Md. Natural Resources Dept.: Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Shows Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Best on Record in Early Part of Season
July 09, 2026
July 09, 2026
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 9 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news:
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Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Shows Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Best on Record in Early Part of Season
Data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Old Dominion University show lower than average volumes of hypoxia--waters with less than 2 mg/l of oxygen--in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem of Maryland and Virginia from May to late June . . .
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Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Shows Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Best on Record in Early Part of Season
Data collected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Old Dominion University show lower than average volumes of hypoxia--waters with less than 2 mg/l of oxygen--in the Chesapeake Bay mainstem of Maryland and Virginia from May to late June . . .