Historic Investments and Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction, Says EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator

By Aman Azhar

On a recent afternoon, Adam Ortiz, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Mid-Atlantic region office, and Bill Dennison, a professor and vice president at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), gathered to discuss a favorite, albeit complicated topic: the Chesapeake Bay.