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• New Study Shows Eastern Shore Landowners Support Wetland Restoration

  Press Release | September 15, 2022

  A new study from the Delmarva Wetland Partnership has found support for wetland and other habitat restoration among Eastern Shore landowners but also that many reported not being aware that restoration programs were available for their property and had never been contacted about it before. Wetland restoration is considered critical to successfully meeting Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals. Of the current wetland restoration goal of 85,000 acres, only 9,000 acres of wetlands have been restored on agricultural land in the Chesapeake Bay watershed between 2010 and 2017.

• TNC Kicks Off New Baltimore Program Focused on Climate Adaptation, Environmental Justice

  Press Release | September 14, 2022

  The program is being led by professionals with a long track record in Baltimore—Program Director Isaac Hametz and Community Project Manager Andrea van Wyk—and has hit the ground running in two locations where Baltimore Program staff have longstanding relationships, South Baltimore (Baltimore City) and Turner Station (Baltimore County). 

• As seas rise, U.S. coastal landowners urged to let the water in

  Thomson Reuters Foundation News | September 7, 2022

  TNC's Resilient Coasts Program Director Jackie Specht is quoted in this article highlighting how organizations like TNC are working with farmers to enhance coastal resilience—and protect their bottom line—in the face of climate change.

• Guest Commentary: New ‘chief resilience officer’ will set Maryland climate strategy

  The Baltimore Sun | September 5, 2022

  In this joint op-ed from MD/DC chapter Executive Director Tim Purinton and Maryland Senator Katie Fry Hester, they discuss the new Office of Resilience in the Maryland Department of Emergency Management—MDEM, calling it a critical step in the right direction, connecting state agencies with local governments, communities and businesses impacted by climate change. It will also strengthen Maryland’s competitiveness for pre-disaster mitigation funding through FEMA and identify other programs or resources that can be leveraged to support Maryland’s most at-risk communities in rural or urban environments. 

• “Fighting for Inches” in the Southeast’s Struggle With Salt

  Circle of Blue | August 22, 2022

  Saltwater intrusion is a threat to coastal agriculture on the Delmarva Peninsula. TNC Restoration Specialist Mike Dryden is quoted in this article discussing conservation or wetland easements, programs that can provide benefits to farmers—and the environment—when farmland is no longer productive.

• The Inflation Reduction Act will lead to a better future for Maryland, West Virginia

  The Cumberland Times-News | August 16, 2022

  The opportunity of a generation will help bolster our economy while addressing the existential threat of our lifetimes—climate change. In this joint op-ed from Tim Purinton and Thomas Minney, the executive directors of the Maryland/DC and West Virginia chapters of TNC address the massive strides forward that the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act will enable.

• Study: Leaving rural Hoosiers out of climate conversations fuels skepticism, resentment

  WFYI-Indianapolis | July 19, 2022

  TNC's Dr. Matthew Houser is quoted in this article discussing a survey of rural Indiana residents on their opinions about climate change and climate solutions. Houser is a co-author of the study.    

• NYT Climate Forward: Here's A Secret About Your Neighbors

  The New-York Times | July 19, 2022

  Maryland/DC's Dr. Matthew Houser is quoted in this article discussing findings into public opinion about climate change. A former research fellow at Indiana University’s Environmental Resilience Institute, Houser is an Applied Social Scientist and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Regenerative Agriculture Fellow.