With the pistachio tide still present outside, the 15th Baltimore Healthy Harbor Report Card by the Baltimore Waterfront Partnership was released inside the Brown Advisory Auditorium in Fells Point Friday.

The Overall Ecosystem 2024 Health Grade was a “C” based on 5 Ecological Health Indicators that come from an annual water quality study.

Dan Taylor, President of the Waterfront Partnership called this year a “crisis”, bringing up both the lingering pistachio side and the oil spill from the summer. Taylor still contends however that the Harbor “has gotten better”.

“It supports wildlife. It has become safe for recreation. It has become swimmable. And I know that seems crazy to say given where we’ve been the last two weeks and I certainly hope that people had enough sense not to swim in s

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