Lightning Updates

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently announced Virginia Land Conservation Foundation grants for 19 land conservation projects, 13 of which are in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Map: VA DCR) Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recently announced a slate of Virginia...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced 2019 grant awards of $6.38 million for 13 land protection projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Map: PADCNR) The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR)...

The Partnership will soon be assembling a set of 2019 success stories to help share and illustrate progress and accomplishments in this year of land conservation in the Chesapeake watershed. Send us yours! We all need to tell the stories of land conservation successes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...