Lightning Updates

What's one of the biggest historic redevelopment efforts in the Chesapeake watershed? How does its potential illustrate all the connections between urban areas, public access and land conservation? Take a look at what's happening at Fort Monroe. In 2011 President...

Landscape conservation requires ... people who know and care about special places, of course! This past Saturday, the National Park Service, Chesapeake Conservancy and Susquehanna Heritage welcomed over 150 geocachers to launch the Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour®. The...

Sometimes news from just outside the Chesapeake watershed is pretty important -- and this is one of those times. Last week, The Conservation Fund announced the purchase of the 32,598 acre Clarion Junction Forest in Pennsylvania's Elk and McKean counties. This working...

"Like the Appalachian Trail but with More Stoplights" Chesapeake Conservation Partnership members often have conversations about making the connection between urban areas and landscape conservation. After all, many of the watershed's 18 million citizens live in the...

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership members work to conserve farms, forests, habitat, heritage and human health. One key goal is "protecting the Chesapeake watershed’s productive farms and prime farmland from conversion and securing space for urban farming to ensure...

On April 24, 2018 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquired 51 acres as an addition to the James River National Wildlife Refuge in Prince George County, Virginia. Known as “Osprey Nest,” the purchase was made possible through the Rivers of the Chesapeake Land and...

Take seven and a half minutes to start your day with some inspiration! You won't be disappointed. Lancaster County Conservancy, in partnership with Susquehanna Heritage, produced a compelling video on conservation along the lower Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. A...

The Network for Landscape Conservation has released a summary report of its 2017 survey of landscape conservation initiatives throughout North America. The survey, in which the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership participated, was designed to collect information on...

Here's a great article and audio-visual experience produced by Washington D.C. public radio station WAMU on a new day for the Anacostia River. It's a reminder of the history embedded in our Chesapeake landscapes, the connection with communities, and the opportunities...

As our climate changes, the bird species we see in our national parks will change, too. On average, one-quarter of bird species found in a given national park could be completely different by 2050 if carbon emissions continue at their current pace. At Shenandoah, the...