1. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nate de Kieffer Michelle Miller

2. Geographic Location Eastern United States Watershed includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC 15 million people live in watershed area Lies within the Atlantic Coastal plain

4. Uses Commercial Fishing Shipping Shipbuilding and other Industries Recreation Largest Estuary in North America

5. Market Failures Public Good –no excludability who can use the Bay –so many use the bay it hard to find individual polluters Imperfect Information –People do not know how far the watershed extends –Unawareness of how actions effect the bay

6. Market Failures continued Externalities –Over-harvesting –Over-use –Pollution from Urban development Nathan de Kieffer:

7. Solutions Government Intervention Volunteer Work Public Awareness