Stories by Jake Solyst
Jake has been telling environmental stories about the Chesapeake Bay watershed for nearly five years. Having spent a decade in Baltimore, Jake now resides in Charlottesville, Virginia where water flows to the Bay via the James River watershed.
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Eastern Shore students tour the lab that grows Chesapeake Bay oysters
May 19, 2025Horn Point Laboratory has the largest oyster hatchery on the East Coast
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Forest buffer initiative in Charlottesville, Va., protects a Chesapeake Bay tributary
May 16, 2025A Chesapeake Bay grant helps protect the beloved Rivanna River
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Native Chesapeake plants and their picky pollinators
May 2, 2025Learn more about the “specialist” pollinators that call the Bay region home
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A friend to the Chesapeake Bay restores brook trout habitat in the Rappahannock headwaters
April 16, 2025How a project from 2016 contributed to a Chesapeake Bay Program goal
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Homegrown heroes
March 31, 2025The Elizabeth River Project is bringing 200+ year old wetlands back to the river
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Seven Chesapeake farmers who make conservation a priority
March 18, 2025Sustainable farming reduces runoff to the Bay and creates habitat for wildlife
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Restored Rivanna River tributary sets the stage for a new botanical garden
January 31, 2025A story of stream banks, bugs and botanical gardens
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Seven green infrastructure projects that lead to cleaner water rain or shine
January 29, 2025These projects are helping to slow down the fastest growing source of Bay pollution
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The future of Bay restoration starts to take shape in 2025
January 21, 2025Look out for opportunities to weigh in on restoration planning
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Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions recount big wins in 2024
December 20, 2024Find out how the Bay is being restored from across the watershed
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