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After last Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

The preliminary plan includes refreshed goals for oyster restoration, underwater grass acreage, public access sites and wetland plantings, among a host of other subjects. And that’s before terms like “diversity” and “climate change” were tweaked at the request of the…

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After last Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

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After last Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven

A workboat floating on the Chesapeake Bay. (Photo by Jane Hawkey/Integration and Application Network, UMCES)When they last signed a Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 2014, officials from seven jurisdictions set ambitious targets and a hard deadline of 2025. They didn’t quite make it. So as they drafted the next agreement, which was released to the public Tuesday, they did things a little differently: Some targets shifted, deadlines were stagge…

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