Join Our Bay Bridge Run Team!
Don't miss out on this unbelievable experience to see the Chesapeake Bay in a whole new way while helping to protect our natural resources and creating opportunities for everyone to visit the Bay.
Wildlife Webcams
Check out our three wildlife webcams featuring Osprey, Peregrine Falcons, and Great Blue Heron! Thanks to our partners at Explore.org and the cam property owners, we are proud to bring you these live streams of some of Chesapeake's most iconic species!Featured Sections
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.
Middle Chesapeake Sentinel Landscape – Nanticoke River
Chesapeake Conservancy has served as a leader in the Nanticoke watershed where a network of unlikely partners that all have a common mission of conserving open space and resources work together.
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
