by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Lightning Update
On Thursday, June 21, a three judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request for a stay of construction of portions of the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia. The 303 mile Mountain Valley Pipeline is planned for transporting natural gas...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
Another 4.5 million people are expected to live in the Chesapeake Bay watershed by 2050. Where will these additional people live? How will that affect, or be affected by, land conservation efforts? This map projects where and how much development will occur between...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
Preserving farmland to support working farms and food supply has long been a focus of conservation efforts in many portions of the Chesapeake watershed. And those efforts have been remarkably successful. For example, since 1989 the Pennsylvania Agricultural...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
Where are the existing focal areas of conservation work within the Chesapeake watershed? In other words, where are the landscapes that already have an on-going recognized, dedicated effort to conserve additional lands? This map illustrates landscapes within the...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
A changing climate can have a wide range of impacts on the Chesapeake landscape. Among them are inundation and flooding associated with long-term sea level rise, changing rainfall regimes, and the impacts of major storms. In 2003, storm surge from Hurricane Isabel...
