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USGS shares science results from selected publications through press releases written by the USGS and in cooperation with the Chesapeake Bay Program. USGS results are also highlighted in the articles written by the Bay Journal staff and other media outlets. A USGS Chesapeake quarterly newsletter also provides news and reports.

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USGS Releases Geonarrative Highlighting Water Quality Monitoring Efforts in the Chiques and Swatara Creek Watersheds

USGS Releases Geonarrative Highlighting Water Quality Monitoring Efforts in the Chiques and Swatara Creek Watersheds

USGS, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, has released a geonarrative highlighting the USGS...

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How do you map the bottom of river?

How do you map the bottom of river?

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Newsletter — December 19, 2024

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Study points to farmland as possible source of PFAS in fish

Study points to farmland as possible source of PFAS in fish

Bay Journal — by Ad Crable — December 11, 2024

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Population Growth

Population Growth

Chesapeake Bay Program — November 4, 2024

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Chesapeake Bay sees slight improvement in water quality

Chesapeake Bay sees slight improvement in water quality

Chesapeake Bay Program — Press Release — October 31, 2024

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Invasive flathead catfish impacting Susquehanna’s food chain, researchers find

Invasive flathead catfish impacting Susquehanna’s food chain, researchers find

The Pennsylvania State University — by Jeff Mulhollem — October 18, 2024

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Scientists document osprey nest failures across the Chesapeake, tie it to lack of menhaden for food

Scientists document osprey nest failures across the Chesapeake, tie it to lack of menhaden for food

Bay Journal — by Timothy B. Wheeler — September 25, 2024

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USGS Researchers Invite Community Members to Help Kick Off a New Study of Local Streams and Conservation Practices in the Shenandoah Valley

USGS Researchers Invite Community Members to Help Kick Off a New Study of Local Streams and Conservation Practices in the Shenandoah Valley

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) had begun working with local farmers, resource managers, and educators in the War Branch watershed, making it as a...

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Why reducing farm pollution in the Chesapeake Bay region is a complex problem

Why reducing farm pollution in the Chesapeake Bay region is a complex problem

Bay Journal — by Karl Blankenship — September 3, 2024

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New Framework for Seamless Fish Habitat Assessments

New Framework for Seamless Fish Habitat Assessments

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science — August 28, 2024

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EROS History: Archive Unveils Earth’s Secrets

EROS History: Archive Unveils Earth’s Secrets

Archive: The word evokes stacks of dusty papers, white-gloved scholars paging through books, crates of hidden treasure.

But the EROS archive is a...

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More osprey reproduction problems found around the Chesapeake Bay

More osprey reproduction problems found around the Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal — by Timothy B. Wheeler — August 5, 2024

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