CHESAPEAKE BAY PROGRAM REPORTS MORE NITROGEN AND SEDIMENT POLLUTION FINDING...
Contact: Samantha Kappalman, The Hatcher Group, (443) 223-3322 cell For Immediate Release April 6, 2015 Chesapeake Bay Program Reports More Nitrogen and Sediment Pollution Finding Its Way into the Bay...
View ArticleMCAC Statement on Report Showing Increased Phosphorus, Reduced Water Monitoring
Contact: Dawn Stoltzfus, The Hatcher Group, (410) 562-5655 cell FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2015 MCAC Statement on Report Showing Increased Phosphorus, Reduced Water Monitoring ANNAPOLIS,...
View ArticleTOP CHESAPEAKE BAY LEGISLATION IN 2016 WOULD MAKE
Advocates say burden of excess manure disposal should not be on small farmers, taxpayers Contacts: Sandra Lupien, Food & Water Watch (510) 681-3171 Tom Zolper, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, (443)...
View ArticleEnvironment, Budget Leaders Introduce Bill to Make Chicken Companies...
The Poultry Litter Management Act Would Correct Unfair Burden Placed on Farmers, Taxpayers February 2, 2016 (Annapolis, MD) Environment and budget committee leaders in the Maryland General Assembly are...
View ArticleMarylanders Rally to Support the Poultry Litter Management Act
February 23, 2016 Bill to shift burden from Maryland farmers, taxpayers gets hearings in Senate and House this week ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Maryland residents, farmers and environmental and health advocates...
View ArticleStatement Responding to Ongoing MDA Data on Fields With High Phosphorus
March 14, 2016 ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Environmental organizations released the following statement today, in response to the Maryland Department of Agriculture’s new information about preliminary soil...
View ArticleMedia Statement on the Poultry Litter Management Act
April 11, 2016 (Annapolis, MD) – At the close of the 2016 Maryland General Assembly session, the broad coalition of environmental groups that supported the Poultry Litter Management Act (SB 496/ HB...
View ArticleMaryland General Assembly Sets Aside Funding for Clean Water Enforcement...
April 20, 2017 FY2018 Budget includes $400,000 for enforcement positions at Departments of Agriculture and the Environment ANNAPOLIS, MD – In the final budget passed last week by the Maryland General...
View ArticleMaryland Senate Passes Agriculture Tracking and Improvement Bill (3/14/19)
March 14, 2019 Bill would help implement the Phosphorus Management Tool, improve industrial agriculture permitting and reinstate Eastern Shore water quality monitors ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Senate...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Passes Agriculture Tracking and Improvement Bill
April 8, 2019 Bill would help implement the Phosphorus Management Tool, improve industrial agriculture permitting and reinstate Eastern Shore water quality monitors ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland General...
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