"Chesapeake Bay Recovering But Still Under Stress, Report Finds"

"The ailing Chesapeake Bay is slowly recovering from pollution and overfishing but still has problems that include a drop by half in a key segment of the blue crab population, a report on the largest U.S. estuary said on Tuesday.

The 2013-14 health snapshot from the Chesapeake Bay Program said the 64,000-square-mile (166,000-square-km) watershed covering six states and the District of Columbia was threatened by rising sea levels, warmer water and urban development.

With the region's population growing by about 150,000 each year, "it could be suggested that we're loving the Chesapeake Bay to death," Nick DiPasquale, the program's director, said in a conference call."

Ian Simpson reports for Reuters February 3, 2015.

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