Our Partners
Accomplishing our goal of conserving large landscapes is made possible through collaboration. The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership brings together more than 100 partner organizations working at every level within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Our partners seek to extend the conservation of large landscapes throughout the region to benefit multiple values, including economic sustainability; scenic, historic, and cultural heritage; working lands; important wildlife habitat; water quality and supply; and overall quality of life.
Federal Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Park Service
- US Bureau of Land Management
- US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service
- US Department of Defense, REPI Program
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- US Forest Service
- US Geological Survey
National Non-Profits
- American Battlefield Trust
- American Farmland Trust
- American Rivers
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Ducks Unlimited
- Living Landscape Observer
- National Parks Conservation Association
- Nature Serve
- National Aquarium
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
- The Conservation Fund
- The Land Trust Alliance
- The Nature Conservancy
- Trust for Public Land
- US Endowment of Forestry and Communities
Regional Organizations
- Anacostia Watershed Society
- Audubon Mid-Atlantic
- Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation, Inc.
- Chesapeake Bay Commission
- Chesapeake Conservancy
- Defensores De La Cuenca
- Indigenous Conservation Council for the Chesapeake Bay
- Journey Through Hallowed Ground
- Potomac Conservancy
- Nature Forward
- The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- Upstream Alliance
District of Columbia
Delaware
Maryland
- Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
- Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources
- Maryland Department of Planning
- Maryland Environmental Trust
- Maryland Partners for Open Space
- Maryland Historical Trust
- Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health
- Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
- Accokeek Foundation
- American Chestnut Land Trust
- Baltimore Green Space
- Catoctin Land Trust
- Cecil Land Trust
- Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
- Forever Maryland
- Harford Land Trust
- Howard County Conservancy
- Lower Shore Land Trust
- Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, Incorporated
- Neighbor Space of Baltimore County
- Piscataway –Conoy Tribe
- Preservation Maryland
- Queen Anne’s Conservation Association
- Scenic Rivers Land Trust
- Valleys Planning Council
New York
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
- Adams County Department of Planning
- Central Pennsylvania Conservancy
- ClearWater Conservancy
- Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
- Lancaster Conservancy
- Lancaster County Planning Commission
- Lancaster Farmland Trust
- Land Conservancy of Adams County
- Manada Conservancy
- Northern Central Pennsylvania Land Trust
- Susquehanna National Heritage
Virginia
- Secretary of Natural Resources, Office of the Governor
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Forestry
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
- Virginia Office of Conservation and Recreation
- Virginia Outdoors Foundation
- Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley
- Capital Region Land Conservancy
- Chickahominy Tribe
- James River Association
- Northern Neck Land Conservancy
- Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
- Old Dominion Land Conservancy
- Piedmont Environmental Council
- Preservation Virginia
- Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
- Shenandoah Valley Conservancy
- Virginia Environmental Endowment
- Wetlands Watch
