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.
Public invited to comment on outcome changes
February 18, 2020Updated language helps better refine Bay Program goals
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Increased budget will increase restoration
December 30, 2019Additional $12 million in Bay Program budget will be spread throughout the watershed
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Alternative energy powers a Virginia farm
December 19, 2019Riverhill Farm attracts national attention for sustainable and economically friendly practices
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Bay sees worst dead zone in the past five years
December 3, 2019Warming temperatures and heavy rainfall impact size, duration
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Long-awaited Conowingo plan begins to take shape
October 9, 2019Funds awarded to help address financing, oversight of Conowingo WIP
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Creating incentives for conservation and land use
September 27, 2019Future land preservation and sustainable growth plans can benefit watershed jurisdictions
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Healthy land means healthy water
September 19, 2019A Chesapeake Conservation Partnership report details land conservation throughout the watershed
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Chesapeake Executive Council looks to the future
September 5, 2019Annual meeting focuses on challenges, successes in meeting pollutant reduction goals
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All ten tributaries chosen for oyster restoration efforts
August 13, 2019Manokin River becomes final selection under Watershed Agreement outcome
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Get on, by or near the water in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia
August 6, 2019Chesapeake Bay Program partners commit to increasing water access
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