TOWPATH JOE follows island caretaker, musician, naturalist, and Potomac River advocate, Joe Hage. After moving to a small island adjacent to the C&O Canal and “inside the beltway” of Washington, DC, Joe reconnects with his passion for music and becomes a diplomat for the river.

Jason Sturm had a life and career planned in the US military, but everything changed when a combat training accident took his leg. Finding community and rehabilitation in the extreme-intensity world of Crossfit training, Raising the Bar follows Jason as he pursues his dream of going back to school, opening his own gym, and shaping a life committed to helping other adaptive athletes regain fitness and health.
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For decades, researchers, activists, and policymakers have struggled to make real progress restoring the Chesapeake Bay, one of the country’s largest and most prized estuaries. Agricultural inputs, climate change, relentless development, and a web of special interests continue to present challenges. While there has been some success mitigating nitrogen and phosphorous pollution, ecosystems and species are still decline (See News Feature: The complex case of Chesapeake Bay restoration). But in recent years, a small group of researchers has taken on the painstaking and daunting task of trying to restore two of the Bay’s most important keystone species, oysters and seagrass, bit by bit. Their efforts are starting to pay dividends.
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