; Whereas through the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, the Partnership recommitted to the Bay watershed restoration effort based in and guided by science and the lessons learned from experiences; Whereas one of the most important lessons the partners have learned from the past three decades is that although watershed-wide partnerships can help to coordinate and catalyze progress, implementation happens locally; Whereas individual citizens, businesses, watershed groups, and other nongovernmental organizations are key partners; Whereas 70 percent of watershed residents want to do more to help make their local creeks, rivers, and lakes healthier; Whereas 86 percent of watershed residents believe if people work together, water pollution can be fixed; Whereas each year, on the first Saturday of June, thousands of Virginians simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, and beaches of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove harmful litter and debris for the Clean the Bay Day; Whereas as of 2017, Clean the Bay Day engaged over 152,000 volunteers, who removed approximately 6.4 million pounds of debris from nearly 7,390 miles of shoreline in Virginia; and Whereas Saturday, June 2, 2018, is the 30th Annual Clean the Bay Day, a Virginia tradition: Now, therefore, be it