About the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership
The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership is a coalition of organizations and agencies collaborating to conserve culturally and ecologically important landscapes to benefit people, economies, and nature throughout the six-state watershed.
We are all working to protect an additional 2 million acres by 2025 and 30% of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed by the year 2030. Nearly 1.64 million acres of land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed have been permanently protected since 2010. This marks an achievement of 82% of the land conservation goal adopted in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement and brings the total amount of protected land in the watershed to 9.1 million acres. Twenty-two percent of the Chesapeake watershed is already permanently protected. Reaching 30 percent by 2030 would protect an additional 3.1 million acres, including the remaining nearly 366,000 acres needed to achieve the 2025 outcome. Here is a selection of our shared conservation success stories — and the partners and funders who made them possible.
Success Stories
Natural Bridge State Park
2023, PennsylvaniaMifflin Farm Historic Site
2022, 2023, PennsylvaniaGreat Cypress Swamp
2023, DelawareCampbell’s Bridge Mills
2023, VirginiaSomerset and Wicomico Rural Legacy
2023, MarylandRattlesnake Creek Easement
2021, VirginiaDock Street Acquisition
2021, VirginiaTuffs Island
2022, New YorkRosson Easement
2021, VirginiaShield’s Point Easement
2021, VirginiaHillsboro Road Easement
2021, VirginiaLovettsville Game Club
2021, VirginiaLower Shore Land Trust
2021, MarylandCentral Pennsylvania Universities
2021, PennsylvaniaMidland Cemetery
2020, PennsylvaniaSnowden Farm
2020, VirginiaOysters and Easements
2019, VirginiaCulpeper Crossing
2020, VirginiaBLISS Meadows
2019, MarylandAppomattox River Trail
2020, VirginiaAppomattox River Fund
2020, VirginiaDragon Run Preservation
2020, VirginiaCanoe Creek Conservation Bank
2020, PennsylvaniaTaylors Trail Sand Ridge ESA
2020, MarylandBuchanan State Forest
2020, PennsylvaniaBlack Duck Habitat
2020, MarylandKnights Branch
2020, VirginiaPinchot State Forest
2021, PennsylvaniaBelle Vue Farm
2020, MarylandKoiner Farm
2020, MarylandMountain Hollow Farm
2020, VirginiaAmerican Chestnut Land Trust
2021, MarylandAdam’s County, PA
2020, PennsylvaniaHistoric Evergreen Cemetery
2019, VirginiaCrownsville Forest Easements
2019, MarylandFinger Lakes Land Donation
2019, New YorkReturn of the Chickahominy
2019, VirginiaBlackwater National Wildlife Refuge
2019, MarylandConserveVirginia
2019, VirginiaLand Policy BMPs
2019, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West VirginiaConoy Wetlands Nature Preserve
2019, PennsylvaniaVirginia Bill Amendment
2019, VirginiaWhiteoak Canyon Trail
2019, VirginiaUtility Land Acquisition
2019, PennsylvaniaRobinson Hollow State Forest
2019, New YorkNational Biodiversity Importance Map
2019, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West VirginiaBig Flats Addition
2019, New YorkJames River Court Decision
2019, District of Columbia, VirginiaMallows Bay Marine Sanctuary
2019, MarylandLong Bridge Road Acquisition
2020, VirginiaLogan Hill Nature Preserve Expanded
2020, New YorkFrederick County Easement
2020, MarylandKittatinny Corridor Preservation
2020, Pennsylvania