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The Annapolis Capital (Tue 9 Dec, 2008)
Editorial: Experts call for action on bay - is anyone listening? Sometimes the most important thing is not what gets said but who says it.
Staff quoted: Walt Boynton, Bill Dennison
At this point it surprises no one to declare that, "after 25 years of effort, the formal (Chesapeake) Bay Program and the restoration efforts under the voluntary, collaborative approach currently in place have not worked. … (In) the face of significant population growth and expanding development, these efforts have been insufficient and are failing. Water quality is declining or not improving in much of the bay and its rivers, and living resources continue to decline."
WTOP Radio News (Mon 8 Dec, 2008)
Experts: Chesapeake Bay program has failed
Staff quoted: Walt Boynton, Bill Dennison
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The current program to clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay has failed, according to top scientists, policy makers and environmentalists.
Bay Journal (Mon 1 Dec, 2008)
Anoxia in Bay this summer better than expected; clarity worsens
Staff quoted: UMCES
Scientists say this summer was a mixed bag for the Chesapeake Bay, with dissolved oxygen levels turning out to be slightly better than expected while large areas continue to be plagued with worsening water clarity.
The Annapolis Capital (Sun 23 Nov, 2008)
Editorial: Latest bay summit offers little hope of effective cleanup
Staff quoted: UMCES
If the Chesapeake Bay could be resuscitated by talking it back to life, it would be thriving by now, and the region's governors would be heroes. But, so far as we know, pollution has yet to be licked by political rhetoric.
The Baltimore Sun (Fri 21 Nov, 2008)
Officials vow new bay effort: Md., Va., U.S. authorities say they'll draft plan but decline to set target date
Staff quoted: UMCES
WASHINGTON - State and federal officials pledged yesterday to redouble their efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay but declined to set a new target date for when they plan to do it.
The Baltimore Sun - Bay and Environment Blog (Wed 19 Nov, 2008)
Bay beat predictions, had "average" bad summer
Staff quoted: UMCES
The Chesapeake Bay weathered this past summer better than scientists had predicted, it seems. The dead zone was "average" rather than awful, according to Chesapeake EcoCheck, a Web report card on bay health maintained by federal and University of Maryland scientists.
The Annapolis Capital (Wed 22 Oct, 2008)
Severn River facing problems - Experts: State of waterway consistently bad
Staff quoted: UMCES
Like the Chesapeake Bay as a whole, the Severn River suffers from dirty runoff from paved surfaces, a loss of beneficial trees and a suffocating lack of oxygen in the water.
The Washington Post (Thu 2 Oct, 2008)
Shrinking Oyster Population Focus of River Summit: Panel Will Discuss Possible Solutions at Solomons Event
Staff quoted: Jack Greer
The third annual State of the River Summit scheduled for Oct. 10 at Calvert Marine Museum will focus on the critical decline in the Chesapeake Bay's oyster population.
United Press International (Tue 30 Sep, 2008)
Water Quality Of Chesapeake Getting Worse
Staff quoted: UMCES
The polluted Chesapeake Bay is struggling to hold its own, despite 25 years of cleanup efforts, The Baltimore Sun said.
The Baltimore Sun (Sun 28 Sep, 2008)
Tainted Waters: Despite a generation of efforts to clean up the Chesapeake, development and farming along Maryland's rivers still foul the bay
Staff quoted: Walt Boynton, Bill Dennison, Doug Lipton
Benedict - Walter Boynton knows all there is to know about the Patuxent River - how to find its guts and marshes, where it shifts from suburban stream into bay-like vastness, when the tide is slack and when it rises.