Accokeek - Chesapeake Conservancy, which is the principle private advocate for the Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails program and its public access grants, celebrated with the Accokeek Foundation its rebuilt boat dock, two kayak launches

Richmond, VA - Chesapeake Conservancy today joined the National Trust for Historic Preservation in declaring the James River - James City County, Va. one of America’s Most Endangered Historic Places.

Kent Island, MD - Today, Chesapeake Conservancy announced that their Osprey Cam has hit over 100,000 views.

Annapolis, MD - Jane Danowitz, senior officer, Environment for The Pew Charitable Trusts, and Stephen F. Harper, global director of environment and energy policy for Intel Corporation, have joined the board of directors of the Chesapeake Conservancy.

Annapolis, MD - Chesapeake Conservancy commended Preservation Maryland for including a dozen Indigenous landscapes in six Maryland counties in its 2013 list of Endangered Maryland places and structures.

Annapolis, MD - The Maryland General Assembly today passed a bill, which if signed by Governor Martin O’Malley, will create many new opportunities for public access to Maryland’s waterways by using existing rights of way at bridge crossings.

Washington, DC - Chesapeake Conservancy today praised President Barack Obama for his commitment to use the Antiquities Act to establish the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument.

The Chesapeake Conservancy today commended Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Congressman Dan Maffei (D-NY) and Congressman Andy Harris (R- MD) on their introduction of bills in the Senate and House (

Annapolis, MD - The Chesapeake Conservancy today commended Delegates Maggie McIntosh, chair of the Environmental Matters committee, Barbara Frush, and Shane Robinson for introducing a bill that could expand fishing and kayak

Annapolis, MD - Chesapeake Conservancy today praised the National Park Service for completing a public access plan for the Chesapeake Bay and the watershed's great rivers.

Annapolis, MD - The Watermen Heritage Tourism Training Program, a project developed by the Chesapeake Conservancy in partnership with the Maryland Watermen's Association, the Coastal Heritage Alliance, and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, has been selected by the Maryland Hist

Annapolis, MD - Douglas P. Wheeler, a conservationist and lawyer who has held leadership posts in national and state natural resource agencies and served on the boards of national conservation groups, has joined the board of the Chesapeake Conservancy.

Fredericksburg, VA - Chesapeake Conservancy received two awards from the City of Fredericksburg Parks and Recreation Department at their 26th Annual Recreation Commission Volunteer Banquet held November 15 for its work to create a soft-launch facility for canoes and kayaks in the

Owings Mills, MD - Outdoors Maryland, The popular Maryland Public Television show that explores Maryland's great outdoors, will feature a new segment on the John Smith Trail.

Cooperstown, NY - Chesapeake Conservancy and the Otsego Land Trust have worked together during the past year to conserve ecologically significant properties and create public access around the headwaters of the Susquehanna River and the most northern reach of the Capt. John Smith

Annapolis, MD - The National Park Service released "Chesapeake Explorer", a mobile application designed to help visitors discover and enjoy fun and inspiring places and activities in the Chesapeake region.

Harrisburg, PA - Chesapeake Conservancy today congratulated the Pennsylvania House, which voted overwhelmingly to restore full funding to the commonwealth's Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund and Farmland Preservation Program. Las

Annapolis, MD - Joined by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and other leaders in a ceremony at Sandy Point State Park, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today designated four water trails as new historic connecting components of the existing Captain John Smith Chesapeake Nati

Annapolis, MD - On January 28, 2009, former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and the Board of Public Works approved Program Open Space funds to preserve some of the state’s most historic lands