Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts would be dealt a blow under President Bush’s proposal to slash $23 million from the fiscal 2009 funding, advocates said.
“If you cut those funds, you completely lose your edge, and the promise of clean water is erased,” said Ann Swanson, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, a tri-state legislative group.
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