Chesapeake Bay Program:
Over the last year the Chesapeake Bay Program has evolved from working
strictly with agriculture operations to include any type of non-point
source pollution. To help meet the goals set by the Chesapeake Bay
2000 Agreement, each Conservation District in the Bay Watershed was
asked to create a county specific Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
Implementation Plan. Within the plan all major sources of non-point
source pollution within the county were identified. The
Implementation Plan also describes various Best Management Practices (BMPs)
to address the different types of water quality impairments. You may
download the Columbia County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
Implementation Plan below. NOTE: This is a large file and
must be saved to your computer to view.
Columbia County Chesapeake Bay Tributary
Strategy Implementation Plan
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or
higher)
Through the Columbia
County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Implementation Plan, four new
Conservation District Programs have been developed:
No-Till Program – Open enrollment
period
Field Buffer Program – Open
enrollment period
Crop Management
Association Cost-share Program
-
Open
enrollment period
Pre-sidedress Nitrogen Testing Program
- Open enrollment period
For more information
on the Columbia County Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
Implementation Plan or any of the above programs, please contact Todd
Rush at (570) 784-1310 ext: 124.