Thanks to your continued support, the Little Wicomico River Jetty is staying in the spotlight — now featured in a two-part Virginia Public Radio series on shoaling across the Chesapeake Bay.
🎧 Listen & read here (audio + transcripts):
Part 1: https://www.wvtf.org/news/2026-04-14/around-the-chesapeake-bay-rural-communities-struggle-for-money-to-keep-federal-waterways-open-as-federal-funding-dries-up
⚓ What This Coverage Shows
The message coming out of this reporting is clear:
Communities across the Chesapeake Bay are “knocking on every door” to secure funding — and it’s working.
That’s how projects move forward.
That’s how funding is found.
The Little Wicomico is now part of that same conversation — and we need to keep knocking on every door to ensure it stays a priority.
🚨 Where We Are
✅ $2.6M approved for emergency dredging
🔄 Permitting underway
⏭️ Next step: Jetty assessment and repair funding
📣 Take Action — Help Keep This Moving
If you take one step today, make it this:
👉 Contact your elected officials and keep this project front and center.
Even if you’ve reached out before — please do it again. Continued engagement matters, especially as our federal officials will soon decide if they will submit the Little Wicomico Jetty project for federal community project funding for the jetty assessment to determine the needed repairs.
Contact them directly here:
Tim Kaine – https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion
Mark Warner – https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactPage
Rob Wittman – https://wittman.house.gov/contact/
Suggested message (copy/paste):
“I support funding for the Little Wicomico River Jetty — including dredging and jetty repair. Please prioritize this project.”
Funding doesn’t happen by accident — it happens when communities stay visible, stay engaged, and keep asking.
Let’s keep knocking on every door, and dredge and repair the Little Wicomico Jetty!