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ERIC SHARP Asian carp invasion: Prepare for the worst - Detroit Free Press

11-23-2009

ERIC SHARP Asian carp invasion: Prepare for the worst
Detroit Free Press
Asian carp have been found living happily under the ice in their native waters, and the Pennsylvania Sea Grant was among several US agencies that concluded ...

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Floating island targets bay pollution - Annapolis Capital

11-23-2009

Floating island targets bay pollution
Annapolis Capital
The floating island, which would absorb nutrients from the water, will be tested in a lagoon in Back Creek Nature Park. Floating islands are created from ...

Checking up on oysters - Annapolis Capital

11-23-2009

Annapolis Capital
Checking up on oysters
Annapolis Capital
One of the troubles with Chesapeake Bay oysters is that you just can't see them. Pamela Wood - The Capital Capt. ...

Arundel digest - Annapolis Capital

11-23-2009

Arundel digest
Annapolis Capital
Excess nitrogen and phosphorus fuel the growth of algae blooms that suck oxygen from the water in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. The money for both plants ...

Farm Bureau To Protest Chesapeake Bay Legislation - Rockbridge Weekly

11-23-2009

Farm Bureau To Protest Chesapeake Bay Legislation
Rockbridge Weekly
2, they plan to take a stand against proposed Chesapeake Bay legislation that could put some producers out of business. Virginia Farm Bureau Federation will ...

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CHEF diversifies efforts to raise - Cape Gazette

11-23-2009

CHEF diversifies efforts to raise
Cape Gazette
As a part of its science outreach efforts, the Delaware Sea Grant Program is donating $500 to support the Cape District Middle Schools Science Fair since ...

Top nine the same in AP football rankings - News & Observer

11-23-2009

Top nine the same in AP football rankings
News & Observer
Last season, the Carolina Hurricanes played some of their best hockey when they were getting consistent scoring contributions from the bench. ...

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Supervisors to review legislative priorities - Martinsville Bulletin

11-23-2009

Supervisors to review legislative priorities
Martinsville Bulletin
Developing a multiuse trail traversing Southern Virginia from the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Chesapeake Bay. The trail will stimulate economic growth and ...

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Water on the rise - Daily Press

11-23-2009

Water on the rise
Daily Press
Remember fifth-grade science: "Water seeks its own level." If the water in the Chesapeake Bay rises 5 feet, the water in Back River and its tributaries will ...

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em - The Environment Report

11-23-2009

The Environment Report
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em
The Environment Report
Every march, the Cownose Stingrays migrate into the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic. They come to give birth, mate, and eat. (Photo courtesy of NOAA) We ...
Polar Bears & StingraysThe Environment Report

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Bill wouldn't let water quality go down the drain - Patriot-News

11-22-2009

Patriot-News
Bill wouldn't let water quality go down the drain
Patriot-News
This applies in our streams and rivers as well as in the regional Chesapeake Bay watershed. Throughout central Pennsylvania, rivers and streams flow ...

Green Inc. Column New Voices on Climate Change - New York Times

11-22-2009

Green Inc. Column New Voices on Climate Change
New York Times
They also warn that stretching science to explain daily weather events could hurt their profession and, perhaps more seriously, squander good will among ...

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Let's not harass stripers; future may depend on it - Baltimore Sun

11-22-2009

Let's not harass stripers; future may depend on it
Baltimore Sun
As meetings go, Monday night's open house about proposed regulations to protect striped bass was a head scratcher. ...

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Washington Area Literary Calendar: Nov. 23-29, 2009 - Washington Post

11-22-2009

Washington Area Literary Calendar: Nov. 23-29, 2009
Washington Post
10:10 AM Physician and NIH researcher Esther Sternberg discusses "Exploring Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being" as part of "The Sunday ...

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Anglers serve time for black-market rockfish trade - Washington Times

11-21-2009

Washington Times
Anglers serve time for black-market rockfish trade
Washington Times
... into the Chesapeake Bay. The small Methodist cemetery here is full of watermen who, much as Lumpkins once did, caught and sold blue crabs and oysters ...

O'Malley: Port Deal Will Bring Larger Ships, 5700 Jobs to Baltimore - Southern Maryland Online

11-21-2009

O'Malley: Port Deal Will Bring Larger Ships, 5700 Jobs to Baltimore
Southern Maryland Online
The new berth will make Maryland more effective at luring ship traffic away from Norfolk, Va., and up the Chesapeake Bay. "We are going to be able to invest ...

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Duck boat tour seeks launch site - Delmarva Daily Times

11-21-2009

Duck boat tour seeks launch site
Delmarva Daily Times
In a letter to the commissioners, Robert Gaudette, boating services director for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, warned that should the county ...
County sinks amphib. boat tour proposalOcean City Today

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Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops - Baltimore Sun

11-21-2009

Baltimore Sun
Heavy rains deter planting of cover crops
Baltimore Sun
It's been a wet year for farmers, and that could spell trouble for the Chesapeake Bay. Schmidt and other Maryland farmers have been in a race with the ...

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Our Bay: Bay Digest - Annapolis Capital

11-21-2009

Our Bay: Bay Digest
Annapolis Capital
In 2008, the pollution loads to the bay were 283 million pounds of nitrogen and 16.3 million pounds of phosphorus. If you're looking to add a local touch to ...

Chesapeake Bay: VMRC lowers goal for large oysters - Daily Press

11-20-2009

Chesapeake Bay: VMRC lowers goal for large oysters
Daily Press
The reason: the Virginia Marine Resources Commission agreed three years ago to open Parrot Island to harvesting only if the largest oysters remain in the ...

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