Kenny Fletcher

I tell stories about the outdoors, work for clean water and good living, and cover communications for @chesapeakebay.

[Jim Morrison @jimmor12]

Virginia legislation attempts to combat growing impacts of climate crisis https://t.co/Hqb6DJKLQd

[Jay C. Ford @jaycford]

https://t.co/vYVUkg20vR

“This is no time for additional foot-dragging or delays. The legislature can help provide meaningful and critical data — information that is sorely needed — by supporting this measure.”

The General Assembly created this study… now they need to fund it.

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Calling all Virginians—join us in Richmond on January 14 for Virginia Clean Water Lobby Day! 💧 This is your opportunity to meet with your legislators and advocate for environmental action. Register now: https://t.co/k8jyFr7IsJ

[Jay C. Ford @jaycford]

Mark your calendars for Oysters on the square 2025!

Will @shelly_simonds take the belt from @MichaelWebert ? Or could a champion emerge from the Senate? Senator @SenLouiseLucas & @JeremyMcPike both put up big numbers last year!

We are adding blue catfish to the offerings too!

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

In the middle of Chesapeake Bay, on an island only accessible by boat, residents shot down offers from Maryland to relocate. https://t.co/GhrJUBx35W

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Did you catch @60Minutes last night? CBF President and CEO @HilaryHF spoke about the challenges facing Smith Island, as well as the resilience of the community. Check it out: https://t.co/IbIwUkD4sa

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

In Laurel, DE, federal and state #ChesBay restoration funding is helping the city redevelop the waterfront while improving water quality. 💧 Read more: https://t.co/cTu8lfPcXU @DESeaGrant @ReimagineLaurel

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Great news for VA! 👏 A judge has ruled that VA unlawfully withdrew from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multi-state carbon emission reduction program that also provided funding for energy efficiency and #resilience programs. #RGGI https://t.co/uLa9iZSm6R

[Christine Condon Koene @CChristine19]

NEW: Environmental groups want the Piedmont power line project, which has stirred controversy in rural Maryland, to receive federal review through the National Environmental Policy Act. More here: https://t.co/PvJsWWBMDK

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Following reports of #osprey chicks starving in areas of the Chesapeake Bay where they depend on #menhaden for food, a workgroup tackling the issue gave its initial report to the East Coast’s fishery managers. 🐟 https://t.co/Q9sJnEPLNr

[Kenny Fletcher @KennyFletch]

Fog rolled in heavy early this morning in James City County, VA. Couldn't see anything from the kayak in places. By midday it's now back to sun and blue skies.

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Last Friday Maryland policymakers, environmental partners, and farmers visited two Frederick County farms that are improving soil health, water quality, climate resilience, and biodiversity through #regenerativeagriculture. 👩‍🌾 @MobilizeFred https://t.co/4NbqccHhZx

[Kenny Fletcher @KennyFletch]

The hunter's moon rising last night in Toano, VA, and a look at the Atlas comet as it hurtles away from the sun.

[Jeff Norman @dcsplicer]

My time lapse video of this evenings Full Hunter’s Super Moon rising over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. #FullMoon #HuntersMoon #SuperFullMoon #MDwx @capitalweather

[Kenny Fletcher @KennyFletch]

The takeaway today: The "picture is bleak" for the future of striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay.

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

For the sixth consecutive year in MD and second consecutive year in VA, both states’ juvenile #stripedbass indexes fell far below the long-term average, according to annual survey results released today by @VIMS_News and @MarylandDNR. 🐟https://t.co/JwIlnnYCJz

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

Earlier this week, CBF staff joined the Virginia Natural Heritage Program to survey freshwater #mussels! This work was funded through a Chesapeake WILD grant from @NFWFnews and led by CBF and @VirginiaDCR. Learn more: https://t.co/Y0nV08UuEO

📷: Vanessa Remmers/CBF Staff

[Kenny Fletcher @KennyFletch]

I could see the aurora last night in Toano, near Williamsburg, VA, with the slow shifting of colors and shapes visible to the naked eye. It was amazing.

[Kenny Fletcher @KennyFletch]

Some great looking trees passed out today in PA!

[BJ Small @Arrows2010]

More than 12,000 trees were distributed today to partners of the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, at the Penn State Research Farm in Manheim, Lancaster County. The Partnership, coordinated by @chesapeakebay , is planting 130,000 trees during the fall season.

[Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebay]

We Can't Belive It's Not Mussels®! 😲 These 3-D mussel replicas will be used to educate students around the watershed about freshwater #mussels. Learn more: https://t.co/sWWFFomt9t

📷: CBF Staff, Krista Schlyer/iLCP

[John Pfeiffer @mud_Iark]

sitting at my desk looking a three copies of a specimen. the physical specimen, a printed model, and a digital twin in augmented reality. what a time to be alive