This project was created for Maryland's Tributary Teams by SunSource of the Baltimore Sun.

Maryland's Tributary Teams -- comprised of local citizens, farmers, business leaders and government officials appointed by the Governor -- are working to keep your local waterways clean and healthy. The health of the streams and rivers that flow through your neighborhood directly affect the health of the Chesapeake Bay. By controlling pollution upstream -- in the streams and rivers that feed the Chesapeake Bay -- Maryland's Tributary Teams are working to make a difference in our neighborhoods, our cities and towns, and the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed.

We would like to thank the following for their generous support of this project:

Many thanks also to the groups and individuals who worked with Maryland's Tributary Teams to make this guide possible: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Chesapeake Bay Trust; University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; University of Maryland Cooperative Extension; University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Maryland Departments of Natural Resources, Environment and Agriculture; Maryland Office of Planning; and Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection and Resource Management.

Maryland's Tributary Teams -- working together to make a difference!