Sen. Gene Yaw: State’s efforts are ‘positively transforming’ watershed
A state lawmaker said there is progress made on the environmental cleanup of Chesapeake Bay.
“This most recent progress report speaks to the commitment of our local, state and federal partners, as well as the private partnerships and collaboration with the agriculture community in Pennsylvania,” state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, said in response to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science annual report card, according to a news release.
“The report illustrates the tremendous progress being made in the upper Chesapeake Bay, with a B-, a score second only to the lower Bay which is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean,” he continued. “It also reinforces the need to invest in our Clean Streams Fund program, which is quickly drawing down federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars and has been positively transforming the Bay watershed since its inception only a few years ago.”