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...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
The land trust community has been protecting land for multiple values for decades. Today, some 100 regional, state, and local land trusts operate in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, collectively protecting more than 1.8 million acres of land. Many land trusts have...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
Energy is a vital input to supporting our way of life. Yet, energy production and transmission also have the potential to adversely impact values we treasure. Harmonizing our needs with our values requires a solid understanding of both conservation goals and existing...
by admin | Jun 19, 2018 | Lightning Update
What’s one of the biggest historic redevelopment efforts in the Chesapeake watershed? How does its potential illustrate all the connections between urban areas, public access and land conservation? Take a look at what’s happening at Fort Monroe. In 2011...
by admin | Jun 12, 2018 | Lightning Update
Landscape conservation requires … people who know and care about special places, of course! This past Saturday, the National Park Service, Chesapeake Conservancy and Susquehanna Heritage welcomed over 150 geocachers to launch the Find Your Chesapeake GeoTour®....
by admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Lightning Update
Sometimes news from just outside the Chesapeake watershed is pretty important — and this is one of those times. Last week, The Conservation Fund announced the purchase of the 32,598 acre Clarion Junction Forest in Pennsylvania’s Elk and McKean counties....
