by Jonathan Doherty | Dec 1, 2020 | Lightning Update
Once again, the Conservation Finance Network, Land Trust Alliance, Chesapeake Conservation Partnership and National Park Service are offering a chance to learn from the leading experts in the conservation finance field. Are you interested in accessing new sources of...
by Jonathan Doherty | Nov 25, 2020 | Lightning Update
Since our origins in 2009, the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership has held an annual meeting every Fall to set the agenda for the coming year. 2020 was no different. No, wait, it was very different! But was the pandemic-imposed difference a shortcoming? We’re not so...
by Jonathan Doherty | Nov 10, 2020 | Lightning Update
The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership engaged scores of participants from across the watershed in three October 2020 workshops to gather guidance and generate ideas on how to operationalize a new draft public health goal (see below) and its clear focus on equity....
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 28, 2020 | Lightning Update
Participants in the 2019 Conservation Finance Intensive learned from a dozen experts in innovative conservation finance practices. A new initiative will expand on this course. (Photo: CFN) Conservation takes money. And it takes knowing how to find it, especially in...
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 27, 2020 | Lightning Update
Geospatial data and analysis is more available than ever before and conservationists use it. But do we have and use the data and analysis we need for addressing issues around public health, equity and conservation? Here’s just one example, mapping population by...
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 20, 2020 | Lightning Update
Urban to the left (Baltimore MD). Rural to the right (near Wrightsville PA). In either case, most of these kids had never been in or on the water before these experiences, despite living just short distances away.(Photos: left – James Chang for NPS; right...
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 13, 2020 | Lightning Update
About seven years ago community residents began organizing to turn a decaying, abandoned park space into a new model community park in Baltimore. Find out more in this video. (Photo: Bernard C. Jack Young/Twitter) Over the past six months, Lightning Updates have...
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 8, 2020 | Lightning Update
“We Need to Talk: Conserving Land for Public Health, Equity, and Access to Nature” kicked off the Partnership’s 2020 Annual Meeting with a candid conversation among a distinguished group of professionals. We need to engage a new, intentionally inclusive...
by Jonathan Doherty | Oct 1, 2020 | Lightning Update
Black American watermen dominated the oyster fleets in Virginia during the late 1800s. This photo was taken along the York River around 1900. (Photo: The Mariner’s Museum) Almost a year ago, we reported on the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership’s 2019...
by Jonathan Doherty | Sep 22, 2020 | Lightning Update
The National Park Service Chesapeake Bay and the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership invite you to listen in on a candid conversation among a diverse group of six distinguished professionals working at the intersection of public health, equity, and conservation. We...
