PRINTER'S NO. 819

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

110

Session of

2017

INTRODUCED BY YAW, MAY 9, 2017

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 9, 2017

A RESOLUTION

Annapolis, Maryland, opened its first office in 1967 with an

inspiring, ambitious mission statement to "Save the Bay"; and

that flows into the Chesapeake Bay; and

Pennsylvania in 1986 to assist in the cleanup and restoration of

this Commonwealth's rivers and streams; and

has offered private citizens opportunities to support and

participate directly in the protection and restoration of its

Washington, DC; and

recently surpassed 236,000, including more than 33,000 members

in Pennsylvania, 70,000 members in Virginia, 86,000 members in

Maryland and 5,000 members in Washington, DC; and

Chesapeake Bay Foundation's environmental education programs

reach more than 35,000 students, teachers, administrators and

policymakers each year, providing meaningful on-the-water field

trip experiences, teacher training, curriculum materials,

Blueprint; and

advocate effectively for Clean Water Blueprint laws, regulations

and programs at every level of government, materially reversing

the Chesapeake Bay's decline and initiating a recovery process;

and

Foundation's members and staff advocate effectively in

Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland to support enhanced nutrient

removal to upgrade wastewater treatment plant processes,

conservation measures to protect water quality in rivers and

streams and to enhance the health and productivity of family

farms; and

was instrumental in the creation of the Pennsylvania Resource

Enhancement and Protection Program and worked collaboratively

with State agencies and the General Assembly on the enactment of

the Commonwealth's Nutrient Management Act; and

local government officials, businesses, developers and residents

restoration in Maryland and Virginia, operating oyster

restoration centers to educate and involve citizen volunteers in

restoring the native oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay by

growing more than 280 million live oysters and transplanting

them onto state oyster reefs with the assistance of

approximately 280,000 hours of labor donated by more than 10,000

volunteers; and

Pennsylvania office has been a leader in implementing

organizations and more than 6,800 school students, families and

individual volunteers have successfully completed hundreds of

conservation projects in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West

Virginia, Delaware and Washington, DC, including restoring more

than 6,300 acres of wetlands, 20,900 acres of forested buffers

and 2,500 miles of stream buffers, while installing more than

1,400 conservation best management practices on working farms

and planting more than 2,300,000 trees; and

Council, located in Pennsylvania, inspires student leaders by

providing them with unique environmental educational experiences

while assisting in the development of their personal voices as

advocates for clean water; and

Agricultural Conservation's job-shadowing program prepares

students for potential careers in agriculture; and

1992 Environment and Conservation Challenge Award and the 1993

National Geographic Society's Chairman's Award, two of the

prestigious Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Environmental

Excellence in 2016 for assisting landowners in the planting of

thousands of trees, reducing the pollution of rivers and streams

and improving water quality in this Commonwealth; and

"Save the Bay" for 50 years and dedicates itself to the

restoration and protection of the Chesapeake Bay, a national

treasure and the Mid-Atlantic region's greatest natural

resource; therefore be it

Bay Foundation, as an expression of gratitude for the

foundation's outstanding efforts on behalf of the residents of

this Commonwealth and the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed.