Our Land, Our Heritage, Our Future
Land conservation successes and challenges in the Chesapeake watershed present an international example of how communities can use innovative science, partnerships, and finance to achieve ambitious conservation goals.
Seventy percent of Chesapeake Bay watershed residents live within urban areas. As we think about how we connect urban residents with land conservation--or rather, how we ensure land conservation is relevant and addressing the needs of urban residents--it's worth...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
