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• Envision the Choptank

  WHCP Radio | February 15, 2019

  MD/DC's Agriculture Program Director Amy Jacobs takes part in a conversation hosted by WHCP - Cambridge Community Radio to discuss "Envision the Choptank", a collaboration of 15 partner organizations working to improve water quality in the Choptank River watershed.

• Sea level rise imperils historic grave site on Eastern Shore of Maryland

  Delmarva Now | January 29, 2019

  At Robinson Neck Preserve, The Nature Conservancy's Joe Fehrer is recording information about a group of historic graves that are threated by sea level rise.

   

• Cranesville Swamp: A Magical Place & Window into Earth’s Last Ice Age

  Wildfulness | January 29, 2019

  Maryland/DC Conservation Ecologist Deborah Landau joins the Wildfulness podcast to talk about Cranesville Swamp Preserve.

• $2.1 Million Approved for Rural Legacy Program

  Maryland Department of Natural Resources | January 23, 2019

  Recently approved Rural Legacy Program grants totaling $2.1 million will provide dedicated state funding to permanently protect working farms and forests. The Nature Conservancy will acquire a 212.9-acre conservation easement in Dorchester County that will protect productive farmland that contributes to the local agricultural economy, as well as ecologically-important forested lands in the Nanticoke River watershed.

• Overcoming a climate change fallacy

  Cool Green Science | December 16, 2018

  The ability of well-managed and intact forests and farmlands to absorb greenhouse gases, like carbon, has been studied for some time, but the inclusion of wetlands in the greenhouse gas equation is something that’s just come into sharper, quantitative focus recently. 2017 was the first year the U.S. included coastal wetlands in its annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory because there were scientific advances and international guidance that enabled scientists to do so.

Highlights from MD/DC

• Wetlands are a natural climate solution. Guess who’s turning them into big polluters?

  Grist | November 29, 2018

  If restored, wetlands around the country could be part of the solution to climate change. Maryland/DC's director of science, Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier, is an author of a recent study that looks at the role of wetlands in storing carbon.

• Wetlands hold the key to cutting emissions

  FIU News | November 28, 2018

  “It’s only been in recent years that we’ve been able to truly recognize the important role wetlands play in storing carbon, but we’ve also learned that they need to remain healthy and intact to continue providing that benefit.”

  The Maryland/DC chapter's director of science, Dr. Ariana Sutton-Grier, is a co-author of this recently released report.

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• Join fellow nature supporters at one of our three annual volunteer events:

   

  March – Atlantic White Cedar Planting at Nassawango Creek Preserve

  Join us to restore habitat at Nassawango Creek Preserve by planting Atlantic white cedar seedlings. This volunteer opportunity is in partnership with the National Aquarium Conservation Team (ACT!) and the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Nassawango Creek Preserve is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, approximately 2.5 hours from Washington/Baltimore.
  

  April – Red Spruce Tree Planting at Cranesville Swamp Preserve

  Red spruce once covered thousands of acres in western Maryland. Join us as we replant several thousand locally-sourced red spruce seedlings to accelerate regeneration and restoration of forest cover. This volunteer opportunity takes place over two days; volunteers are welcome to join for one day or both. Cranesville Swamp Preserve is located in western Maryland approximately 3-4 hours from Washington/Baltimore.
  

  November – Holiday Card Addressing Event 

  Join fellow Conservancy supporters over a cup of tea or coffee as we work to hand-address nearly 500 holiday card envelopes in preparation for the season! The event is hosted each year in the DC metro area.