Expert: Keep trees, control sprawl to save Bay watershed

Anne Arundel must control sprawl and stop razing forests to save the Chesapeake Bay, according to a former state senator and environmental activist.

As the county?s population swells, forests are being replaced with rooftops and parking lots, which are major contributors to runoff pollution that has led to poor water quality in the Bay, said Gerald Winegrad, a professor of Bay studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.