Chesapeake Bay receives C+, highest score in decades, at critical juncture for the cleanup effort – Baltimore Sun

The Chesapeake Bay notched its best score in 20 years on the annual report card produced by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.The bay received a C-plus for its ecological health, considering factors such as aquatic grasses, dissolved oxygen and nutrient content.Throughout the report card’s history, the bay’s scores have typically hovered in…