The task force is an outgrowth of 2022 legislation, spearheaded by Sen. Later in the day, Moore and his entourage traveled to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Horn Point Laboratory in Cambridge, site of an oyster hatchery, where he signed a second executive order, creating the Oyster Shell and Substrate Task Force. While Moore did not specifically say who would serve on the new council, he told reporters, “We see the build-out starting in very short order,” and said in addition to state officials, he wanted to ensure that the task force includes “people who are going to tell us their on-the-ground experiences.” He said he also expects the council to regularly provide “metrics” as it works its way toward developing state policy recommendations. Moore said he hoped other Bay states would adopt Maryland’s model as they develop newer guidelines and protections. “It’s about how we come together to solve big problems.” “The Chesapeake Bay coalition is about more than just protecting a body of water,” he said. Moore described the effort as a novel approach that places a greater emphasis on science and data, brings more stakeholders to the table and will pay as much attention to the environmental developments along shorelines and in shallower areas of the Bay and its tributaries as scientists currently do to the tributary’s deepest points. The new task force is being assembled as Maryland and the six other Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions - Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia - scramble to meet federal pollution reduction goals for the Bay and look ahead to a new regional strategy on Bay cleanup that is expected to be finalized next year. Aruna Miller (D) and Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz planted an oak tree along the Wye River, and Moore later signed an executive order creating the Governor’s Council on the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Bays Watershed. The daylong visit began at the state’s pristine Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area in Queenstown. Photo from the Executive Office of the Governor.
Aruna Miller (D) and Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz plant a tree near the Wye River on Thursday.
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