Lightning Updates
New Tools for Communicating Conservation Messages
A new Narrative Toolkit provides a series of tools for uniting and bolstering communications about land conservation in the communities and regions of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. (Image: Spitfire Strategies) Achieving conservation goals requires continued support...
Duck Stamps Help Protect 2,614 Acres at Blackwater
Geese fly over Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge where Duck Stamps will help fund protection of over 2,600 acres. (Photo: Steve Droter/Chesapeake Bay Program)There are many opportunities available for each of us as to help conserve fish and wildlife and the habitats...
Delaware Farmland Preservation Hits New High
Delaware recently announced the largest ever round of farms preserved through the state's Agricultural Lands Preservation Program. The image above illustrates how multiple adjacent farms have been preserved over time. (All images: Delaware Department of Agriculture)...
Celebrating Fones Cliffs & Conservation Stamina
The panoramic view from Fones Cliffs above the Rappahannock River in Virginia. The 252 acre property is now part of the Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge. (All photos: Pamela A. D'Angelo for theFree Lance-Star)Last Friday, Joe McCauley installed a ...
Food Forests: A Growing Urban-Conservation Connection?
Atlanta is developing a new seven acre urban food forest as a new model of city park and as a way of providing access to healthy food for more citizens. (Photo: Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill) Food forests are getting increased attention in cities around the nation...
Signs of Hope (Part 2)
All these migrating warblers passed through the Chesapeake watershed in April and May on their way to breeding areas in Canada. Clockwise from top left: Magnolia, Blackburnian, Cape May, Black-throated Green, Bay-breasted, and Yellow-rumped warblers, in Tadoussac,...
Signs of Hope (Part 1)
Snow Geese at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Maryland in winter (left) and at Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area in Quebec during spring migration (right). (Photos: Dotty Holcomb Doherty) We have shared some global news in recent weeks that, when taken...
Language (and Coverage) Matters
Journalists are reevaluating the coverage they provide and the language they use regarding the Earth's rapidly changing climate and the urgency of addressing its causes. Journalists are reevaluating the language they use and the coverage they provide for reporting on...
An Urgent Call to Action
In a new article, Tom Lovejoy, often referred to as the "Godfather of Biodiversity", writes about the recently released assessment of planetary biodiversity and related contributions of nature to people -- and its implications. (Images: Science Advances (Lovejoy),...
A Compelling Example of Place-based Planning
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania released a new comprehensive plan late last year -- Places2040. It breaks new ground in its clarity, but also in defining a series of landscape character zones, shown above.(Image: Lancaster County Planning Commission) "Place shapes us....
