by admin | Nov 7, 2018 | Lightning Update
Last Friday (November 2), Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an executive order setting out steps to improve resiliency to sea-level rise and natural hazards associated with climate change. Perhaps the most significant element of the order is the directive to...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Lightning Update
Today’s New York Times includes an opinion piece by philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss in which he pledges to donate $1 billion over the next decade to land and ocean conservation. Wyss is motivated by both the negative–the startling ongoing loss of...
by admin | Oct 16, 2018 | Lightning Update
The Bay Journal reports The Conservation Fund and landowner Terrell Bowers confirmed last week that Bowers’ 250 acre property on Fones Cliffs is under contract for conservation. Bowers had approval to develop the property into 47 residential housing units and,...
by admin | Oct 1, 2018 | Lightning Update
The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership is assembling success stories for a “State of Chesapeake Conservation” report–and we need your help! We are looking for your best conservation success stories of the last twelve months — the Chesapeake...
by admin | Sep 25, 2018 | Lightning Update
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is proposing a new rule that would have a significant negative impact on land conservation, especially in Virginia. The proposal would change past IRS guidance and treat all state tax credits issued for a donation as quid pro quo...
by admin | Sep 20, 2018 | Lightning Update
Every year Chesapeake organizations and public agencies sponsor photo contests challenging the public to capture the most compelling images of public lands, wildlife and special places. The results are pretty spectacular. Here’s a sampling of a few of this...
