Will all the rain this spring affect the health of the bay this summer?
The short answer is yes.
The Chesapeake Bay watershed has experienced greater-than-average rainfall amounts over the past few months. The National Weather Service reports May 2009 as the second wettest on record with a total of 8.42 inches; and June is closely approaching its average rainfall in just the first two weeks of the month.
All of this rain has to go somewhere, and with the ground already full of water, much of the rain flows across land as surface runoff, entering into creeks, streams and eventually the...
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