Lightning Updates
Delmarva Oasis: Protecting 50% by 2030
By 2030, the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy seeks to protect 50% of the Delmarva Peninsula with the support and partnership of multiple conservation-based organizations, the Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia state governments, the private sector, and forward thinking...
New Research on Conservation Referendums
The Trust for Public Lands tracks ballot measures financing land protection and publishes the data through its LandVote database. A new study examines factors influencing the likelihood of these conservation referendums. (Image: TPL) A year ago we shared an update on...
Large Tract Protected in Chesapeake Watershed
Protection of a nearly 5,000 acre tract of woodlands, just added to the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, conserves local historic resources and the water quality of headwater streams flowing into the James River and Chesapeake Bay.(Image: Neil...
Community Land Trusts — Addressing Urban Challenges
This one and a half minute video is a quick primer on community land trusts, non-profit organizations that focus on developing affordable housing projects but may also create urban agriculture projects, develop community commercial spaces and conserve land or urban...
A Decade of Success; Priorities for the Future
Brent Leggs, Executive Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund set an inspirational tone for the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership's 10th Annual Meeting, challenging the group to ramp up efforts to...
Now Accepting Applications for the Chesapeake Watershed Conservation Finance Workshop
Applications are open now for a Chesapeake Watershed Conservation Finance Intensive Workshop on December 16-18.Are you looking to access new sources of funding for land conservation deals? Do you require more complex funding and financing tools to achieve your land...
Study Confirms Habitat Connectivity is Key
A new study released last week documents one of the largest ever, long-term habitat connectivity experiments. The findings show clear, persistent benefits in maintaining species biodiversity. (Image: Washington Post) The importance of connecting isolated blocks of...
A Glimpse of Conservation History Along the Highway
A new historical marker was dedicated last month in Goochland County, Virginia, marking the first donation of a conservation easement to the Virginia Outdoors Foundation -- 51 years ago in 1968. (Image: Parker Agelasto) So who among us has seen historical markers...
Quick Reports on Land Protection
LandScope Chesapeake provides a map reports tool that quickly summarizes a variety of land protection information for jurisdictions and watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.(Image: LandScope Chesapeake) How can you quickly find how much land is protected within...
New Study Documents Staggering Loss of Birds
A new comprehensive study documents an enormous loss of birds across North America. Past conservation efforts havebrought ducks and geese back from the brink. Conservation leaders call for similar bold landscape-scale initiatives tosustain the ecosystems on which...
