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Default The Plight of the Chesapeake Bay...

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:05:25 -0500, John H wrote:

...another good article from the Washington Post. Now that Bush is on
his way out, the Post is trying to make up for it's lack of decent
writing over the past few years. I'd subscribe again, but seeing Obama's
face on the front page every day would get old.


LOL, there were quite a few decently written articles in the Post
concerning Clean Water. Pick a few:

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF8...ush+%22cle an
+water+act%22




Washington Post article: http://tinyurl.com/8vkdox

Anyone who lives close to the Bay has little reason to knock someone
else's home waters. The Bay is going downhill fast. Actually, many
believe it's close to the bottom now. When fishing out there on a calm
day, the brown 'dead zone' can be seen easily in the middle of the bay.

A good article on the dissolved oxygen problem facing the Bay:

http://www.eco-check.org/pdfs/do_letter.pdf

Obviously, the trees I had planted in the names of Harry and Jimh
weren't enough.