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...
by admin | May 5, 2015 | Lightning Update
The U.S. Forest Service has acquired 317 acres in Nelson County Virginia long-coveted for its scenic view from the Appalachian Trail. The Roanoke Times reports that the acquisition was made with $760,000 from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund. The property...
by admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Lightning Update
A partnership between the Chesapeake Conservancy and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has led to the conservation of an important parcel of land along Wrights Creek in Sussex County, Delaware. Working together, these...
by admin | Feb 26, 2015 | Lightning Update
The recently released report Expanding Horizons summarizes key findings from the National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation (NWLLC). The document and suggests next steps to move landscape scale conservation forward. The report emphasizes the need for greater...
by admin | Feb 6, 2015 | Lightning Update
President Obama’s proposed fiscal year 2016 budget was released on Monday and includes nearly $38 million dollars to fund land conservation in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. If fully appropriated, this funding could conserve up to 7,500 acres. More than $33 million of...
by admin | Dec 31, 2014 | Lightning Update
The end of 2014 brought good news for land conservation and public access in the Chesapeake in the form of two significant spending bills passed by Congress. The new legislation includes funding for sites along the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic...
