Funding from the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), along with support from other federal agencies, has temporarily enhanced the Chesapeake Bay Program’s monitoring efforts. The data that the partnership collects and analyzes charts the course for Bay restoration—determining whether the estuary is meeting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) water quality standards, and informing policy decisions that benefit streams and rivers across the Bay watershed. However, long-term investment is still needed to support this work into the future.

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Federal Agency: Environmental Protection Agency

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