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By BayWide: Chesapeake Bay News,
BayWideApr 13, 2020
ICE CREAM AND PUPPIES?!
You need a show that is nothing but goodness during these pandemic times. This week we bring you:
The first documented occurrence of ice cream in America.
The story of the Chesapeake Bay Retriever.
Is the Water Level Rising or Are We Just Sinking?
Headlines about Oysters, the James River award and the EPA getting sued over E. Coli.
How much of a role does the land sinking play in the sea level rising and why is the Bay going to be one of the worst affected areas.
Major Conclusions • Land subsidence and global sea-level rise combine to cause relative sea-level rise in the southern Chesapeake Bay region. • Land subsidence causes more than half of the observed relative sea-level rise. • Aquifer-system compaction causes more than half of the land subsidence.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1392/pdf/circ1392.pdf
http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/25/8/pdf/i1052-5173-25-8-4.pdf
https://augustafreepress.com/james-river-selected-as-2019-thiess-international-riverprize-winner/
https://www.bayjournal.com/article/court_rules_that_dcs_daily_e._coli_limit_is_inadequate
https://www.mdsg.umd.edu/topics/coastal-flooding/rising-sea-level
Crisfield, MD: From an Unknown Marsh to Seafood Capital of the World
What made Crisfield primed to be the mecca for seafood in the country and what is it like their now? Spoiler: Oysters were there, lots of 'em
:Maryland Legislative Session Recap: Oysters are protected, Forest are kinda protected
Everything that happened this legislative session that affects the Bay.
If it Weren't for the Bay You'd Be British
If it weren't for the Battle of the Chesapeake during the Revolutionary War, there would have been no Yorktown siege and surrender. If it weren't for that, America wouldn't exist as a United States. Thank the Bay next time you see it! A quick history of the Naval Battle in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay
16-News to be Thankful For? November 2018
www.capitalgazette.com/opinion/our_say/ac-ce-our-say-20181125-story.html
www.washingtonpost.com/local/model-chesapeake-bay-oyster-population-half-of-1999-count/2018/11/21/c5152ed2-eda1-11e8-8b47-
bd0975fd6199_story.html?utm_term=.74d4b134f126
www.dbknews.com/2018/11/16/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-shore-erosion-sand-dunes-umd-research-mdnr-gmu/
www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/baybulletin/2018/11/19/md-approves-74-million-in-bay-pollution-projects
www.dbknews.com/2018/11/16/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-shore-erosion-sand-dunes-umd-research-mdnr-gmu/
15-What the Watkins Point!? Old Maps, New Science and the Feud between Maryland and Virginia
14-Fresh To Death
Cownose Rays Are Poor Aquatic Scapegoats
11-Island Time: Smith Island
The EPA doesn't care about Bay People
Sources:
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/climate/epa-car-pollution-rollback.html
www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/climate/wheeler-epa-pruitt.html
www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/health/epa-coal-ash-standards-bn/index.html
www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environment/bs-md-hogan-franchot-bay-20180801-story.html
www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0806-chesapeake-cleanup-20180803-story.html
www.bna.com/26-environmental-rules-n73014477330/
What the TMDL
www.epa.gov/chesapeake-bay-tmdl/developing-chesapeake-bay-tmdl
ecoreportcard.org/report-cards/chesapeake-bay/
Bay Boats: Skipjacks, Tuna, an Inexpensive Yet Useful Servant, and a Sailor Named Jack
Sources:
www.washington.edu/news/2018/05/15/forest-loss-in-one-part-of-us-can-harm-trees-on-the-opposite-coast/
www.cbf.org/how-we-save-the-bay/chesapeake-clean-water-blueprint/blueprint-progress-tracking.html
Feeling Crabby
Rockfish Be Damned
Island Time: Kent Island
Bay Boats: Dugouts and Log Canoes
Also Headlining, the Omnibus budget and its ramifications on the Chesapeake Bay.
SAV BABY
Explore Submerged Aquatic Grasses, their importance to the Bay and the progress that has been made on bringing them back!