Annapolis, MD – Today, Chesapeake Conservancy announced that the TeraWulf Charitable Foundation, a newly launched private, philanthropic organization focused on funding and participating in social health, environmental and sustain

Cape Charlies, VA - Songwriter, singer and musician, Thelma Jarvis Peterson, celebrates the rich heritage and people of the Eastern Shore, where salty waters and shifting island sands have blessed and shaped the lives

Richmond, VA – Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced today that his proposed budget for Virginia will include $10 million in funding to conserve historical and cultural sites important to Virginia’s racially and ethnically div

Annapolis, MD – Chesapeake Conservancy President and CEO Joel Dunn issued this statement following the passing of former Maryland State Senator C. Bernard (Bernie) Fowler: “On behalf of Chesapeake Conservancy, I would like to offe

Washington, DC – Last night, the United States Senate confirmed Charles “Chuck” F. Sams III as the director of the National Park Service.

Annapolis, MD – Landowners considering conservation in Maryland’s Frederick and Washington counties; Virginia’s Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, and Warren counties; and West Virginia’s Jefferson and Berkeley coun

Washington, DC - Following the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the INVEST in America Act, bipartisan legislation that would invest more than $1 trillion in infrastructure projects across the United States, Chesapeake Con

Lewisburg and Selinsgrove, PA — Bucknell University and Susquehanna University recently planted forest buffers alongside streams on their campuses to slow rainwater runoff. These forest buffers will help trap nutrients and sedimen

Lorton, VA — Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management Eastern States held a ceremony commemorating the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chesapeake Conservancy, and officially opening the new Lower Potomac Field St

Snow Hill, MD - The Lower Shore Land Trust (LSLT) is excited to announce the protection of a 270-acre farm on Rewastico Creek in Wicomico County. The property is a family-owned farm that includes approximately 70 acres of agricult

Annapolis, MD – Chesapeake Conservancy President and CEO Joel Dunn issued the following statement regarding Anne Arundel County Executive’s Green Infrastructure Master Plan “We are thrilled to see that the County Executive's Green

Seaford, DE – Today, The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms, presented Chesapeake Conservancy with a donation of $100,000 to benefit the construction of an outdoor natural amphit

Washington, DC – On Monday, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) spending bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The bill would provide funding for several programs supporting the

Washington, DC – Chesapeake Conservancy President and CEO Joel Dunn issued this statement regarding the “Enhancing Military Base Resilience and Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwate

Washington, D.C. – A Chesapeake Bay area survey of voters, commissioned by Hispanic Access Foundation and the Chesapeake Conservancy, and conducted by David Binder Research, finds that Latinos in Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.

Annapolis, MD – Four people made history on the Chesapeake Bay during the 2021 Bay Paddle, which began on Friday, August 27, 2021 in Havre de Grace, Maryland and ended on Saturday, September 4, 2021, where the Chesapeake meets the Atlantic Ocean along Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Washington, DC – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the INVEST in America Act, bipartisan legislation that would invest $1 trillion dollars in infrastructure projects across the United States. The bill would support projects to repair

Richmond, VA – Today, Chesapeake Conservancy’s Conservation Innovation Center (CIC) released a new report, Climate Benefits of Chesapeake Bay Restoration i

Richmond, VA – Today, the Virginia Environmental Endowment (VEE), Chesapeake Conservancy and The Commons released a new visual graphic computer platform called a “StoryMa

Seaford, DE – Today, project partners celebrated the completion of phase one of Seaford’s new Oyster House Park at the site of the old J.B. Robinson Oyster House along the Seaford River Walk.