Stories by Jake Solyst
Jake has been telling environmental stories about the Chesapeake Bay watershed for over five years. Having spent a decade in Baltimore, he now resides in Charlottesville, Virginia where water flows to the Bay via the James River watershed.
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Meet the Founding Fathers who called the Chesapeake home
July 3, 2025Learn more about the revolutionary leaders who lived and worked in the Chesapeake
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With conservation, a 12th-generation Maryland family holds on to its historic property
June 23, 2025The Tilghman family uses living shorelines to combat erosion
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Chesapeake Bay’s health declines slightly but remains on the right track over the long term
June 11, 2025Bay’s watershed earns a C+
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A rare colony of night herons nest near the Baltimore waterfront
May 30, 2025These resilient herons find a home in waterfront cities
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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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