———- Forwarded message ———-=&0=& <JPWilliams@cbf.org>Date: Thu, May 25, 2017 at 4:10 PMSubject: Anglers for Clean Water UpdateTo: "John Page Williams – ext. 2041" <JPWilliams@cbf.org>Cc: Chris Moore <CMoore@cbf.org>, Allison Colden <AColden@cbf.org>, "ss1836@cox.net" <ss1836@cox.net>, Ann Jurczyk <AJurczyk@cbf.org>, Anna Mudd <AMudd@cbf.org>, Dave Slater <DSlater@cbf.org>

Hello Anglers for Clean Water—

 

I hope your 2017 season has gotten off to a good start.  The weather has certainly played by a new set of rules this year, in both temperature and rainfall.  By all accounts, migratory rockfish spawned early and headed out to the Atlantic.  Bay water from north to south seems to be carrying more algae and less clarity than last year, but crabs sloughed on time early this month, when the locust trees bloomed, underwater grasses are growing strong in many places (http://web.vims.edu/bio/sav/sav16/exec_summary.html),  and most of the ecological indicators continue to show progress in restoring the Chesapeake’s health.  read more