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....
by admin | May 17, 2018 | Lightning Update
“Like the Appalachian Trail but with More Stoplights” Chesapeake Conservation Partnership members often have conversations about making the connection between urban areas and landscape conservation. After all, many of the watershed’s 18 million...
by admin | May 10, 2018 | Lightning Update
Chesapeake Conservation Partnership members work to conserve farms, forests, habitat, heritage and human health. One key goal is “protecting the Chesapeake watershed’s productive farms and prime farmland from conversion and securing space for urban farming to...
by admin | May 1, 2018 | Lightning Update
On April 24, 2018 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acquired 51 acres as an addition to the James River National Wildlife Refuge in Prince George County, Virginia. Known as “Osprey Nest,” the purchase was made possible through the Rivers of the Chesapeake Land and...
by admin | Apr 30, 2018 | Lightning Update
Take seven and a half minutes to start your day with some inspiration! You won’t be disappointed. Lancaster County Conservancy, in partnership with Susquehanna Heritage, produced a compelling video on conservation along the lower Susquehanna River in...
by admin | Apr 9, 2018 | Lightning Update
The Network for Landscape Conservation has released a summary report of its 2017 survey of landscape conservation initiatives throughout North America. The survey, in which the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership participated, was designed to collect information on...
