Show Your Support for Chesapeake Conservancy!
There’s something for the whole family (even Fido) at our new online store! Be sure to check out the custom art pieces in the "Protect Special Places" collection.
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Virtual River Tours
While nothing beats the experience of seeing the beauty of the Chesapeake firsthand, we’ve created virtual river tours along the trail, similar to Google Street View, so that you can explore the Chesapeake.
Support the Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act!
Legislation has been introduced that would create a 21st-century park for the Chesapeake! If passed into law, the legislation will designate a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA) as part of the National Park System. Learn how you can suppport!
Conserving 30% of the Chesapeake by 2030
Learn about our data-driven campaign to protect 30% of the Chesapeake's lands by 2030 as some of the world’s leading scientists are calling for dramatic increases in conservation efforts and habitat protection at a global scale.
Special Conservation Projects
Rappahannock Tribe’s “Return to the River”
A private donor, Chesapeake Conservancy and NFWF helped return 465 acres of their ancestral homeland to the Rappahannock Tribe. However, nearby land along Fones Cliffs remains unprotected and vulnerable.
Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge
Show your support for the proposed refuge in Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George’s and St. Mary’s counties. If approved, the refuge will be the first established in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in 26 years! Due 4/22/24
Chesapeake Tributaries Initiative
Together with our partners, Chesapeake Conservancy is using precision conservation to create a healthier environment upstream, for a healthier Chesapeake Bay downstream.
Elktonia Beach
A new public waterfront park shares the Chesapeake's Black history at an important cultural and historic site for Black Americans in Annapolis, Maryland. Photo Credit: Maryland State Archives, MSA SC 2140-1-155
