USGS Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Safeguarding the Chesapeake Bay ... read more

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

Learn more about the impact of sea-level rise on wetland loss in Chesapeake Bay.....

 To read previous USGS features about the Chesapeake Bay visit....

The USGS is working with several partners to understand disease affecting striped bass, read about some recent results of the partners .... The Associated Press: Striped bass survival rate falls: Scientists suspect disease, pollution and a decline in the food supply The Richmond Times Dispatch: New woes for striped bass? Experts say survival rate of fish in bay seems to be falling

NEWS RELEASE (10/06/04): Highest September Flow to the Chesapeake Bay Since 1937

The Baltimore Sun: Remnants of Ivan leave wave of trash 10/14/2004

The Washington Post: Storms Bring Record Flow to Chesapeake 10/7/2004

The Baltimore Sun: Rains clouded bay, but temporarily: Record downpours decreased water clarity 10/7/2004

The Associated Press: Record downpours decreased water clarity in the Bay 10/7/2004

The Washington Times: Natural invaders pose big threat 9/24/2004

USA Today: Floodwaters from Ivan trash the upper Chesapeake Bay 9/23/2004

The Baltimore Sun: Floodwaters from Ivan trash the upper Chesapeake Bay: Debris endangers boaters, silt threatens bay grasses 9/23/2004

Cambridge Daily Banner: Ivan trashes Chesapeake 9/23/2004

The Washington Post: Scientists Still at Sea Over Snakeheads: Source, Disappearance Go Unexplained

Floodwaters from Hurricane Ivan trash upper Chesapeake Bay more.....
For more articles visit ... the Bay Journal, October 2004, Volume 14, Number 7

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

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