The Conservation District has administered the Chesapeake Bay Program since 1989. The Bay Program is a unique regional partnership leading and directing restoration of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The program works with landowners who would like to reduce sediment and nutrient runoff from their farms. Since Mifflin County’s involvement in the Chesapeake Bay Program,local farmers have received over $1,092,712 in cost share funds. Mifflin County is a priority watershed for agricultural sources of Nitrogen and Phosphorous to the Chesapeake Bay (see map below).
