Conserving Chesapeake Forests

In 2006 a report by The Conservation Fund and the USDA Forest Service found that the forests of the Chesapeake Bay watershed are disappearing at a rate of over 100 acres each day.

Forests play a critical role in protecting the health of the Bay. The Institute is working with the EPA and a group of Chesapeake states (District of Columbia, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) to develop policies that will conserve the forests of the Bay watershed.

Click here for the report "The State of Chesapeake Forests."

Project Leader: Eric Sprague , Research Associate