In Praise (and in Need) of Local Parks and Trails

In Praise (and in Need) of Local Parks and Trails

Now, like never before, we are fully appreciating the value of our local parks and trails. Yet, not all communities have equal access to public open space. And, we’re finding the access we do have may not be enough when we all need more close to home space...
Launch of New Success Stories Profiles

Launch of New Success Stories Profiles

We’re launching a new platform for profiling and promoting Chesapeake conservation success stories. Help us build it out and promote your organization and conservation work. In this time when so many conservationists are constrained from working in the way we...
Habitat Destruction and Pandemics

Habitat Destruction and Pandemics

“Logging and other habitat disruption creates new opportunities for disease organisms to move from non human animals to people.” (Photo: euflegtredd via Flickr licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) As this is written, we are all directly experiencing one of the...
Beauty in Troubled Times

Beauty in Troubled Times

Canvasback ducks afllight in the Chesapeake watershed, just a few weeks before they all head north to breed. (All images in thisLightning Update: Clandestine Wren Photography) In the face of concerning and constant news about Covid-19, the daily routine, or in our...