Abnormally wet summer will challenge latest gains in Chesapeake’s health
Bay Journal — by Timothy B. Wheeler — October 4, 2018
"Summer ended much as it began across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, drenched in rain that swelled rivers and streams. The abnormal run of chronically wet weather that continued into late September posed further challenges for maintaining recent gains in the Bay’s health.
Freshwater flows into the Bay in August were the highest recorded for that month by a wide margin, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. And although Hurricane Florence didn’t bring nearly as much rain to the Bay watershed in September as it dumped on the Carolinas, it produced enough to make Conowingo Dam open some of its floodgates yet again.
“The effects of Florence will be relatively short-lived to the Bay,” predicted Scott Phillips, USGS Chesapeake Bay coordinator, as the storm approached. But he said the above-normal river flows that persisted from late spring through summer could have longer-term impacts on underwater grasses, the Bay’s water quality and fish populations. . ."
Read the full article at the Bay Journal
Get Our News
These items are in the RSS feed format (Really Simple Syndication) based on categories such as topics, locations, and more. You can install and RSS reader browser extension, software, or use a third-party service to receive immediate news updates depending on the feed that you have added. If you click the feed links below, they may look strange because they are simply XML code. An RSS reader can easily read this code and push out a notification to you when something new is posted to our site.