An environmental group gave the Chesapeake Bay watershed a D-plus grade in an evaluation released on Thursday — the same grade earned in its last report two years ago.
In 2022, the overall score remained 32. Seven of the 13 indicators were unchanged, three increased and three decreased.
CBF said in a news release that recent farm conservation funding at the federal and state levels should help reduce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which fuels harmful algal blooms that remove dissolved oxygen from the water. After years of overharvesting and limited natural reproduction, in 2020 and 2021 Maryland and Virginia reported the highest rates of juvenile oyster production in the last 30 years, the report said.
Overall, the report concluded, the unchanged score is largely a result of failures to make needed changes on farmland to reduce pollution.
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