Article: DELEGATE'S LEGACY INCLUDES DAY ACT, POULTRY CLEANUP TAYLOE MURPHY TO STEP DOWN AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES IN THE HOUSE.(FRONT)

Byline: LEDYARD KING AND SCOTT HARPER, STAFF WRITERS

He worked to control sprawl long before it was fashionable. He proposed banning garbage barges on Virginia's rivers before it became the hot issue of this year's General Assembly session. And most recently, he quietly shepherded a bill regulating poultry waste, an unsavory pollutant.

W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. is leaving the Virginia House of Delegates this year after nearly two fruitful decades as its environmental champion - even if he doesn't always get the credit.

``His legacy to the Bay will be immense,'' said Joe Maroon, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Virginia. ``No ...

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