Our Mission

The mission of the Clean Chesapeake Coalition is to advocate, raise awareness and act to improve the poor water quality of the Chesapeake Bay in the most effective and fiscally responsible manner possible. 

Our coalition seeks to restore and re-establish Maryland’s waters and its oyster, crab, fishing, and seafood packaging industries which are vital to our local economies. 

We believe in restoring the Bay to its great role as a beacon of recreation for our residents and tourism industries.

Since its inception in 2012, Coalition counties have fought to bring attention to the largest single point source of pollution to Bay waters, the reservoir behind the Conowingo Dam in the lower Susquehanna River.

To read more about our mission and what we advocate for, please see: Our Mission

What We Do

The Clean Chesapeake Coalition seeks to challenge the wasteful spending on government mandates that rely on ineffective programs and/or facilities. The Coalition believes that there exists a dearth of factual, technological, and scientific foundation, which clearly demonstrates that many present expenditures are being made irresponsibly with our public funds.

We believe that this ineffective approach results in taxpayer dissent and adversely impacts our effort to restore the Bay and its tributaries to its former beauty in the most effective and fiscally responsible manner possible. To see more of what we do, visit our Legislative Action page or our FERC Relicensing of the Conowingo Dam page.

Current Focus Areas