Volume 4 Number 1

The Blue Ribbon Finance Panel recommended the creation of a watershedwide Chesapeake Bay Financing Authority, capitalized by federal and state dollars. While the media focused on the $15 billion recommended to fund the Authority ($12 billion federal and $3 billion state), the concept itself received less attention. Even if funded at a lower level, the Financing Authority would create a watershedwide revolving loan fund, able to target money to the Bay's most pressing problems, regardless of political boundaries. This would create a holistic approach to funding not yet seen in the Bay cleanup effort. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Desperately Seeking Dollars

While the Blue Ribbon Finance Panel explored innovative ways of finding funds for Bay restoration, the Chesapeake Bay Commission analyzed where we might get the biggest bang for each buck. They put their emphasis not so much on market-based tools but on 'the most efficient use of taxpayer dollars.' In December 2004 the Commission published 'Cost-Effective Strategies for the Bay: Six Smart Investments for Nutrient and Sediment Reduction'. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Where Should Put the Money?

Construction sites produce much more sediment per acre than farms, and development often alters natural hydrology - permanently. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Vanishing Farms?

Construction sites produce much more sediment per acre than farms, and development often alters natural hydrology - permanently. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Using Both Hands to Help the Bay

Nitrogen, along with phosphorus, is a prime culprit in excessive algae growth and oxygen depletion in the Chesapeake Bay. But it has only been over the past few years that scientists have understood the nuts and bolts of how nitrogen enters the watershed, what it does once it is there, and how it makes its way into the Bay. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about From Farm to Bay - Nitrogen's Underground Passage

The report ranks the Chesapeake Bay watershed as the second most populated coastal watershed in the country (out-peopled only by the Hudson River watershed) and Maryland and Virginia pop out as 'hot spots' of growth in the Northeast Region. Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Coastal Populations Swell Nationwide

Chesapeake Quarterly, Maryland Sea Grant's quarterly magazine, reports on research, extension, education and other Chesapeake Bay issues and activities of interest to the marine community. It is produced and funded by this program, which receives support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Managing Editor, Sandy Rodgers; Contributing Editors, Jack Greer and Michael Fincham; Science Writer, Erica Goldman. more . . . about Et Cetera