Lightning Updates
Black History in the Chesapeake Watershed
Earl White, educator and third-generation waterman, shares his knowledge and love for the Bay with students on a Chesapeake Bay Foundation field experience(Photo Credit: CBF Photo)Mapping and Sharing Stories of Black History in the Chesapeake WatershedBy Kendra...
Why We Honor Memorial Day
Civil War prisoner graves decorated for Memorial Day at Andersonville National Historic Site(Photo Credit: NPS Photo / National Park Foundation)By Warren BrownMemorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May, honoring the men and women who died while serving in the...
A Powerful Data Set – Blazes an Even More Groundbreaking, New Trail
On a satellite image, colored portions made using the new data show land use change between 2013 and 2018. (Image courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey)By Rachel FelverInnovative technology continues to make advancements for Chesapeake Bay restoration through a new land...
Legislative Results in Maryland
Riverbend (Photo Credit: National Park Service via Christopher Spielmann) Our January 25th Lighting Update provided a preview of important legislative and budgetary initiatives as the General Assembly sessions were underway in Maryland (MD) and Virginia (VA) and...
Preserving More than the Beach
Elktonia (Photo Credit: Jody Couser, Chesapeake Conservancy)By Warren BrownJazz legends Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Lionel Hampton. Soul artists Ray Charles, James Brown and Jackie Wilson. Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneers...
The Rappahannock Tribe’s Return to the River: Conserving Fones Cliffs
Pissacoack (Photo Credit: Jeffrey Allenby, Chesapeake Conservancy)On April 1, 2022, joined by Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the Rappahannock Tribe of Virginia celebrated a milestone in their centuries-long quest to return to their homeland along...
A Clearer Understanding of the Chesapeake Watershed
Susquehanna River, Asylum Township, Bradford County, as seen from Marie Antoinette Overlook along US Route 6 (Photo by Nicholas A. Tonelli). For thousands of years human survival depended on the ability to look over the landscape and identify where to hunt, gather,...
Making Carbon Markets Accessible to Small Landowners
Image: Marking Milestones, CCP, (Nicholas A. Tonelli)Voluntary carbon offset programs are growing dramatically, driven by corporate net-zero pledges and increasing interest in carbon offsets to achieve Paris climate goals.1 Conservation, restoration and management of...
Celebrating the Natural and Cultural Diversity on the Chesapeake Bay
A group of African Americans pose aboard the bugeye Thomas Blades in the harbor of St. Michaels, Maryland, c. 1910. Image courtesy gift of Mary V. Thomas to the collection of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Our sense of belonging is often tied as much to a physical...
Smithsonian Grassroots Approach helps Biodiversity Bloom
Image courtesy of Virginia Working LandscapeLand use and biodiversity – can we have our cake and eat it too? Yes, these can indeed be compatible. Smithsonian scientists are collaborating with multiple partners, including landowners, to embrace grassroots approaches to...
