by Kelsey Everett | Oct 24, 2019 | Lightning Update
Over sixty-five members of the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership gathered this week for the Partnership’s tenth Annual Meeting at the National Conservation Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. A decade after first coming together to explore actions for...
by Kelsey Everett | Oct 15, 2019 | Lightning Update
How can you quickly find how much land is protected within a county? Or a watershed? Or find out what the make-up of that protected land is – how much is owned by a particular type of owner; or how much is forested?We’ve got an updated tool for that! LandScope...
by Kelsey Everett | Oct 8, 2019 | Lightning Update
Are you looking to access new sources of funding for land conservation deals? Do you require more complex funding and financing tools to achieve your land conservation goals? If so, this workshop is designed for you. We are pleased to announce the Chesapeake...
by Kelsey Everett | Oct 1, 2019 | Lightning Update
The importance of connecting isolated blocks of habitat — or conserving existing connectivity — has been a core tenet of land conservation for a number of years. Scientists have now completed one of the largest scale, long-term studies of connectivity, and...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 26, 2019 | Lightning Update
So who among us has seen historical markers along highways? Most of us! But how many have seen markers celebrating a moment in conservation history? Well, now you can. Last month a new marker was placed by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in Goochland...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 24, 2019 | Lightning Update
Some readers may remember a Lightning Update from June on “signs of hope” and the annual spring migration of songbirds. By its nature, the spectacle of bird migration is inherently hopeful and inspiring. But … many of you may also have just read...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 17, 2019 | Lightning Update
It’s always worth considering whether we have faced similar situations before and, if so, how we handled them. The climate crisis of today is unprecedented in scale. But it is not the first enormous environmental crisis conservationists have faced. Nor are some...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 10, 2019 | Lightning Update
Is crowd-funding a viable strategy for raising funds to protect land? Canadians seem to make the case that it can be. The BC Parks Foundation just completed a $3 million dollar crowd-fundraising campaign to protect 2,000 acres with three miles of...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 4, 2019 | Lightning Update
“LAND. It’s as important as air but we often take it for granted. Land grows our food, cleans our water, and sometimes even takes our breath away with its beauty. Land anchors life.” This is how our new report–Marking Milestones: Progress in Conserving Land in...
by Kelsey Everett | Sep 4, 2019 | Press Release
Most Comprehensive Regional Survey of Conservation and Funding in a Decade Shows Conservation Goals Are on Track and Calls for an Ambitious New Goal Annapolis, MD – Today, the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership (CCP) released Marking Milestones: Progress in...
