EPA Unveils Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy
The Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy is now out as presented by Lisa Jackson (EPA administrator) yesterday. She stated that only thing needed is money and resources.
I would like to include Three more things:
1) The absolute old fashion American CAN DO. With out the can do/will do we will not have anything.
2 ) Much better enforcement, marinas have put large piers/bulkhead/and pilings into the South River and have only received a 43,000.00 fine, and they did not have to take out the structures that were installed. So, in reality the company folded the fine into the cost of doing the construction. The State and Federal agencies need to not only have greater fines but mandate that these structures be removed!
3) I would also like to include more education on the true causes of the destruction of the Chesapeake Bay and the South River. I speak beyond the choir quite often and have learned that most adults really do not know what stormwater runoff it, they do not know how fertilizer can harm the Bay/River, they do not realize how poor the infrastructure of our septic and sewer systems is. I see very well educated folks over-fertilize their lawns in order to get the Crayola crayon green color, instead of managing their lawns in a River-friendly way.
http://wjz.com/local/Bay.foundation.epa.2.1689773.html
