by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | Lightning Update
Virginia’s United Land Trusts shared some troubling news that calls for immediate action. The House and Senate subcommittee released reports about mitigation money that are bad for conservation, several of the harmful amendments stemming from a misunderstanding...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | Lightning Update
More good Chesapeake Conservation results, this time from the Virginia Piedmont! Private landowners in Fauquier County, located west of Washington DC in the Virginia Piedmont, placed 2,541 acres under permanent conservation easements in 2017. Over 104,000 acres in...
by admin | Feb 8, 2018 | Lightning Update
More good news of land conservation progress here in the Chesapeake watershed! It was a proposal that raised both hopes and doubts: could a local nonprofit land trust raise nearly $7 million dollars to purchase a vulnerable 871-acre farm, site of a historic...
by admin | Jan 4, 2018 | Lightning Update
As we start a new year, it’s worth taking a few minutes to reflect on the partnership’s accomplishments during 2017 and look ahead to 2018. Here is a quick overview! New maps of Chesapeake conservation goals: In March, we published new maps setting out the...
by admin | Nov 19, 2015 | Lightning Update
For the last five years, non-profits, American Indian tribes, land trusts and federal and state agencies engaged in land conservation throughout the Chesapeake watershed have come together at the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership’s annual meeting. In the largest...
