Press Release: NPDES Citizen Guide
CLA and MRC are also hosting a companion training webinar on July 26 at Noon to teach the basic concepts...
Recent News + Updates
Summer 2017
In this Issue: A Victory for Water Quality in Virginia – a CLA Volunteer Attorney’s Perspective Yellow Perch Habitat Preserved...
PRESENTING the Citizen Guide to Public Participation in MD’s (NPDES) Permitting Program
JOIN the Chesapeake Legal Alliance, along with the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy, in a citizen training webinar on Maryland’s NPDES Permit Process...
You are invited to FREE Summer Evening Lectures
FREE Summer Evening Lectures – brought to you by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Become a Bay Optimist this year! Join...
Success for Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Enforcement!
Maryland General Assembly Sets Aside Funding for Clean Water Enforcement CLA provided legal support to Maryland Clean Agriculture Coalition (MCAC)...
More Muscle for the Bay! Maryland General Assembly Funds Environmental Enforcement Positions
In April 2017, the Maryland General Assembly designated $400,000 of the state’s FY2018 budget to fill vacant enforcement and compliance...
Breaking: CLA on Capitol Hill imploring Congress to fully fund the Bay Program! CLICK HERE FOR MORE
President Trump’s proposed budget slashes the Chesapeake Bay Program funding to zero, which would destroy the hard-fought progress we have...
Yellow Perch spawning in the headwaters of the Magothy River on February 26, 2017
Yellow perch spawning in the headwaters of the Magothy River on February 26. This is an area that the Maryland...
Will Scott Pruitt, EPA nominee, defend the Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts?
Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general and President Trump’s pick to run the EPA, seemed to embrace the bay cleanup...
Special Message from Jackie Guild, CLA Executive Director
Dear Friend of the Chesapeake Legal Alliance: Post-election, CLA has been receiving inquiries from our clients and partners concerning what...