by admin | Jan 13, 2021 | Lightning Update
Under the U.S. Capitol dome. (All photos: J. Doherty; drawing: Architect of the Capitol) By Wendy O’Sullivan & Jonathan Doherty Many are still processing what happened to our nation last week and trying to understand what comes next. We are also. What is...
by admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Lightning Update
As we start a new year — following one that was so many things, but above all eye opening — it seems like a good time to think about how we make 2021 an improvement. Yes, new year resolutions can get tiresome, but they’re really just setting out some...
by admin | Dec 9, 2020 | Lightning Update
Senator Paul Sarbanes, second from left, launching the first Chesapeake Gateways in 2000. By Jonathan Doherty Paul S. Sarbanes, United States Senator from Maryland from 1977 to 2007, died on December 6. Much is already being written about this effective, kind, and...
by admin | Dec 8, 2020 | Lightning Update
John Maounis, with his beloved wife Margaret Bursaw, early this year at Tomales Bay in California. By Jonathan Doherty John Maounis, former superintendent of the National Park Service Chesapeake Office, and original co-convener of the Chesapeake Conservation...
by admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Lightning Update
About seven years ago community residents began organizing to turn a decaying, abandoned park space into a new model community park in Baltimore. Find out more in this video.(Photo: Bernard C. Jack Young/Twitter) Over the past six months, Lightning Updates have...
by admin | Oct 7, 2020 | Lightning Update
“We Need to Talk: Conserving Land for Public Health, Equity, and Access to Nature” kicked off the Partnership’s 2020 Annual Meeting with a candid conversation among a distinguished group of professionals. We need to engage a new, intentionally inclusive...
