Aerial and Field SAV Observations

by David Malmquist |April 21, 2011
An annual aerial survey led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that underwater grasses covered 79,675 acres of  Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers in 2010, a decrease of 6,239 acres from the previous year. This year’s values represent about 43 percent of the 185,000-acre [...]

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I sampled SAV twice in one week on the Severn (quad 23), first by kayak on 7/28, launching in Brewer Pond at Sherwood Forest, surveying that tidal pond and a bit of the river shoreline outside it.  On 7/31 I worked with Severn Riverkeeper volunteers in the Riverkeeper’s boat to repeat the SAV transect sampling [...]

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You can now keep up with aerial and field SAV observations without having to regularly check the website. Just type your email address in the  subscription box at the bottom of the left column of the website or in the form below and press the subscribe button to setup the service.

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The Aerial and Field SAV Observations site is now live!
Please follow the instructions here to register and add your observations.
Good luck and happy SAV hunting! And please pass this on to any one else you believe would be interested in helping out this year.
Welcome!

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Thanks for visiting the SAV Field Observations website. This website will provide an easy way for us to quickly share our observations of SAV and related conditions from the field. We are still putting the final touches on the site, so please excuse our dust. The registration system that will allow you to create a [...]

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