31-05-2018 22:52 via baltimore.cbslocal.com

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Improving But Challenges Lie Ahead

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — In 2010, the five states in the Chesapeake watershed pledged to make the Bay healthy by 2025. We’re now at the mid-point, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Chief Scientist Doug Meyers says, “We’re very encouraged. The first half of the clean-up has done its job. The bay’s responding and we can measure it.”
A CBF study finds better water clarity and the return of underwater grasses. There are signs oyster restoration efforts are paying
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