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December 16, 2008

Report on the Health of our Coastal Waters Released

Coastal waters.jpgThe National Coastal Condition Report III, just released, indicates that the overall condition of the nation's coastal waters has improved slightly, based on a recently released environmental assessment.

The study is collaboration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; coastal states; and the National Estuary Program.

The findings are assessed in five areas: water quality, sediment quality, benthic community condition (the health of the water’s bottom-dwelling invertebrate species), coastal habitat loss as indicated by changes in wetland area, and fish tissue contaminants.

The report found that coastal conditions have improved in the Northeast and the West, but there were slight decreases in conditions in the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico. The conditions in the Great Lakes and Puerto Rico remained constant.

With the findings rating our coastal water overall in fair condition, there has been incremental improvement since the 1990's, as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Posted by Stephen Betheil at December 16, 2008 02:16 PM

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Where was this picture taken? Do you know the source of the picture?

Just curious

Thanks

Posted by: NickbDreher [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 30, 2009 02:17 PM

Can you tell me what this picture signifies, and where it was taken?

Thank you

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