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  • February

    Ongoing Chesapeake Bay freight transportation services occur on a Maersk container ship in the distance at the Port of Baltimore's Dundalk and Seagirt Marine Terminals in Maryland, Jan. 27, 2022. The port centralizes alongside the tidal basins of the three branches of the Patapsco River in Baltimore, on the upper northwest shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the nation's largest port facility for specialized cargo (roll-on/roll-off ships) and passenger facilities. (U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash)

    ASA (CW), Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection partners tour Port of Baltimore

    The Honorable Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, conducted his first port visit since confirming his position in November 2021. He accompanied senior leaders from USACE Headquarters and North Atlantic Division to witness the Baltimore District's Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection operations. Mission partners from the Maryland Port Administration and Ports America Chesapeake showcased how the Baltimore District's Chesapeake Bay protection and restoration efforts help streamline logistics and supply chain improvements for the nation's top e-commerce port destination.

  • July

    Col. Ed Chamberlayne, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, signed a symbolic Watershed Assessment Cost-Sharing Agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to begin work on the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan (Comp plan) during a Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ Staff Committee meeting at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters in Washington, May 26, 2016. The final cost-sharing agreement document was officially signed on July 22, 2016. Chamberlayne is a member of the Principals' Staff Committee, which acts as the policy advisors to the Chesapeake Bay Executive Council. EPA is the federal lead for the committee.

    World’s largest engineering providers, conservation grant-makers team up to restore nation’s largest estuary

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has signed a Watershed Assessment Cost-Sharing Agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to begin work on the Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan.