOMAS RYMER · JOHN SHOWERS · JAMES M. SEIF · JAMES C. SIMPSON · ELIZABETH