Stories by Rachel Felver
Rachel is the Director of Communications for the Chesapeake Bay Program. She has the experience of growing up in a headwaters state--Pennsylvania--and is now living life right next to the Bay in Maryland. After obtaining her masters' in environmental policy and management from the University of Pittsburgh, she spent almost nine years with the Environmental Protection Agency before a stint with the National Aquarium. She loves to explore the watershed by hiking, paddleboarding and kayaking.
How one town is determined not to drown
June 10, 2024Collaboration and local engagement aim to restore an Eastern Shore community
Read story![Salt marsh wetlands eroding into the Bay.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/20231109-5K1A9237.jpg)
Eight out of 10 reefs are now restored in Chesapeake Bay tributaries
June 6, 2024Over 1,500 acres of oysters have been planted in Maryland and Virginia over the past 10 years
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Bridging the gap between modeling and monitoring
May 14, 2024The new Bay TMDL Indicator refines how water quality in the Chesapeake watershed is measured
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Bay jurisdictions continue to chip away at pollution
May 2, 2024Watershed Model shows decline in nutrients, sediment entering the Chesapeake
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Building a 21st-century National Recreational Area
April 23, 2024Taking action to provide public access to a "major part of the nation's heritage"
Read story![Three women stop to take a photo along a boardwalk near a beach.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/apr_23_24_1800-02-5K1A9289.jpg)
EPA Chesapeake Bay Program awards historic amount of funding to grant programs guiding Bay restoration
March 28, 2024Additional $35 million awarded to watershed organizations through Chesapeake Stewardship Fund for on-the-ground projects.
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Wetlands see a small but mighty increase across the Chesapeake watershed
January 22, 2024New Chesapeake Bay Program tracking tool expands data collection
Read story![Waterfowl floating on a wetland.](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/jan_19_24_1800a-01-9E3A5912.jpg)
Witch stories from around the watershed
October 30, 2023Historic St. Mary's City. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Emerson/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Deed)
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Anacostia River successes serve as backdrop for annual Executive Council meeting
October 20, 2023Maryland Governor Wes Moore elected 2024 chair
Read story![A photo of the 2023 Chesapeake Executive Council](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/oct_20_23_1800-02-9E3A1625.jpg)
Recent data show a slight dip in the Chesapeake Bay’s water quality
October 17, 2023Monitoring stations across the watershed show mixed results in the amount of pollution measured
Read story![Two rivers join to form one below Harpers Ferry seen from above](https://d18lev1ok5leia.cloudfront.net/chesapeakebay/images/_492x328_crop_center-center_none/sep_28_23_1800-01-9E3A5317.jpg)