Chesapeake Bay Watershed Development Policies and Guidelines

摘要

Without an increased commitment to undertaking development in an environmentally responsible manner, the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been and will be spent to restore and protect the Bay will not accomplish their purpose. Furthermore, future residents of the watershed will experience a vastly reduced quality of life. The Chesapeake Executive Council is firmly convinced that prevention of environmental degradation is a far more successful strategy than the mitigation of adverse impacts and the reclamation of resources.