Watershed Maps

Just a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the owners of Fair Hill Farms take seriously their role as environmental stewards. They recycle sand, water, and manure and use grass waterways and a bioreactor helps to keep ground and surface water clean.

Located in the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed—nearly 250 miles away from the Bay, E-Z Acres uses a combination of well monitoring, riparian buffers, careful nutrient management and the “Taj Mahal of manure storage” to protect drinking water and surface water quality.

The New York City watershed provides 1.3 billion gallons to 9 million New Yorkers each day. Using practices like manure storage, cover crops, and riparian buffers, Albano Farms works with key partners to ensure that water stays clean.

Two creeks flow through Springdale Farm and ultimately drain into the Cannonsville Reservoir, part of the New York City water supply system. Using stream crossings, stream buffers, soil erosion controls, and by carefully managing nutrients, the farm helps keep that water clean for city residents.

Roughly 40 minutes south of Rochester, NY, Noblehurst Farms carefully manages manure to maximize its use as a crop fertilizer and keep it where it needs to be—on fields and in the soil, rather than washed into local streams. The farm also plays a special role in reducing food waste while generating renewable energy.

The Susquehanna River provides half of the freshwater entering the Chesapeake Bay. Worth the Wait Farms uses cover crops, no till, and other practices to help keep the soil healthy and the water clean.

New York City’s exceptional drinking water doesn’t come by accident. Upstream dairy operations like Clark Farms play essential roles in making this possible. The farm uses several techniques, including manure management, soil testing, stream buffers, and minimal soil disturbance to achieve environmental and economic goals.

The Genesee River journeys 157 miles northward from its origin in Potter County, PA, to Rochester, NY. In addition to producing quality milk, HaR-Go Farms uses conservation practices like manure injection, cover crops, pasture management, and stream buffers to ensure the river remains an environmental, recreational, and economic asset.