Lightning Updates

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 ensure...

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...

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 Pennsylvania. A...

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...

Here's a great article and audio-visual experience produced by Washington D.C. public radio station WAMU on a new day for the Anacostia River. It's a reminder of the history embedded in our Chesapeake landscapes, the connection with communities, and the opportunities...

As our climate changes, the bird species we see in our national parks will change, too. On average, one-quarter of bird species found in a given national park could be completely different by 2050 if carbon emissions continue at their current pace. At Shenandoah, the...

Dear Partners, The CCP is helping the Chesapeake Bay Program's Fish Habitat Workgroup prepare for an intensive STAC two-day workshop planned for April of this year.  We are asking willing partners to please complete and share the following Fish Habitat Needs...

Virginia's United Land Trusts shared some troubling news that calls for immediate action. The House and Senate subcommittee released reports about mitigation money that are bad for conservation, several of the harmful amendments stemming from a misunderstanding of...

More good Chesapeake Conservation results, this time from the Virginia Piedmont! Private landowners in Fauquier County, located west of Washington DC in the Virginia Piedmont, placed 2,541 acres under permanent conservation easements in 2017. Over 104,000 acres in...

More good news of land conservation progress here in the Chesapeake watershed!   It was a proposal that raised both hopes and doubts: could a local nonprofit land trust raise nearly $7 million dollars to purchase a vulnerable 871-acre farm, site of a historic...