Readers respond to last week’s Feedback Friday topic, which was:
Earth Day Thoughts: What do you think is the biggest threat(s) to our Chesapeake Bay watershed and what can or should be done to correct the problem(s)?
Here’s what you said:
Our largest concern in this demographic is the concept of moving from Point A to Point B. While we entertain the concept of an alternate Bay Bridge, the true essence of this solution is so well spelled out with previous communities world-wide—we need mass transit.
Earl Chambers, Annapolis
The Susquehanna River and points North, and then the Conowingo Dam when it dumps all the pollution here.
“Betty Boop,” Annapolis
Biggest source [of pollution] is Pennsylvania.
John Blauvelt, Arnold
We need to seriously curtail the amount of pollution that runs from NY and PA into the Chesapeake. Much of this is agricultural runoff (chemicals, fertilizer, etc.) that can be lessened with buffer strips to contain runoff and control irrigation. Funds also need to be directed to restoring the Conowingo Dam which can no longer handle the volume of sediment and trees that are trapped within its reserves and will soon be full. As a PA resident that pays high taxes (and a MD part-time summer resident that enjoys what the Chesapeake has to offer), I feel it is PA's responsibility to take this problem seriously and help finance the solution. Too much of what is running downstream is hurting the wildlife in the Bay.
Cathy Schmid, Brookville
People and Pennsylvania, which hasn't achieved its pollution reduction commitments.
Nicholas DiPasquale, Chestertown
The biggest threat is nutrient run off from yards being fertilized and farms being fertilized. Run off from these lands is the biggest problem facing the restoration of the Bay.
Julie Grudzinskas, Annapolis
One word....Humans!
Susan Engle, Edgewater
