Chesapeake Bay 2015 Report Card (IMAGE)

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Chesapeake Bay 2015 Report Card

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The overall health of Chesapeake Bay improved in 2015, according to scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The largest estuary in the nation scored a C (53 percent) in 2015, one of the three highest scores since 1986. Only 1992 and 2002 scored as high or higher, both years of major sustained droughts.

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