Bay Grasses

Distribution Used to Set the Restoration Goal in 2003

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Chesapeake Bay Program
A Watershed Partnership

Data Sources: SAV data derived from aerial surveys by
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) with
additional historical data compiled by VIMS and and MD
Dept. of Natural Resources.

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Potomac River

Chop tank R iver

Richmond^

James River

The distribution of bay grasses used to set
the restoration goal of 184,889 acres in 2003
is based on an aggregation of the maximunm
amount of bay grasses surveyed in a single
year for each Chesapeake Bay Program
monitoring segment.

Rappahannock
River

Nanticoke River

^Salisbury

Wicomico River

Pocomoke River

Bay grass distribution
Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries

Susquehanna River

Baltimore ^

Patapsco River

Chester River

Created by HW, 1/29/08	UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83


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