Nation's Largest Estuary Pins Big Hopes On Tiny Creature
Chesapeake Bay advocates celebrate oyster harvest while planing for a future of weather shifts.
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Chesapeake Bay advocates celebrate oyster harvest while planing for a future of weather shifts.
Advocates argue that the river is long overdue to have its own such program. Millions of Americans rely on it for drinking water, commerce and recreation, and its floodplains provide food and habitat for hundreds of fish and wildlife species. But it's facing a multitude of challenges, from extreme weather to habitat loss to persistent agricultural and industrial pollution.
A proposal to create a federal funding program to protect the Mississippi River is back in front of Congress.
"We are reporting a net gain in wetlands of close to 6,000 acres" that will benefit the quality of the watershed, wildlife and watermen.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Chesapeake Bay watershed gained 4,310 acres of newly created or restored wetlands between 2014 and 2022, the Chesapeake Bay Program reports.