Susquehanna Flats Making a Comeback

[Greg Feder]

Summary:

The Susquehanna Flats, a large bed of underwater grasses in the upper Chesapeake Bay, virtually disappeared after Tropical Storm Agnes more than 40 years ago. The grasses mysteriously began to come back in the early 2000s. Today the bed is one of the biggest and healthiest in the Bay, spanning some 20 square miles. Scientists are figuring out what's behind the comeback.

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140902114723.htm

 

Cheers,

 

-- Greg

[Jeffrey Silvan]

Awesome to hear. Hopefully the fishing will start recovering too. I'm not sure how this past season went, but I tried doing a trip the previous season. The guide ended up cancelling since weather wasn't too great, but he said he probably wouldn't have taken me anyway because no one was catching fish even though it was peak season. Apparently that pattern of very few fishing has been pretty common the past few years. He was saying the fishing is very dependent on the white perch run which had been struggling. Fingers crossed for next season.

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[namfos]

Makes one wonder how things might work out if the dams were removed.

Mark