Near-record amount of nutrients and sediment enter the Bay in 2003...learn more

Nutrients and their delivery to the Chesapeake Bay...learn more

USGS Investigations of Atlantic Estuaries: Chesapeake Bay site featuring ecosystem history and sources of sediment to the Bay

NEWS RELEASE (06/04/04): Streams Return to Normal Levels in Maryland and Delaware during May 2004 Near-Record High Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Bay in 2003

NEWS RELEASE (05/25/04): A news release based on a new report titled: "Water Quality in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1999-2001," is available at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqa_sumr.html.

Bay Journal, June 2004, Volume 14, Number 4
Bay's SAV fell off almost 30% in 2003
Mycobacteriosis infection rate in Bay’s striped bass increasing
Heavy rains poured nutrients, sediment into Chesapeake

The Richmond Times Dispatch: Crater's history comes to surface: A comet or asteroid may have formed a depression below Bay 6/1/2004

The Fredericksburg (VA) Freelance Star: Snakeheads worry fisheries experts: Officials from Virginia, Maryland, D.C. and federal agencies join forces to eliminate predator from the Potomac River. 5/29/2004

The Baltimore Sun: 2,900 feet below the bay, piece of geological puzzle: Scientists drill into biggest impact crater in U.S. to study meteor's effects 5/23/2004

USA Today: Wet weather helps kill grass in Chesapeake Bay 5/19/2004

To read more news about the Bay visit the Chesapeake Bay Program News and Information site.

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