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The Baltimore Sun B'More Green Blog (Wed 1 Jun, 2011)
Deep Creek Lake gets 'incomplete' on health check
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey, Sara Powell
A checkup performed by University of Maryland scientists finds Deep Creek Lake appears to be generally healthy. But researchers say there's not enough monitoring done of the popular western Maryland tourist attraction to tell what shape it's really in - or how much trouble it may be having with harmful aglal blooms, polluted runoff or other symptoms of the growth of vacationers and vacation homes at the mountain resort.
The Baltimore Sun B'More Green Blog (Wed 27 Apr, 2011)
Chesapeake Bay health declines a bit last year
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
Polluted rain water draining into the Chesapeake Bay caused the health of the state's largest estuary to decline in 2010, according to an independent scientific analysis released Wednesday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.
WTOP Radio News (Wed 27 Apr, 2011)
Chesapeake Bay health declines in 2010, analysis finds
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
WASHINGTON - The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in 2010, a new scientific analysis finds.
Southern Maryland News (Sat 26 Feb, 2011)
Briefs: Md. Environmental Group to Develop Baltimore Harbor Report Card
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
A University of Maryland environmental research group is developing a "report card" to assess the health of the Baltimore Harbor.
The Baltimore Sun (Sun 6 Feb, 2011)
Conference looks to clean up Baltimore's harbor
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
Baltimore's harbor may be a mess, but those who attended a daylong conference on its problems Saturday came away encouraged that it doesn't have to stay that way.
The (Oakland, Md.) Republican (Thu 12 Aug, 2010)
Ecosystem Health Report Card To Be Created For Deep Creek
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
About 150 people attended Saturday's "State of the Watershed" forum, sponsored by Friends of Deep Creek Lake, a local nonprofit group addressing ways to protect, preserve, and restore the watershed. The 2½-hour information-packed event included overviews of research that has been or will be conducted about the lake.
The Cumberland Times-News (Tue 10 Aug, 2010)
Group will give Deep Creek water quality report card
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
OAKLAND — Data on the health of Deep Creek Lake has been collected by various organizations from as early as the 1980s, but has never been assembled into one comprehensive report on the lake's overall condition.
Capital News Service (Wed 7 Oct, 2009)
Scientists, triathletes insist bay safe for swimming
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
ANNAPOLIS - Megan Brubaker dove into the Choptank River in Cambridge for the ChesapeakeMan Ultra Distance Triathlon last month, well aware of the high levels of pollution in the bay, but with no concerns for her health.
The Caroline Times Record (Wed 1 Jul, 2009)
Symposium held on how to rectify Choptank River's problems, reverse trends
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey
While the Chesapeake Bay earned a "C-" in terms of health from environmental organization Chesapeake EcoCheck, the Choptank River received a lower score of a "D," prompting the Caroline County Office of Planning, Codes and Engineering to hold a symposium on potential causes for and methods of improving the waterway's condition.
The Easton Star Democrat (Tue 30 Jun, 2009)
Choptank 'D' graded
Staff quoted: Heath Kelsey, Tom Fisher
DENTON - While the Chesapeake Bay earned a "C-" in terms of health from environmental organization Chesapeake EcoCheck, the Choptank River received the lower score of a "D," prompting the Caroline County Office of Planning, Codes and Engineering to hold a symposium on potential causes for and methods of improving the waterway's condition.