Protected Lands Workgroup

This workshop will convene members from the Public Access and Protected Lands Workgroups and their respective networks to discuss definitions and metrics for urban and community greenspace.

CANCELED - Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - January 2026

Tuesday, January 6, 2026 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

This is the quarterly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup.

2025

Healthy Landscapes Goal Joint Meeting

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

This is a joint meeting between all of the outcome workgroups under the proposed Healthy Landscapes goal in the revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. (Forestry, Land Use, Protected Lands, and Adaptation). Note for HWGIT, FWG and LUWG: this joint meeting will replace the December meeting for these workgroups.

This joint meeting will take place on December 16th and will likely be a full day (10am-3pm).

If you have any questions, please reach out to staffers Caroline Kleis (Kleis.caroline@epa.gov), Julia Fucci (Fuccij@chesapeake.org),and Daniel Koval (Kovald@chesapeake.org).

CANCELLED - Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - October 2025

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

This is the quarterly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - September 2025

Tuesday, September 2, 2025 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

This is a Protected Lands Workgroup meeting for ongoing discussion on the Protected Lands Outcome targets. This meeting will focus on the Forest Lands target.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - August 2025

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 from 2:00pm - 3:00pm

This is a Protected Lands Workgroup meeting for ongoing discussion on the Protected Lands Outcome targets.
NOTE: The date of this meeting has been changed from August 5th to August 12th.

Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - July 2025

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from 2:00pm - 4:00pm

This is the quarterly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - April 2025

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 from 2:30pm - 4:30pm

This is the third meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup's quarterly cycle, designed to provide strategic direction, review progress and make decisions to drive the workgroup forward.

View minutes [PDF, 158.1 KB] Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - April 2025

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - April 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

This workgroup meeting is being held to discuss the drafted outcome language for the updated Protected Lands Outcome.

View minutes [PDF, 200.6 KB] Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - April 2025

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting

Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 10:00am - 11:00am

This meeting will be used to review the draft Outcome Assessment document as a workgroup and is an opportunity to provide comments and feedback.

2024

Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - December 2024

Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from 2:30pm - 4:30pm

This is our second meeting of our new quarterly cycle to provide strategic direction, review progress, and make decisions to drive the PLWG forward. Thank you for your participation and time.

If there are any questions or concerns, please email Aurelia (aurelia_gracia@nps.gov).

Maintain Healthy Watersheds GIT and Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - October 2024

Monday, October 21, 2024 from 11:00am - 1:00pm

This is a joint meeting with the Healthy Watersheds Goal Team (HWGIT) and the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Please note, this October HWGIT meeting has been rescheduled to October 21^st due to the holiday falling on the regularly scheduled HWGIT bimonthly meeting time on October 14^th.

If you have any questions, please reach out to the Healthy Watersheds Goal Team Staffer, Marilyn Yang (myang@chesapeakebay.net) or the Protected Lands Workgroup Staffer, Daniel Koval (kovald@chesapeake.org).

Stewardship Goal Team (GIT5) Meeting 2024

Monday, September 23, 2024 from 10:00am - 3:30pm

This will be more than a meeting. Let’s venture outside of our normal spaces, learn together, and get energized. The day will include guest speakers from Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative and Ward 8 Woods Conservancy, a short, guided walk in the woods to see the results of community stewardship and access to greenspace, lightning updates on what workgroups are doing, and lots of interaction and conversation about the power of inclusive multiple-benefit efforts.

Purpose:

Experience, witness, and consider the powerful, meaningful impact that can be achieved by connecting land conservation, access to nature, education, programming, stewardship and attention to equity and inclusion.
Infuse new perspectives, spark ideas and inspire discussion around how all of our different lines of work intersect, and how we can increase our collaboration and coordination toward more collective, strategic impact.
Get outside, talk with each other, connect.
Explore how to increase benefits across multiple outcomes by pairing needs and priorities of the community with CBP environmental conservation efforts.

Format: This is primarily an in-person meeting, but all indoor portions of the meeting will be available for virtual participation.

Location: Anacostia Community Museum - 1901 Fort Place SE, Washington, DC 20020

Hybrid Option:

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ACTION ITEM: Please use this Google form to register to attend ASAP, so we can plan appropriately for space at the museum. Those who register will receive meeting materials and further details as needed.

