presentation given by Virginia Outreach Manager for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

1. Virginia’s
Path to Clean Water
Photo by Annette Conniff

2. Photo by Neil Ever Osborne, iLCP

3. Photo by Yuri Huta

4. Photo by Bill Portlock

5. Photo by Katherine Lloyd
Charting a Course to Success:
The Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint

6. Voters say the environment is important to
them personally and want it to be a priority
for the next governor.
Recent Polling
Please note: As a 501(c)3 organization, CBF does not endorse candidates.

7. Recent Polling
Voter support for Chesapeake Bay restoration was among the
strongest opinions expressed: A near unanimous majority strongly
support placing continued priority on implementing the regional plan
to clean up the Bay.
For over 30 years, Virginia has worked with the federal government, five other states, and the District
of Columbia to restore the Chesapeake Bay, including recently implementing a new Blueprint to clean up
the Bay. Do you support or oppose Virginia continuing to implement its part of the Blueprint to
clean up the Bay?

8. Reduce Pollution
Photo by Morgan Heim, iLCP
Fund Agriculture Cost-Share Programs
Fund Grants to reduce polluted runoff
from urban and suburban sectors
Develop Strong local Watershed
Implementation Plans
Support Existing Programs

9. Support Funding for Virginia
Agriculture Cost-Share Program

10. Photo by Bobby Whitescarver
These practices don’t just
help us keep our streams
cleaner; they help me be a
more efficient farmer.
Scott Buchanan, Triple B
Farms in Augusta County
Support Funding for Virginia
Agriculture Cost-Share Program

11. Photo by Krista Schlyer, iLCP
Support Funding for the
Stormwater Local Assistance Fund

12. Top Photo from Google Earth; bottom Photo by Stephen B Geissler
I doubt this project would have been
built without SLAF funding. SLAF
funding provided an impetus to county
decision-makers to provide additional
funds to address stormwater issues in
the neighborhood.
Fran Geissler, Stormwater Director
James City County
Support Funding for the
Stormwater Local Assistance Fund
The garden beautifies one side of the
church and also helps our neighbors.
The more water we hold back, the
less flooding they will have
downstream.
Pastor Stephen Wiley
Grace Baptist Church

13. Photo by CBF Staff
Develop and Implement a
Strong Phase III Plan

14. Photo by CBF Staff
Support the Chesapeake Bay
Preservation Act

15. Restore Oysters and
Other Iconic Fisheries
Photo by Krista Schlyer, iLCP

16. Photo courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program
People lost confidence in
eating oysters. Now, we’re
reaping the rewards of
cleaner water.
Chris Ludford, owner of
Ludford Brothers Oyster
Company, a Lynnhaven
River oyster farm
Support Funding for Oyster
Replenishment and Restoration

17. Photo by CBF Staff
Maintain Science-based Crab
Management Strategies

18. Photo courtesy of iStock
Adopt Science-based Menhaden
Management Strategies

19. Strengthen Local Communities
Photo by CBF Staff

20. Photo by Skip Stiles
Combat Sea-Level Rise-Related Flooding
Using Natural Solutions

21. Photo by CBF Staff
It gives us the
opportunity to educate
our community about
how food is grown and
what healthy food
looks like. It also gives
us the opportunity to
talk about what
shouldn’t go in the
river.
Pastor Ralph Hodge,
Second Baptist Church
of South Richmond
One Project, Multiple Benefits

22. Photo by Bobby Whitescarver
Protect Drinking Water Supplies

23. Photo by Karine Aigner, iLCP
Protect Human Health and
Promote Recreational Usage

24. Photo by CBF staff
Students equate learning
with the classroom. They
are often not exposed to
nature in any form. This
gives them a chance to
be away from electronics
and develop a real love
for nature. Students
make connections best if
they can see, hear, smell
and touch what they are
learning.
Mindy Kelly, teacher at
Colonial Heights Middle
School
Promote Environmental Literacy for
Future Generations

25. Materials
Brochure, Postcard, Website, Petition

26. Photo by CBF Staff
Sign our postcard to the gubernatorial candidates.
Review our background report for more information.
Share the action plan with Virginia’s statewide and
local candidates and urge them to continue Virginia’s
efforts to restore the Bay for future generations.
Stay engaged at cbf.org/Path2CleanWater.
Join Us on the Path to Clean Water!