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		<title>Virginia Institute of Marine Science Bay Grass Survey Shows Improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest Virginia Institute of Marine Science Bay Grass Survey shows that the abundance of underwater grasses in Chesapeake Bay increased by 18 percent last year, from 64,917 acres in 2007 to 76,861 acres in 2008. This is the fourth largest total acreage of bay grasses recorded since the bay-wide survey began in 1984. Bay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maryland Chesapeake Bay Grasses Increased in 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bay grasses, a favorite home to the blue crab, increased 20 percent in 2008 in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. The majority of the 7,221-acre increase resulted from a continued expansion on the Susquehanna Flats, home of the largest bay grass beds in the Chesapeake Bay. While the new number — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chesapeake Bay Grasses Have Increased by 10 Percent</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underwater bay grasses covered nearly 65,000 acres of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers in 2007, about 35 percent of the 185,000-acre baywide restoration goal, according to data from scientists with the Chesapeake Bay Program. Though a 10 percent increase from 59,000 acres in 2006, bay grasses have not yet recovered to the recent [...]]]></description>
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