Lightning Updates
Get Ready: Region’s Sea Level Rise Highest on East Coast
A new report outlines the threats posed by sea level rise to buildings in Maryland Eastern Shore counties andthe need for mainstreaming preparedness efforts. (Image: Eastern Shore Land Conservancy)A trio of new reports set out the challenge posed in the Chesapeake Bay...
2018 Farm Bill Supports More Land Conservation
The 2018 Farm Bill contains substantial enhancements for land conservation which will likely benefit the Chesapeake watershed. (Photo: Chesapeake Bay Program)The 2018 Farm Bill, enacted in December, sets out five year funding for a wide range of federal programs....
2018 Voters Support Conservation – $3 Billion of It
The November 2018 elections proved once again that voters support conservation funding. The Land Trust Alliance reports that 58 city, county or state ballot measures were considered in 23 states on election day. At least 49 of...
Holistic Approach Needed for Planning Energy Projects
A new report prepared by the Environmental Law Institute for the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership recommends specific actions that Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia may consider to address the impacts of proposed energy projects while improving land conservation...
Reclaiming History
The Washington Post reported last week on new findings about the extent of the Rappahannock Tribe's vast range and standing within the Chesapeake region. Archaeologist Julia King and Scott Strickland, an expert in geographic information systems, have used...
See How Climate is Changing at the County Level
The Bay Journal reported recently on a new tool displaying climate changes at the county level for most of the Chesapeake watershed and the northeast US. An interactive map allows the user to hover over a county and see trends in temperature, precipitation and growing...
Virginia Governor Signs Order to Address Climate Threats
Last Friday (November 2), Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an executive order setting out steps to improve resiliency to sea-level rise and natural hazards associated with climate change. Perhaps the most significant element of the order is the directive to...
One Billion for Land and Ocean Conservation
Today's New York Times includes an opinion piece by philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss in which he pledges to donate $1 billion over the next decade to land and ocean conservation. Wyss is motivated by both the negative--the startling ongoing loss of biodiversity--and the...
Key Fones Cliffs Property Under Contract for Conservation
The Bay Journal reports The Conservation Fund and landowner Terrell Bowers confirmed last week that Bowers' 250 acre property on Fones Cliffs is under contract for conservation. Bowers had approval to develop the property into 47 residential housing units and, more...
Please Send Conservation Success Stories!
The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership is assembling success stories for a "State of Chesapeake Conservation" report--and we need your help! We are looking for your best conservation success stories of the last twelve months -- the Chesapeake watershed conservation...
