Conservation group gives Chesapeake Bay a grade of D-plus

Most water quality measures are improving in the Chesapeake Bay but the overall grade of the 64,000 square-mile watershed remains a D-plus, said the Chesapeake Bay Foundation in an annual report on Tuesday. Phosphorus and nitrogen runoff lessened in 2020 and the oxygen-depleted “dead zone” was smaller. “Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from the Susquehana and… » Read More

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