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COh1IvION GROUND VOL . 12 NO , 3 APRIL-JUNE 2001
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<br /> Sewingthe Last year, Maryland , Pennsylvania and Commission and Trust for Public Land , As
<br /> Virginia signed a new Chesapeake Bay of mid -2000 , 6 , 688 , 757 acres have been pre -
<br /> speske Agreement ( Chesapeake 2000 ) with the Envi - served in the watershed , leaving about 1 . 1
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<br /> ronmental Protection Agencv , committing million more acres to preserve to reach to
<br /> the states and the District of Columbia to Chesapeake 2000 commitment . If current
<br /> preserve 20 % of the estuary ' s watershed by federal and state funding, adjusted for infla -
<br /> 2010 . Protecting the 64 , 000 - square - mile bay tion, continues , existing programs in the
<br /> is a big job : The land - to -water ratio is larger three states will preserve another half- mil -
<br /> than any other estuary on earth . For every lion acres . Enhanced public funding—esti -
<br /> acre of bay, 16 acres of land drain into it . mated at $ 1 . 35 billion—will be required to
<br /> But the 20 % goal is achievable , accord - close the gap and protect the remaining
<br /> ing to a new report, " Keeping Our Commit- 600 , 000 acres, the report says .
<br /> ment: Preserving Land in the Chesapeake Below are tables from the report that
<br /> Watershed, " ( free , www . chesbay . state . va . us, show overall totals for land preservation and
<br /> 410 / 263 - 3420 ) , from the Chesapeake Bay the progress that the three states have made .
<br /> Chesapeake Bay V a ter5hea Land Preservation
<br /> Watershed Protected Percent Acres needed
<br /> acres acres protected to reach 20 %
<br /> Maryland 6 ,2081025 901 , 882 14 . 7% 330/ 723
<br /> Pennsylvania 18,840,363 3,538, 134 18 . 8 % 229,939
<br /> Virginia 13 , 831 ,890 2 ,233 , 048 16 . 1 % 533 ,330
<br /> D . C . 39,000 6,692 17.2% 1 , 108
<br /> TOTAL 38, 9191278 61688, 757 17.2 % 11095, 099
<br /> PENNSYLVANIA MARYLAND VIRGINIA
<br /> Watershed Land Protected, Watershed Land Protected, Watershed Land Protected,
<br /> FY 1992-99 ( in acres ) FY 1992-99 (in acres ) 1992-99 ( in acres )
<br /> Private 61572 4 .3 % Private 32 , 763 21 . 5 % Private 19 ,249 20 . 9 %
<br /> Federal 416 043 % Federal 61559 443% Federal 10,944 1109 %
<br /> State 146,418 95 . 4% State 112 , 885 74 . 2% State 62 ,065 67. 3 %
<br /> TOTAL 153,406 100 .0 % TOTAL 152,207 10000 % TOTAL 92,258 100 . 0 %
<br /> Public Land Preservation Public Land Preservation Public Land Preservation
<br /> Expenditures, FY 1992-99 Expenditures, FY 1992-99 Expenditures, 1992-99
<br /> Local* $491312, 180 2602% Local * $26 , 085 , 702 7 . 3 % Local * NA NA
<br /> Federal 221 ,805 001 % Federal 25,024,820 7.0 % Federal 30,268,690 5642%
<br /> State 138 , 589, 277 73 . 7% State 305 , 889 , 775 8547% State 23,574,291 43 . 8 %
<br /> TOTAL $ 188, 123,262 10090 % TOTAL $3571000,297 100 . 0 % TOTAL $ 53, 842,981 100 . 0 %
<br /> *Local amount reflects only local money spent to meet state matching requirements . NA , not available .
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