Important Logistics:

Lunch: Bring your own lunch. We wish for the lunch break to be a time for networking, idea sharing, and/or exploration of the museum. There are no facilities to chill or heat food.
Dress: Wear sturdy shoes for our woods walk-and-talk. Please dress for the weather, i.e., raincoats in case of rain, casual attire encouraged.
Parking/Public Transport: The museum has ample free parking. The museum is also accessible via the W3 bus line from Anacostia Station (on the Metro Green Line). The museum is not within walking distance from Anacostia Station.
Security: Please arrive promptly at 10:00am, participants will need to go through museum security and all bags will be checked.

Hybrid Logistics: Indoor portions of this meeting will be hybrid accessible.

The morning session will run from the opening of the meeting at approximately 10:00 am until we transition outdoors with Nathan Harrington at roughly 11:45 am. The hybrid session will then reconvene after lunch from 1:30 pm until 3:30 pm

Protected Lands Workgroup Quarterly Meeting - July 2024

Wednesday, July 31, 2024 from 2:30pm - 4:30pm

This is our first meeting of our new quarterly cycle to provide strategic direction, review progress, and make decisions to drive the PLWG forward. Thank you for your participation and time.

If there are any questions or concerns, please email Aurelia Gracia (aurelia_gracia@nps.gov).

Protected Lands Workgroup Monthly Meeting - March 2024

Wednesday, March 27, 2024 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

This is the monthly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Protected Lands Workgroup Monthly Meeting - February/March 2024

Monday, March 4, 2024 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm

This is the monthly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup. The February meeting was moved to the beginning of March due to the Beyond 2025 meetings occurring at the same time.

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - January 2024

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

This is the monthly meeting of the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links are available below and located within the agenda.

This meeting will focus on the future direction of the workgroup as a whole. A significant portion of our time will focus on getting input in regards to our new action plan. We will continue to think about what kind of work we would like for the workgroup to do as a whole and what some of our priorities should be.

2023

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - November 2023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting - October 2023

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, September 2023

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

Protected Lands Workgroup Monthly Meeting, 2023
Wednesday, September 27 · 3:00 – 4:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hkb-xv...
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 731-435-3160‬ PIN: ‪643 120 139‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hkb-xvfc-thh?...

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, July 2023

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

Protected Lands Workgroup Monthly Meeting, 2023
Wednesday, July 26 · 3:00 – 4:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hkb-xv...
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 731-435-3160‬ PIN: ‪643 120 139‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hkb-xvfc-thh?...

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, June 2023

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

Protected Lands Workgroup Monthly Meeting, 2023
Wednesday, June 28 · 3:00 – 4:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hkb-xv...
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 731-435-3160‬ PIN: ‪643 120 139‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hkb-xvfc-thh?...

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, May 2023

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 from 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend. Video conference links available below and located within the agenda.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, May 2023
Wednesday, May 31 · 2:00 – 3:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/uqg-ro...
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 417-719-9108‬ PIN: ‪876 763 631‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/uqg-ronr-zin?...

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, April 2023

Monday, April 24, 2023 from 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting, March 2023

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Agenda and meeting materials will be posted as they become available. Please contact Wuillam Urvina (urvinaw@chesapeake.org) with questions.

This meeting is recorded for internal purposes. All workgroup conference calls are open to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to attend.

2021

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting: Culminating Meeting

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 from 9:00am - 12:00pm

This is one of three sessions of the CCP Annual Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting: Session 2

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

This is one of three sessions of the CCP Annual Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting: Session 1

Monday, November 8, 2021 from 10:00am - 12:00pm

This is one of three sessions for the CCP Annual Meeting.

Protected Lands Workgroup Meeting

Friday, June 11, 2021 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

The Steering Committee of the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership will meet virtually to discuss upcoming initiatives and review next steps from the 2020 annual meeting. The Steering Committee of the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership also serves as the Protected Lands Workgroup.

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

Friday, January 22, 2021 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.

2020

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Monday, October 26, 2020 (all day)

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership's 11th Annual Meeting

June 2020 Steering Committee Meeting

Friday, June 26, 2020 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

Virtual Steering Committee Meeting.

