by Admin | Oct 19, 2021 | Lightning Update
At Beach Week 2021, Beach #20, Gloucester Point Beach Park on the York River, Gloucester Point, Virginia, I met Louis, another avid fisherman. It was his first time at the park. This landscape, once known as Tsenacomoco, was home to some of the tribes in the...
by Admin | Oct 12, 2021 | Lightning Update
Dancers don regalia to perform at a powwow;Credit: National Park Service What comes to mind when you read the words “Sovereign Nations of Virginia?” Curiosity? Puzzlement, perhaps? Or maybe you are well aware that there are indeed seven sovereign nations that exist...
by Admin | Oct 5, 2021 | Lightning Update
Photo by Owen Rupp on Unsplash The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released in August of this year generated a great deal of press attention to likely consequences of a warming atmosphere. Generally, we usually think of climate change...
by Admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Lightning Update
Ranger Betty Reid Soskin sits in front of the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NationalHistorical Park Visitor Education Center. NPS Photo, Luther Bailey Amelia Lowe, Chesapeake Conservation Corps Member at Chesapeake Conservancy Tell the stories. And tell them...
by Admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Lightning Update
Photo by Maksim Shutov on Unsplash As cooler fall weather approaches a lot of people are expected to be eager for outdoor adventures. Travel to distant destinations may still be constrained by COVID-19 restrictions but there are plenty of opportunities for enjoying...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Lightning Update
Image: Photo by NASA on Unsplash Using Networks of Networks in Conservation “Multiscalar networks – networks that cross levels or layers – are what turns innovation into widespread systemic transformation” 1 While networking is a common term...
by Admin | Sep 7, 2021 | Lightning Update
Image: The lines that shape our cities (arcgis.com) Maps and storymaps shaping conservation married with social concerns “Maybe stories are just data with a soul.” 1 In our last Lightning Update, we covered some essential sources of data that many in the...
by Jake Leizear | Aug 31, 2021 | Lightning Update
People’s Climate March NYC 2014. Photo: Susan Melkisethian The intersection of geospatial information and issues of environmental justice is a rapidly expanding field, with an increased level of interest in recent years. A variety of tools exist at a local and...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2021 | Lightning Update
Photo: Wiki Commons On August 9, 2021, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report describing the inevitable and devastating impacts of climate change. This report was not the first to warn of impending doom, but it certainly...
by Admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Lightning Update
High-Resolution Data: To the Chesapeake Conservancy’s Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), precision conservation means doing projects at the right place, the right scale, the right size, and the right time. This movement is redefining how landscape conservation is...
