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Lancaster Online (Pennsylvania) (Mon 13 May, 2013)
Of oysters and oil
Staff quoted: Jeff Cornwell
Might the tiny oyster be a major pollution solution for the Chesapeake Bay? And what effect might that have on Lancaster County homeowners?
The Baltimore Sun (Sun 12 May, 2013)
Smith Islanders debate buyout
Staff quoted: Court Stevenson
Superstorm Sandy barely laid a glove on Smith Island last fall, to hear residents tell it. Though storm-driven flooding damaged hundreds of homes in Crisfield and the rest of Somerset County, only a couple islanders got any water in their homes from the surging Chesapeake Bay.
The Star Democrat (Fri 10 May, 2013)
Mud may be messy, but it's also telling
Staff quoted: Cindy Palinkas, Mike Roman
CAMBRIDGE - Mud is messy, uninteresting to the average observer, but valuable in its scientific revelations, particularly in a local river once considered impaired due to its pollution.
Bay Daily (Mon 6 May, 2013)
Study: Restored Oyster Reefs Better at Absorbing Pollution
It's a shell of a wastewater treatment system.
The Times - Picayune (Mon 6 May, 2013)
Researchers say more oysters needed to clean up Chesapeake Bay
Staff quoted: Jeff Cornwell
AP -- Behold the tiny oyster.
The Daily Item (Pennsylvania) (Mon 6 May, 2013)
To clean up the Chesapeake Bay, researchers say, we need to unleash oyster power
Staff quoted: Jeff Cornwell
Behold the tiny oyster.
The Ottumwa Courier (Iowa) (Mon 6 May, 2013)
To clean up the Chesapeake Bay, researchers say, we need to unleash oyster power
Staff quoted: Jeff Cornwell
Behold the tiny oyster.
The News Courier (Alabama) (Mon 6 May, 2013)
To clean up the Chesapeake Bay, researchers say, we need to unleash oyster power
Staff quoted: Jeff Cornwell
Behold the tiny oyster.
The Washington Post (Sun 5 May, 2013)
Researchers think industrious oysters could clean up Chesapeake
Staff quoted: Ken Paynter, Jeff Cornwell
Behold the tiny oyster.
Southern Maryland News (Fri 3 May, 2013)
County receives positive watershed quality report
Staff quoted: Walt Boynton
Walter Boynton of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory delivered a bit of good news to county commissioners Tuesday that the county's watershed water quality improved in 2012.