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 (11/04/04): Dry October Causes Water Levels to Drop

The Fredericksburg (VA) Freelance Star: Wetlands: Nature's water filter, nursery 11/7/2004

The New York Times: Spawning of Interloper Fish in Potomac Worries Experts 11/3/2004

The Carlisle (PA) Sentinel: Bay pact impact murky 10/24/2004

The Fredericksburg (VA) Freelance Star: River levels are remaining high: Water pattern is good for recreation, but the high volume is causing erosion and sediment problems 10/24/2004

The Washington Post: Male Bass in Potomac Producing Eggs: Pollution Suspected Cause of Anomaly in River's South Branch 10/15/2004

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

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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