by admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Lightning Update
Members of Virginia’s land trust and conservation community work on communications and messaging techniques last week at a training sponsored by Virginia’s United Land Trusts and the Partnership. By Jonathan Doherty Land trusts and conservationists...
by admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Lightning Update
Land trusts and conservationists gathered last week in Virginia to work on communications and messaging strategies for talking about land protection. Participants explored a narrative around which unified and tailored messaging can be built, learned the formula for...
by admin | Mar 4, 2019 | Lightning Update
In a big win for conservationists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit for the Surry-Skiffes Creek transmission line across the James River. By Jonathan Doherty For years, a broad coalition...
by admin | Feb 25, 2019 | Lightning Update
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf discusses the Restore Pennsylvania proposal with DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and others. Restore Pennsylvania would dedicate $4.5 billion over four years to critical infrastructure, including green infrastructure. (Photo: DCNR)...
by admin | Feb 18, 2019 | Lightning Update
The site of a former telephone switching station and cable yard, now Crispus Attucks Park and the focus of a recent conservation easement acquired by Casey Trees. (Photo: Dave Harp for Bay Journal) We almost always talk of land conservation goals in terms of acres,...
