Among the states that make up the sprawling Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Pennsylvania long has been viewed as the errant child, lagging behind its neighbors when it comes to shouldering its share of the environmental preservation burden.
And while there’s been some progress, agricultural runoff into the Susquehanna River, which feeds the bay, still is one of the largest contributors to that pollutants in the bay.
So you can’t blame environmental advocates and conservationists for getting a little giddy late last week with the announcement that the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture is going to pump another $22.5 million this year into helping farmers who live in the watershed adopt conservation practices aimed at improving water quality in the bay and its tributaries.
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