Aerial and Field SAV Observations

I surveyed the shoreline around Frying Pan and from Church Creek to the bridge on 8/20/2011.  SAV has returned there also, the most I have seen there in over 5 years.  From the bridge, as you go around the point from the narrows and enter Frying Pan there are patches of elodea and wigeon grass [...]

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On July 30 along with Matt Whitbeck of the USFWS Hail Creek on the river side of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge was surveyed.  As we moved up the south side of the creek from Cedar Point we found patches of wigeon grass and elodea at multiple locations, along with some small clumps of redhead [...]

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The bay side of Eastern Neck from the narrows bridge to Ingleside Recreation Area was surveyed on 07/09/2011 with Matt Whitbeck of USFWS.  Growth appears to be better than last year, with patches of wigeon grass and redhead grass extending from the cove north of Tubby Cove along the shore almost to the bridge.  The [...]

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Durding Creek on the Chester River side of Eastern Neck Island was surveyed on 7/17/2011.  For the first time in a number of years it had noticeable SAV on a ground survey.  Beginning on western most portion of the shore and all along the southern shore there were clumps of wigeon grass of 5-10 square [...]

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Terry Willis (Quad LF026)
On 08/08/2010 the small cove on the east side of Lankford Bay (N39.12103/W76.15803) was surveyed.  This cove is just under ¼ covered with Eurasian milfoil.  The leaves are extremely covered with silt, and overall acreage covered  does not appear to be nearly as great as in the past.  Secchi depth was  .45m, [...]

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Terry Willis (Quad 026)
I surveyed Church Creek (on the main land side of Eastern Neck narrows) yesterday-nearly all of the eastern shore and a portion of the western shore.  On the Eastern Shore there are very sparse patches of growth, beginning about 1/3 of the way up the creek and proceeding towards the head.  There [...]

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On 07/05/2010 the western (bay) side of Eastern Neck Island was surveyed for SAV. The beds in Tubby Cove and Calf Pasture Cove seem to be doing well. Beginning in the small unmanned cove just north of Tubby, there is a mixture of redhead grass, wigeon grass, sago pondweed and elodea. In the unnamed [...]

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Terry Willis (Quad 026)
I have begun to look at the lower Chester and some of the small creeks between the Chester and Sassafras.  Durding Creek (east side of Eastern Neck) appears mostly SAV-less except for some horned pondweed (2′ or less) that I was able to rake up.  On the other hand, [...]

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Terry Willis (Quad 026)
There are scattered patches of ruppia around the northern and eastern sides of the head of Hail Creek.  There is more dense growth around the southern and southwestern shores (again, just at the head of the creek.).  In the areas of most dense growth there is a canopy that extends out 10-15m [...]

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Terry Willis (Quad 026)
Water clarity is about the usual for this time of year.  Secchi depths are between .4-.5 meter most places except in the vicinity of grass beds, where the improvement is about double that. Salinities are in the 10-11 ppt range around Eastern Neck despite the recent dry conditions.   Despite the late spring [...]

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