ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation’s largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall ...

Heath Kelsey, director of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Integration and Application Network, poses for a photo at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, in Annapolis, Md ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation’s largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfal… ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation’s largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfal… ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The health of the Chesapeake Bay declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary released Tuesday, with scientists noting the effect of extreme rainfall ...

That compares to a C-plus grade last year — which was the highest grade the bay had received since 2002. The report noted that last year was the hottest year on record, with extreme rainfall ...

Chesapeake Bay health grade dips after hottest year on record and extreme rainfall patterns The health of the Chesapeake Bay has declined in an annual report card on the nation's largest estuary ...