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Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund: Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Grants
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A partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program to promote innovative, cost effective, and sustainable approaches to dramatically reduce or eliminate nutrient and sediment pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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$500,000 to $1 million. The grant requires a 1:1 match in contributions equal to the amount of the grant request.Restoration Activity:
Demonstrations of innovative technologies, conservation practices and Best Management Practices (BMPs) that have the potential to significantly reduce excess nutrient loads. Demonstrations, within targeted small watersheds, of the most effective and efficient strategies for implementing nutrient load reductions contained in state Tributary Strategies.Eligibility:
Non-profits, local governments, community groups.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Featured Fellow
Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
Featured Research Project
Exploring the Use of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells to Remove Sulfide While Harvesting Energy from Oyster Aquaculture Biodeposits
Oyster aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in Maryland’s Chesapeake waters which stimulates economic activity and may provide a host of ecosystem benefits. A potential concern associated with the intensification of the oyster aquaculture is the local production and accumulation of oyster biodeposits, which can lead to a porewater sulfide accumulation and declining bioturbation, symptoms of declining ecosystem function. Sulfide is naturally removed from the seafloor by the interactions between bioturbating infauna and sulfide oxidizing bacteria.
Chesapeake Quarterly Magazine
A Growing Industry: Advancing Oyster Aquaculture in Maryland