View agenda [PDF, 135.5 KB] June 2020 Steering Committee Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 from 10:58am - 11:58am

Purpose: -Explore where we stand relative to national best practices for landscape scale conservation -Discuss a proposed communications and messaging framework to support achievement of land conservation goals -Consider findings from a new report on options for mitigating energy infrastructure projects -Review brand new, innovative mapping and analyses for key land conservation goals, including leveraging massive amounts of crowd-sourced data -Discuss a draft of the first annual State of Chesapeake Conservation report -Receive updates on developments on conservation finance

View agenda [PDF, 145.1 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

2019

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Monday, October 21, 2019 (all day)

Ten years ago, many of the partners who now make up the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership gathered for the first time to develop strategies for advancing land conservation and public access. A decade of success and a stronger commitment to land conservation throughout the Chesapeake watershed have followed. We celebrate this at our tenth annual meeting. At the same time, the coming decade is even more important, and it’s time to engage with it. We focus on the crucial challenges ahead, and engaging the conservationists needed for the next ten years of success and beyond. We will have structured inquiries on two major issues and how we can adjust our work to address them.

View agenda [PDF, 156.3 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

Monday, April 1, 2019 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

The CCP steering committee will meet to discuss the State of Conservation Report as well as the recent and upcoming communications trainings conducted by Spitfire Strategies, marketing and PR Firm.

2018

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

Tuesday, April 17, 2018 from 10:00am - 3:00pm

Steering Committee Members will convene to discuss newly implemented Conservation Plus BMPs, the Chesapeake Conservation Atlas, a proposed scope of work for communication strategies, and the new 2018/2019 workplan.

View agenda [PDF, 122.1 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

2017

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 (all day)

Purpose: -Learn from our mapping work and offer guidance on next steps -Work on a goal and communicating it effectively -Deepen our work on mitigation strategies -Look ahead and envisioning the next generation of conservation innovation we need

View agenda [PDF, 150.4 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Steering Committee Meeting 06/21/2017

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 from 10:00am - 5:00pm

The Chesapeake Conservation Partnership (CCP) will discuss recent progress in land conservation, upcoming products for its mapping efforts, the development of a CCP charter, and continuing progress in revenue streams moving forward.

View agenda [DOCX, 92.3 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Steering Committee Meeting 06/21/2017

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Steering Committee Meeting

Thursday, March 30, 2017 from 10:00am - 2:30pm

Steering Committee Members of the Chesapeake Conservation Partnership will convene in Washington D.C. to brief on recent Partnership activities, provide an update on recent progress on conservation mapping, and look for ways to increase revenue and engage new partners moving forward.

2016

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Thursday, October 13, 2016 from 11:00am - Friday, October 14, 2016 from 5:00pm

What is required collectively and individually to “bend the curve” and increase acres conserved and other conservation outcomes? Federal and state partners discuss the status of funding mechanisms available to expand on approaches for increasing revenue for land conservation.

View agenda [PDF, 190.4 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Thursday, October 13, 2016 (all day)

We have had good wins, in recent years, like LWCF. And, we know we need to have more success if we are to achieve our conservation aims. In this year's event, we want to work on "bending the curve," bending the line on a graph that shows acres conserved, upward. We will: -Share key directions for the Partnership emerging from conservation goals work over the last several years. -Engage a key leader in the field to stimulate big thinking about strategy. -Work on strategy to bend the curve to increase urgency and, very importantly, expand resources.

View agenda [PDF, 190.4 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

2015

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Monday, October 5, 2015 (all day)

The annual meeting is central to achieving the mission of the Partnership: fostering collaborative action to conserve culturally and ecologically important landscapes to benefit people, economies, and nature throughout the six-state watershed. Since 2009, the annual meeting has convened a diverse group of committed partners to discuss planning and strategy, share successes, define actions, and make commitments to address the most challenging conservation issues facing our region. This year’s meeting focuses on furthering several priority initiatives identified at the 2014 meeting and advanced over the past year by working groups and the Steering Committee.

View agenda [PDF, 85.5 KB] Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

2014

Chesapeake Conservation Partnership Annual Meeting

Thursday, October 2, 2014 (all day)

Partners gather to focus on the elements of a management strategy for achieving our conservation goals.

2013

Chesapeake Large Landscape Conservation Partnership Meeting

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 from 11:00am - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 from 5:00pm

More than fifty partners gathered at the National Conservation Training Center to further their shared work on large landscape conservation. The primary focus of the meeting was on developing shared agreements on how to further communication and collaboration efforts among the partners and focus energy on priority action areas. This meeting builds on a series of meetings, held almost annually since 2009 to advance large landscape collaboration in the Chesapeake watershed.