Governor O’Malley’s 15 Strategic Policy Goals

7. Restore the Health of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025

The O’Malley-Brown Administration is committed to restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and has set a goal of reaching our bay restoration targets by 2025 – a self-imposed deadline five years earlier than the EPA and other Bay states. 

To achieve this goal, the Administration has developed an innovative new plan for restoring the Bay, centering on 34 specific and accelerated actions with near term (2-year) Milestones.  Setting measureable milestones in the near term requires us to hold ourselves accountable for making progress at a pace needed to meet our ultimate pollutant reduction targets by 2025.  In some cases, these efforts are already achieving “Tipping Points” – levels of restoration in a river or part of the Bay at which point natural processes can further accelerate restoration and build upon positive trends.