http://inhabitat.com/solar-decathlon-2011-butterfly-roofed-watershed-house-mimics-cheseapeake-bay-ecosystem/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/solar-decathlon-2011-butterfly-roofed-watershed-house-mimics-cheseapeake-bay-ecosystem/comment-page-1/#comment-341259 lazyreader Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:09:14 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=261010#comment-341259 As a Maryland native, I'm pleased to see the Chesapeake in the spotlight. Often ignored compared to the Everglades which is getting all the news coverage since the sugar land deal. The bay still yields 45,000 tons of seafood annually. To help with the bay, we're pushing to develop oyster farming in the bay. What once was an immense population of tens of billions has deteriorated to less than a few hundred million. Oysters could filter the entirety of the Bay in about 3.3 days; by 1988 this time had increased to 325 days Compounding the problem is the fact that 100,000 new residents move to the area each year. As a Maryland native, I’m pleased to see the Chesapeake in the spotlight. Often ignored compared to the Everglades which is getting all the news coverage since the sugar land deal. The bay still yields 45,000 tons of seafood annually. To help with the bay, we’re pushing to develop oyster farming in the bay. What once was an immense population of tens of billions has deteriorated to less than a few hundred million. Oysters could filter the entirety of the Bay in about 3.3 days; by 1988 this time had increased to 325 days Compounding the problem is the fact that 100,000 new residents move to the area each year.

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