Pavement spreads unabated across Chesapeake Bay watershed, threatening streams

Pavement spreads unabated across Chesapeake Bay watershed, threatening streams

A road crew puts down a new layer of asphalt on a two-lane road in Dorchester County. (Photo by Dave Harp/Chesapeake Bay Journal)By Timothy B. Wheeler The Chesapeake Bay Journal The Chesapeake Bay watershed is adding enough runoff-inducing pavement and buildings every year to completely cover an area the size of Staunton, Virginia, new data shows. A recently completed analysis of high-resolution aerial surveys of the six-state watershed finds th…