Federal officials will hold a news conference on Kingman Island in Washington, D.C. at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 12 to release a new federal strategy for protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay watershed that was drafted under President Obama’s Executive Order.  

WHO:  Nancy Sutley, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality

Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Tom Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ray Mabus, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Navy

Anne Castle, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior

Monica Medina, Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere,  U.S. Department of Commerce 

WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 12

WHERE: Kingman Island, Washington, D.C. Directions at http://www.kingmanisland.org/8301.html