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At the beginning of the summer, the Environmental Protection Agency predicted that 2007 would be an “average” year for water quality conditions in the Chesapeake Bay. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) spent the summer collecting reports from citizens, government officials and agencies, partner groups, and our own employees’ first-hand experience to determine just what an “average” year looks like. "Average" is looking pretty sad. Check out the photo album, too.

In this video, Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Senior Scientist Beth McGee and Senior Naturalist John Page Williams demonstrate one of the ways scientists measure the Dead Zone -- by seeing what's living under the surface.