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Journalist covering environmental issues for @chesbayjournal. Freelanced about food for a decade. Doing a new thing @whitneykpipkin.
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Navy funds help preserve lower Potomac River landscapes

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By Whitney Pipkin Verified
| The Bay Journal Verified
There are plenty of ecological and historical reasons to keep land next to major waterways from becoming overly developed. And then there are security reasons — and the funding they can bring to such efforts. Since 2017, the U.S. Navy’s Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program has invested more than $20 million to help conserve nearly 6,000 acres of working farms and forests on Virginia’s Northern Neck.
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Tidal marshes trap microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem

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By Whitney Pipkin Verified, David Higgins
| The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Tidal marshes — where crabs and fish feed their way toward adulthood — are the lifeblood of estuarine systems like the Chesapeake Bay. They’re also where a lot of our microplastics end up. A study by Penn State researchers confirms earlier assumptions that tidal marshes are a hotspot not only for ecological life but also for the detritus of what some scientists now call the Earth’s Plasticene era.
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Tidal marshes trap microplastics in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem

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By Whitney Pipkin Verified
| The Bay Journal Verified
Tidal marshes — where crabs and fish feed their way toward adulthood — are the lifeblood of estuarine systems like the Chesapeake Bay. They’re also where a lot of our microplastics end up. A study by Penn State researchers confirms earlier assumptions that tidal marshes are a hotspot not only for ecological life but also for the detritus of what some scientists now call the Earth’s Plasticene era.
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