Maryland Bay Grasses in the News
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Final report detailing large scale eelgrass restoration on the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers.
May 2009 - Bay Grasses in Classes Continues
Twelfth Season with Student Planting Field Trips - The Bay Grasses in
Classes (BGIC) program is a joint partnership with the Maryland Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF). Since 1998,
some 1,667 classes, more than 43,946 students have been involved in the Bay
Grasses in Classes program. During this time, students have planted over 500,000
plants grown in their classrooms. This year, students from 15 counties and
Baltimore City have raised wild celery, redhead grass and water stargrass and
will be planting these grasses in four Maryland waterways across the state.
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April 2009 - Maryland’s Bay Grasses Increase in 2008 -
Bay grasses, a favorite home to the blue crab, increased 20 percent in 2008 in
Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The majority of
the 7,221-acre increase resulted from a continued expansion on the Susquehanna
Flats, home of the largest bay grass beds in the Chesapeake Bay. While the new
number — 42,237 acres (up from 35,016 acres in 2007) — marks a significant
increase, Maryland bay grass acreage remains far short of the 2010 restoration
goal of 110,000 acres.
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June 2008 - Invasive Water Lettuce Harms Bay Grasses And May Impede Boating
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June 2008 - Seeds of Hope
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June 2008 - Chesapeake States Look to Grass Beds to Help Blue Crabs Read more...
April 2008 - Underwater Bay Grasses Up in 2007, But Still Short of Restoration Goal.
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January 2008 – Bay Grasses in Classes Kicks Off Eleventh Season With Teacher Trainings in January.
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