VCC staff preparing a field report on a working farm in Rockingham CountyGuest Written by Taylor Evans, Director of Land Protection, Valley Conservation Council “Where do we even start?” The ever-present question for organizations with ambitious missions, expansive...
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Charting Conservation: Navigating to 30×30 in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
CCP 30x30 DashboardWritten by Louis Keddell and Alicia Sabatino The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership (CCP) is excited to announce the new 30x30 progress dashboard. This user-friendly resource empowers the public to track our collective progress toward our goal of...
Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Reaches 100 Partners!
The Chesapeake Executive Council Meeting is held at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.CWritten by Chase DouglasThe Chesapeake Conservation Partnership (CCP) just reached a momentous milestone as we welcomed our 100th partner organization! Since its inception in...
Preserving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Through Conservation and Collaboration
Scott Smith of Maryland Department of Natural Resources looks for tiger salamander egg masses in a Delmarva bay wetland in Kent County, MDWritten by Jamal ChildsWe are less than a year away from 2025- the deadline set over a decade ago in the Chesapeake Bay Agreement...
Chickahominy Tribe Story: Reclaiming Roots within Ancestral Land
Stephen Adkins, Chief of the Chickahominy TribeWritten by Jamal ChildsIn the heart of Virginia, resting in the embrace of fertile farmlands, forest and winding rivers, the Chickahominy Tribe has woven its story for centuries. Chief Stephen Adkins, a guardian of...
Mapping Park Prosperity: Fostering Equity in Underserved Communities
Image Caption: heading 5, italicizedWritten by Jamal ChildsIn cities across the United States–over 100 million people lack access to a park within a 10-minute walk from their homes. Earlier this year, we showcased the CCP Green Space Equity Mapper that helps...
Valuing Protected Lands
Myron Fields for TNB USFSWritten by Ben AlexandroThe majesty of the Chesapeake Bay and the 64,000 square miles of landscapes that nourish us and the beauty of our treasured landscapes that partners work every day to protect and the life it brings to all that live here...
Chesapeake WILD: New Grant Recipients
Chesapeake WILD 2023 Grant RecipientsWritten by: Jamal ChildsThe Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense (WILD) Program, fondly known as Chesapeake WILD, takes center stage today as we delve into its crucial grantmaking component. Our focus is on...
Land Conservation Progress Towards 30×30 for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Written by: Louis Keddell Geospatial Program Manager Chesapeake Conservancy's Conservation Innovation CenterThe Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) recently announced the release of the official 2022 protected lands dataset, which combines the best available protected lands...