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GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON THE CHESAPEAKE & COASTAL BAYS WATERSHED

Chair: Joshua E. Kurtz, Secretary of Natural Resources

Ex officio: Kevin M. Atticks, Secretary of Agriculture; Serena C. McIlwain, Secretary of the Environment; Rebecca L. Flora, Secretary of Planning; Donald F. Boesch, Ph.D., designee of Chancellor, University System of Maryland; Wendy Powers, Ph.D., Dean, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park.

Other Executive Branch representatives: Harry Coker, Jr., Secretary of Commerce; Atif T. Chaudhry, Secretary of General Services; Jacob R. Day, Secretary of Housing & Community Development; Kathryn B. Thomson, Esq., Acting Secretary of Transportation; Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Schools.

Staff: Leila Duman; e-mail: leila.duman@maryland.gov

In January 1985, the Governor’s Council on the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays Watershed was formed by the Governor as the Governor's Council on the Chesapeake Bay (Executive Order 01.01.1985.02). It was renamed the Governor’s Council on the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays Watershed in 2023 (Executive Order 01.01.2023.11).

The Council charge is to coordinate and accelerate restoration of the State waterways. Its purpose is to create healthy watersheds that benefit Maryland's economy, environment, and communities.

Formerly at the Chesapeake and Coastal Service of the Department of Natural Resources, the Council moved to the Water Management Administration (now Water & Science Administration) of the Department of the Environment in 2015.

n January 2015, the Council assumed responsibility for the work of the BayStat Subcabinet, the BayStat Program, and the BayStat Program Scientific Advisory Panel.

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