Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

Success Stories in the Bay

Wetlands and Wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay- Through the years, wetlands have declined in the Chesapeake Bay watershed due to development, agriculture and other land uses. One farmer is using the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) to help  reverse this trend.
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FRPP Protects Farmland, Family Traditions and the Bay - NRCS in Virginia is preserving some of the best farmland in one of the fastest growing counties in the state through cooperative conservation. Partnering with Fauquier County and the Piedmont Environment Council (PEC), Virginia NRCS recently closed on its largest FRPP easement of 740 acres in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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Protecting the Bay from Invasive Species - The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) teamed up to eradicate a colony of zebra mussels, a non-native invasive species.  Zebra mussels pose a threat to many bottom-dwelling species.  Even more alarming is the threat they represent to the Chesapeake Bay—a national treasure.
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Conservationists Do Their Part in the Chesapeake Bay - George and Lynne Iverson of Holly Hill Farm do their part to protect the Chesapeake Bay by installing conservation practices to address all resource concerns on their farm.  Together, they have turned their farm into an agricultural operation that meets the highest conservation standards of the new Conservation Security Program (CSP).   
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