2018-2019 Chesapeake Bay Program Bay Barometer
The Chesapeake Bay Program's annual Bay Barometer report provides a snapshot of Bay health told through the 10 goals and 31 outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The 2018-2019 Bay Barometer, released in March, covers a timespan when record rainfall led to the highest amount of freshwater flows entering the Bay since monitoring began in 1937. This led to lower salinity levels in parts of the Bay and the largest observed dead zone in the past five years. Despite these challenges, much of the Bay’s underwater life continued to thrive.
2018-2019 Chesapeake Bay Program Bay Barometer
The Chesapeake Bay Program's annual Bay Barometer report provides a snapshot of Bay health told through the 10 goals and 31 outcomes of the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. The 2018-2019 Bay Barometer, released in March, covers a timespan when record rainfall led to the highest amount of freshwater flows entering the Bay since monitoring began in 1937. This led to lower salinity levels in parts of the Bay and the largest observed dead zone in the past five years. Despite these challenges, much of the Bay’s underwater life continued to thrive.