NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Efforts to restore and protect the Chesapeake Bay are entering a new chapter. A revised version of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement has been released for public feedback, outlining updated goals to tackle long-standing environmental challenges across the region.

The Chesapeake Bay Program first signed the agreement in 2014 , but leaders say the revisions reflect the urgent need to address ongoing threats while doubling down on habitat restoration, clean water initiatives, and community engagement.

"Pollution is certainly playing a role in things like nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment plaguing the Bay – whether from wastewater, or runoff from developed areas," said Joe Wood, a senior scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

However, the lack of firm dead

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