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Helpful rundown on this legislative session in Virginia focusing on the Bay #SaveTheBay #VALeg #conservation #Flood #RGGI #CleanWater #TreeCanopy https://www.cbf.org/virginia-legislative-session/

2026 Virginia Legislative Session • Chesapeake Bay Foundation

CBF works tirelessly with the Virginia General Assembly each year given the important impacts it can have on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The 2026 Virginia General Assembly session was no different. Throughout session, we urged legislators to accelerate efforts to reduce pollution and prioritize the restoration of Virginia’s rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay so that future generations can enjoy their beauty and bounty.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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Lyle Solla-Yates 5d ago

5. Greater tree canopy zoning powers, awaiting Governor's action. This was a major ask from the public in the local zoning rewrite but we were limited by state regs. Should this become law, we can increase protections in sensitive areas like flood plains and along rivers and streams. #VALeg #TreeCanopy #zoning #FloodSafety #CleanWater #SaveTheBay https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB549

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 26

https://www.wboc.com/news/md-officials-chesapeake-bay-oysters-remain-safe-following-potomac-river-sewage-spill/article_9b767efe-b3e2-4a60-b245-bb1d27d04f91.html “Oysters harvested from the Chesapeake Bay and other tributaries have not been affected by the spill” #seafood #SaveTheBay #PotomacRiver #CleanWater #oyster

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 22

"The event is also a kind of contest, complete with a WrestleMania-style gold belt for the elected official who eats the most oysters. Delegate Mike Webert made the belt after his first win four years ago and he’s carried with that honor the chance to announce the new winner even since" #oyster #SaveTheBay #VAPol https://www.wvtf.org/news/2026-02-18/oyster-industry-backed-by-chesapeake-bay-foundation-returns-to-virginias-capital

Oyster industry, backed by Chesapeake Bay Foundation, returns to Virginia’s capital

The event is also a kind of contest, complete with a WrestleMania-style gold belt for the elected official who eats the most oysters.

WVTF

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 20

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/20/nx-s1-5719779/environment-washington-dc-sewer-spill-sewage-potomac-river “It is absolutely a climate problem that will continue to get worse” #CSO #PotomacRiver #climate #infrastructure #SaveTheBay #DMV #CleanWater

Lyle Solla-Yates Feb 13

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/potomac-sewage-spill/ Planning some river fun on the Potomac? Maybe hold off. #CleanWater #PotomacRiver #MoCo #SaveTheBay

Sewage Spill in the Potomac River - Newsroom

Drinking Water ♦ Shellfish Closures ♦ Recreation On January 19, a sewer line in Montgomery County, Maryland, collapsed, causing an overflow of more than 200 million gallons of wastewater into Potomac River. On January 24, DC Water completed a bypass to reroute wastewater around the collapsed section of pipe and back into the sewer system. In […]

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Lyle Solla-Yates Dec 13

https://www.29news.com/2025/12/11/charlottesville-turns-oyster-shells-into-chesapeake-bay-restoration-tool/ “Those oyster shells, once they’re bagged, we deliver them out to VCU to their one of their facilities, and that’s where they go ahead and take it over. Create an environment that encourages the continued growth in population growth of all these different species” #cville #food #recycling #oysters #OysterRecycling #conservation #SaveTheBay #ChesapeakeBay #VCU

Charlottesville turns oyster shells into Chesapeake Bay restoration tool

The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority is reminding people and restaurants about its free oyster shell recycling program.

29 News

Lyle Solla-Yates Dec 3

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/12/02/repub/chesapeake-bay-officials-poised-to-study-inclusion-of-native-american-tribes/ “Indigenous communities in this region have thousands of years of insight into land and water management that the Chesapeake Bay Program can greatly benefit from as we continue our work to improve Chesapeake Bay water quality and wildlife” #SaveTheBay #NativeAmerican #conservation #equity #ChesapeakeBay #CleanWater

Chesapeake Bay officials poised to study inclusion of Native American tribes • Virginia Mercury

When Chesapeake Bay leaders meet this week to take up a new bay clean-up plan, bay tribal leaders will be on hand to present a ceremonial gift -- and express hopes that their year-long quest to get a seat at the table will be resolved next year.

Virginia Mercury

Spaceship Earth (Ecoregion 65n)Nov 4

We cleaned native baby oyster cages yesterday (needs to be done every two weeks to keep the oysters healthy). The oysters will stay in the cage for a year, and then be "planted" (oystered?) at sites around the bay. #savethebay #chesapeakebay #oyster #oystergarden