The Bay watershed is an incredibly complex ecosystem in need of improvement!

According to the CBF's 2002 State of the Bay Report the Bay's health rates a 27 out of 100 (a "pristine" Bay circa. 1600). At its worst in the early 1980s, the Bay would have scored a 23. A "saved Bay" would score a 70.

The landmark Chesapeake Bay Agreement (a voluntary pledge to Save the Bay signed by the governors of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania as well as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the mayor of Washington, D.C.) serves as the blueprint for restoring the Bay's health.