The National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation

October 22 - 24, 2014

This panel examines how the Chesapeake landscape partnership links regional sub-landscapes such as national trail corridors, heritage areas, wildlife refuges, conservation focal areas and more to advance large landscape conservation across a 64,000 square mile region with 18 million residents. The panel addresses several core themes that allow and support this work: (1) the region’s legacy of conservation action and innovation--now permanently protecting over 8 million acres; (2) a pattern of partnership-based federal designations that facilitate convening partners across large distances; (3) the importance of  embracing multiple conservation values; (4) collaborating as a network of networks leveraging multiple constituencies in a region heavily influenced by major metropolitan areas. The session will result in a white paper outlining the types of values and objectives that can help join together partners in multiple landscapes in a broader landscape collaborative.