Lawmakers, advocates tout Chesapeake Bay education and funding bill in hearing

A House panel held a hearing Wednesday on a bill that would boost Chesapeake Bay restoration and environmental education programs. The Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023, sponsored by Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, would reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Chesapeake Bay office for the first time since 2006.