Chesapeake underwater grasses decline for a second year
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Chesapeake Bay Program says acreage of underwater grasses in the bay shrank for the second year in a row last year. The Daily Press reports that aerial surveys showed more than 62,000 acres of the underwater grasses that serve as a home to small blue crabs and many fish. That's a decrease of 7% from 2019 and 42% from 2018 _ far below the program's […]