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SAVs are important to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries because they:

• provide critical food and shelter for fish and wildlife.
• remove harmful nutrient and sediment pollution from the water
• stabilize sediments and reduce wave energy and erosion

Why do Jug Bay volunteers monitor SAVs?

• Currently, SAVs cover only about 10 percent of their historic acreage in the Chesapeake Bay area. As water quality improves, SAVs are slowly coming back.
• Our survey is part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Bay-wide underwater grasses monitoring program.

For more information about SAVs in general, see http://www.cbf.org/resources/facts/sav.htm

Research Activities

Traveling by canoe, volunteers survey SAV growth at several sites along the Patuxent River at Jug Bay during the summer.

Schedule

Once a month during the summer

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