The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is a vast network of streams and rivers that covers 6 states and 64,000 square miles of land.  As the water draining into the Bay works its way across the landscape, it picks up pollutants that adversely affect life in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Rain water carries soil, excess nutrients, fertilizers and pollutants from agricultural operations, streets, industries, lawns and construction sites, ultimately ending up in the Bay.  Impacts from these various pollutants can adversely affect the vital species within the watershed.

• Stewardship begins in our backyards- Acre for acre, more chemicals are applied to lawns than most agricultural crops

• Virtually everyone in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed lives within half-mile of a stream or river that flows into the Bay.

• The Susquehanna River drains 42% of the watershed with an average flow of about 20 million gallons per minute.