Tagged Stories: "bay grasses (SAV)"

Underwater grasses are sensitive to pollution and an indicator of Bay health.

A 21 percent loss in underwater grasses in the Bay and its tidal rivers reflects lows last reported in 1986.

34% of Bay waters met standards for dissolved oxygen; some oyster and grass beds healthy despite conditions.

Bay grasses covered 85,899 acres of the Bay and its tidal rivers in 2009, about 46 percent of the 185,000-acre baywide abundance goal.