Bay Leaders Charge Chesapeake Bay Program to Formally Engage Tribal Nations in the World's Largest Restoration Initiative
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- Dec 3, 2025
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[Our work] would not be complete...without making sure that our tribal lands and our tribal peoples are deeply ingrained with any future vision that we have.”-Gov. Wes Moore, December 2, 2025, Executive Council Meeting
A truly meaningful ceremonial exchange of gifts, including Manoomin harvested from the Leech Lake Reservation, sage, and tobacco, between tribal leaders and the leadership across the watershed kicked off a great conference and the meeting of long-term leadership it will take to fully heal the Bay. We envision a world where Tribal Nations and their Indigenous Knowledge works together with western science supports tribal communities in once again eating and sharing the wild rice grown in the Chesapeake that is free of chemicals and pollutants. Check out all the pictures of the event here.
Yesterday's charge signaled that leaders across the watershed agree. The opportunity to infuse Indigenous Knowledge into the Bay movement is exactly why Mission Blue included the Chesapeake Bay as one of its new global Hope Spots this year.
Thank to you Governor Moore for his leadership of the Executive Council, a special big note of gratitude to Sec. Josh Kurtz and his team for all the hard work to get to a revised Agreement and this charge, and thank you to Gov. Glenn Youngkin and his team for starting the ball rolling. We appreciated hearing all the kind words from Bay leadership to say loud and clear how important it is for Tribal Nations to become formal Chesapeake Bay Program Partners. We look forward to sitting down to kick off the next six month process to get real about what this looks like including signatory status, funding, and respect for Indigenous Knowledge. And a warm welcome to Governor Josh Shapiro as the new Chair of the Executive Council!
READ the press release here: https://lnkd.in/e4TEd88b
The meeting in pictures: https://lnkd.in/es5N7ZPw
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