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The Cull Law is passed any oysters smaller than 2.5 inches must be returned to the bay
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Baltimore is the first major city to create wastewater treatment plants as an effort to try to save the oysters in the surrounding waters.
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U.S. entered the war in 1917 and more ships travel in and out of the bay
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The University of Maryland Chesapeake Biological Laboratory is founded. It conducts the first water survey of the Bay the survey says that Bay is in good shape except for heavily industrialized areas.
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Decline in crab population half the crabs being caught as previous years
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Gas and electric replace wind and wood power power lines are a common site
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Aerial photographs are taken of the bay showing many rivers have underwater grass beds
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As soldiers get back from war people start getting married and having kids lots of babies are born this is called the "Baby Boom"
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Use of chemicals to fertilize crops becomes popular
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Maryland and Virginia Both have water pollution control agencies
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regional population reaches 7 million surge in people puts strain on water quality
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge is built and connects the western and eastern coast of Maryland
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Oyster disease called MSX hits Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay c
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is built and connects the Eastern Shore and Virginia Beach
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Hurricane Agnes hits brings huge amounts of sediment into the bay
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A chemical called Kepone was found in the James River that connects to the Chesapeake Bay and poses a serious threat to wildlife in the Bay
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Chesapeake bay dead zone are increasing and becoming a major issue in the bay
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Dermo disease hits Maryland and devastates the oyster
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The population in the area reaches 10.5 million.
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Maryland oyster harvest is at an all time low with only 80,000 bushels being harvested, 4% of the 1884 harvest
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Maryland and Virginia issue emergency regulations on blue crab harvest the decline in population has been declared a federal disaster
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President Obama signs executive order to restore the watershed
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can set pollution limits for the bay
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U.S. Supreme Court announces it will not hear a case against the Bays Total Daily Maximum Load
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more than $13.1 million dollars in grants give to restore the Chesapeake bay
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