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Chesapeake Bay Journal: Landsat images offer clearer picture of changes in watershed January 2010

Bay Program News: Mercury in Shenandoah Valley Rivers from Contaminated Soil, Scientific Study Finds December 2009

CBS News: Chemicals in Water Alter Gender of Fish November 25, 2009

The Washington Post: Six years later, gender-bending fish in our water supply remain a mystery November 24, 2009

The Fredericksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star: New pollutants threaten area waters November 12, 2009

Richmond Times-Dispatch: EPA study finds toxic chemicals in fish widespread November 10, 2009

WHTM (Pa.) Television: Report: Oxygen Part of Bass Deaths October 30, 2009

Voice of America News: Fish Kills Linked to Water Pollutants October 19, 2009

Labon Daily News: Time bomb threatens Chesapeake Bay cleanup" October 12, 2009

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Lawns' turf the largest of all plantings in Chesapeake region October 2009

Harrisburg (Pa) Patriot-News: Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission wants sister agency to take a close look at 'impaired' Susquehanna River 10/5/2009


Features

bulletNewUSGS contributes to draft restoration strategy to meet the Chesapeake Bay Executive Order. The USGS helps prepare the draft restoration strategy and the supporting reports. To learn more...

bulletUSGS News Release: Susquehanna River: Low Oxygen/Warmer Water are Likely Factors in Fish Disease ...read more

bullet USGS News Release: Widespread Occurrence of Intersex Bass Found in U.S. Rivers ...read more

bullet USGS News Release: Susquehanna Reservoirs Losing Sediment-Storage Capacity ...read more

bullet Circular 1316 - Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental Management ...read more

bullet To read previous USGS features about the Chesapeake Bay visit...


Recent Publications

USGS employee takes samples to study the Chesapeake Bay

NEWA Comparison of Turbidity-Based and Streamflow-Based Estimates of Suspended-Sediment Concentrations in Three Chesapeake Bay Tributaries—Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5165

The Influence of Microtopography on Soil Nutrients in Created Mitigation Wetlands, Restoration Ecology—Paper

Sources, Transport, and Storage of Sediment at Selected Sites in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed—Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5186

Bathymetry and Sediment-Storage Capacity Change in Three Reservoirs on the Lower Susquehanna River, 1996–2008—Scientific Investigations Report 2009/5110

Nutrient Trends in Streams and Rivers of the United States, 1993–2003—Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5202

Regional Nutrient Trends in Streams and Rivers of the United States, 1993-2003, ACS Publications, Science and Technology Article

SPARROW MODELING—Enhancing Understanding of the Nation’s Water Quality—Fact Sheet 2009-3019

The Journal of Environment and Toxicology released USGS report "Utilization of Protein Expression Profiles as Indicators of Environmental Impairment of Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus Dolomieu) from the Shenandoah River, Virginia, USA". Read more...

Reconnaissance of Persistent and Emerging Contaminants in the Shenandoah and James River Basins, Virginia, During Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1231

Geomorphic Map of Worcester County, Maryland, Interpreted from a LIDAR-Based, Digital Elevation Model, — OFR 2008-1005M

Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during Spring of 2007 — OFR 2008-1093

Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem and Implications for Environmental ManagementUSGS Circular 1316

For more visit the Bibliography of USGS Chesapeake Bay Publications page.



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USGS participates in the Chesapeake Bay Program by providing data, conducting studies, and serving on technical committees and workgroups.

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