Lightning Updates
Language (and Coverage) Matters
Journalists are reevaluating the coverage they provide and the language they use regarding the Earth's rapidly changing climate and the urgency of addressing its causes. Journalists are reevaluating the language they use and the coverage they provide for reporting on...
An Urgent Call to Action
In a new article, Tom Lovejoy, often referred to as the "Godfather of Biodiversity", writes about the recently released assessment of planetary biodiversity and related contributions of nature to people -- and its implications. (Images: Science Advances (Lovejoy),...
A Compelling Example of Place-based Planning
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania released a new comprehensive plan late last year -- Places2040. It breaks new ground in its clarity, but also in defining a series of landscape character zones, shown above.(Image: Lancaster County Planning Commission) "Place shapes us....
Exploring Private Capital Investment in Conservation
A cross section of private investment companies, private restoration companies, and the Chesapeake region's land conservation community explore the potential for private capital to support land conservation, last week in Baltimore. (Photo: Alliance for the Chesapeake...
Protect Thirty Percent by 2030
A group of scientists recently published a science driven plan for saving the abundance and diversity of life on earth in the face of climate change. (Photo: NASA Goddard)With every passing month, there is mounting concern about the need for protecting more of the...
Agrihoods and More
Demand for local foods has fueled new trends in the connection between farming and real estate. Among them are a number of planned communities designed around a local farm. (Photo: Willowsford Conservancy)There are all sorts of factors influencing agriculture these...
President Signs Major Public Lands Bill
The Susquehanna National Heritage Area is one of the new designations established when the President signed the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act.(Photo: Susquehanna Heritage)By Jonathan DohertyOn Tuesday, March 12, President Trump...
Communicating About Conservation Values
Members of Virginia's land trust and conservation community work on communications and messaging techniques last week at a training sponsored by Virginia's United Land Trusts and the Partnership.By Jonathan DohertyLand trusts and conservationists gathered last week in...
Communicating About Conservation Values
Land trusts and conservationists gathered last week in Virginia to work on communications and messaging strategies for talking about land protection. Participants explored a narrative around which unified and tailored messaging can be built, learned the formula for...
Permit for Disputed James River Power Line Revoked
In a big win for conservationists, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has vacated the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit for the Surry-Skiffes Creek transmission line across the James River.By Jonathan DohertyFor years, a broad coalition of...
