I oppose this petition which attempts to limit the protections of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) and harm our incredibly valuable and vulnerable wetlands..  These wetlands play a critical role in our ecosystem by providing habitat, preventing erosion, filtering pollutants, and reducing flood risks in tidal areas. 

That anyone would seek to weaken the ability of the cooperative CBPA to continue to operate as it has is an affront to the citizens of our Commonwealth who treasure the Bay, but is especially egregious in that it seeks to do this via a misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the federal Sackett v EPA ruling which is not applicable in this situation.  Localities retain jurisdiction to protect their Resource Protection Areas as they deem best serves the interest of their constituents. 

Please deny this petition and thereby uphold the critically important work of protecting the Bay for this and future generations.