by Admin | Feb 8, 2022 | Lightning Update
Image courtesy of Virginia Working Landscapes Caitlyn Dittmeier, Outreach and Communications Intern, Working Land and Seascapes, Smithsonian Institution Land use and biodiversity – can we have our cake and eat it too? Yes, these can indeed be compatible. Smithsonian...
by Admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Lightning Update
Unsplash.com John Griffin & Warren Brown 2022 is likely to be an unpredictable year during the General Assembly Sessions in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia for similar and distinct reasons. This is an election year in PA and MD. The Governors of both of these...
by Admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Lightning Update
Image: Unsplash.com Warren Brown Crossing the Road Imagine motoring down the road and being confronted by a very large animal with formidable antlers. This might seem like the opening scene for a story about nature’s revenge for all the little creatures that have been...
by Admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Lightning Update
Image: Markus Winkler on Unsplash As the year wraps up, we thought it the opportune time to reflect on some of the many Lightning Updates that were distributed. We covered topics ranging from 30×30 and building climate resiliency to cicadas, regenerative...
by Admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Lightning Update
Image: Unsplash.com Harry Huntley, Senior Agriculture Policy Analyst, Environmental Policy Innovation Center While many experts agree that Maryland and other states in the Chesapeake region are frequently at the forefront of environmental policymaking, it can be easy...
by Admin | Nov 30, 2021 | Lightning Update
Tidal flooding in Annapolis, Md. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program) As the scope of floods and rising sea levels is becoming increasingly clear, the next question is what can be done to address a changing landscape. Plenty of attention has been given to...
by Admin | Nov 23, 2021 | Lightning Update
Image: FindYourChesapeake By: Warren Brown What is your tradition for Thanksgiving? For many of us, it is gathering with family and friends, eating much more than we should and watching football games on TV. The following day, however, can bring startling, but not...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Lightning Update
A man observes a stretch of Dock Street in Annapolis, Md., that flooded after the area received over three quarters of an inch of rain in 24 hours on Jan. 25, 2010. (Photo by Matt Rath/Chesapeake Bay Program) By: Warren Brown For the past several months, the news has...
by Admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Lightning Update
This has hung on our wall for 34 years. I think it was a wedding gift, and it is so fitting. Britt Slattery, NPS Saturday started the way many mornings do, with a sudden blast of loud cricket chirping coming rudely from a cell phone well out of my reach. There was...
by Admin | Nov 2, 2021 | Lightning Update
ACLT kept Double Oak Farm as a working farm to protect it from development, and it now serves as a community resource. Photo Credit: ALowe On a glorious October day a few weeks ago, I found myself among rows of cabbage, peppers and kale; fingernails caked with dirt as...
