On the Potomac, Swimming in Risk
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Is it safe to swim in the Potomac River? No. Yes. Probably. Usually. Never.
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Scientists say the northern snakehead fish seems to be expanding in the Potomac River, which runs along West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.
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By Georgia Evdoxiadis  gevdoxiadis@@dailyherald.com  Though a bane to lake bathers everywhere, so-called swimmer's itch is no more than a cycle of life gone awry.
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By Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Jun. 17--One step forward, one step back. We're making progress in cleaning up some of the problems plaguing the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers and streams that flow into it.
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With the evidence of the northern snakehead fish's spawning, hope is fading along the Potomac River that the aggressive, toothy Asian invader can be stopped.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters is already under way.
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By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb. 19--TENINO -- Plans to log the hillside above the historic quarry swimming pool have some residents and city officials in this south county community on edge.
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By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times  Feb. 20--HOOD CANAL -- Like knights heading into battle, two dozen people in rubber-coated diving suits and 40-pound air tanks clanked down the gravel beach.
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PALMETTO, Fla. - Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money Monday while walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail. He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river.
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Maryland's coastal bays support a wide range of aquatic life but are threatened by intense development pressures, according to the first comprehensive study of the chain of shallow bays that separate Ocean City and Assateague Island from the mainland.
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It's taking on water, and debt.
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On a two-lane road in Fairfax City, Carly and Olivia Aull were headed to swim practice at 4:45 a.m., the improbable hour when several thousand competitive swimmers in the Washington area arrive at their pools. Carly, 17, was at the wheel as they passed apartments, then a school, making their way...
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 22--SWAN POINT -- A combination of disease and last week's sudden cold snap might have caused the death of about 50,000 white perch in the Potomac River near this Southern Maryland community, state officials said.
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By Adam Webster  West Virginia's Legislature is currently determining the fate of more than 300 of the state's highest quality rivers and streams.
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By Shelley Byrne, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 25--The rain is over, but the trouble is just beginning for some of those who live near creeks and rivers.
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By Chester Allen, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 14--WESTPORT -- The 11 passengers and two crew members aboard the Blue Water Too charterboat got a scare on the afternoon of June 9 when 10-to-15 foot waves broke the front windows out of the boat.