Chesapeake Environmental
Protection Association
Dedicated to a Cleaner Bay Since 1970
Working to Restore the Bay
Since 1970, CEPA has been involved in a broad range of issues that affect the bay, some of which other environmental organizations had not properly addressed for years. Primary examples are (1) the management and quality of ground water and (2) the effects of growth on the environment. Recently (2026), however, CEPA has had difficulty recruiting qualified trustees to replace our older trustees as they retire. As a consequence, the Board of Trustees has decided to dissolve CEPA. We are fortunate, though, in that two other nonprofits that we sometimes worked with will continue to pursue these goals.
As an example of CEPA’s involvement with water resources, we had a grant from Anne Arundel County to monitor the ground water around the PST Landfill in Harwood MD. The concern is that toxins may be leaching into the Patuxent. There are substantial funds left in that grant, and the Patuxent Riverkeeper has agreed to take responsibility for that task. Their website is paxriverkeeper.org. If you would like to donate to them, click here.
Our main concern with population growth is how population density affects the pollution of the Bay and it’s effects on wildlife in the Bay. These concerns are shared with the Growth Action Network.
This archived CEPA website includes all our newsletters and forum recordings over the last 20 years