Our Partners
The Conservation Fund is the nation's foremost environmental nonprofit dedicated to protecting America's most important landscapes and waterways. Through its partnership-driven approach, the Fund works across all 50 states to preserve each region's unique natural resources, cultural heritage and historic places. Committed to effectiveness, efficiency and environmental and economic balance, the Fund is pioneering a new environmentalism that is results-oriented and sustainable, agile and inclusive, and one that inspires future generations.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the only independent 501(c)(3) organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers. Since our founding 40 years ago, our goal has been to improve water quality by reducing pollution. Our motto, Save the Bay, has been the battle cry for that goal.
Each year more than 15,000 students of all ages take part in a unique educational experience with Sultana Projects. Whether sailing the Chesapeake on the decks of the 1768 reproduction schooner Sultana, exploring the world of the early Chesapeake through the Captain John Smith Four Hundred Project, learning about the life of an 18th century sailor in a classroom outreach program, burning an Indian dugout canoe at the Sultana Shipyard or studying the Bay's incredible history and environment through one of Sultana Projects' classroom curriculum units, students gain a greater appreciation for the national treasure that is the Chesapeake Bay.
The very essence of modern America took root on the banks of the James River in 1607, at Jamestown, Virginia ...13 years before the pilgrims founded Plymouth in Massachusetts.
The goals of this very special anniversary are to
- capture the spirit, imagination, and diversity of Americans;
- develop that energy into a myriad of community programs, signature events, and national and international festivities; and
- showcase Virginia's unique role as the birthplace of modern America and the cradle of American democratic traditions, cultures, ideologies and principles - 400 years strong.
On December 19, 2006, President George W. Bush signed legislation establishing the Capt. John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. The John Smith trail is the first national water trail in the United States and will be administered by the National Park Service. Designed to complement the existing Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water trails Network, also administered by the National Park Service, the trail will commemorate the exploratory voyages of Captain Smith on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in 1607-1609. It will also provide significant new opportunities for education, recreation, and heritage tourism in the Chesapeake Bay Region. The law requires the Secretary of the Interior to administer the trail "in coordination" with the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water trails Network and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program that is leading efforts to restore the estuary. The Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Water Trails Network, authorized by Congress in 1998, numbers more than 150 gateway sites and over 1500 miles of water trails including the James River alongside Jamestown and reaching into the most distant parts of the watershed, the Chemung River in New York.
Since 1890 the National Geographic Society's Committee for
Research and Exploration has supported more than 7,500
projects and expeditions-including the excavation of
Machu Picchu, the discovery of Titanic, and the work
of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and the Leakey family.
The committee continues to fund vital research,
embodying the Society's 115-year-old
mission: "to increase and diffuse
geographic knowledge."
National Historic Trails typically have a citizen group that supports them with stewardship and outreach. The Friends of the John Smith Trail is such a group. In 2006, we rallied support for passage of legislation to establish the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Many individuals, businesses, non-profit groups, government organizations, and local, county, and state governments joined the Friends in this successful effort
Verizon Wireless is proud of its leadership and reputation as a world-class
company that is committed to the highest ethical standards. The Verizon roots
have a long history of commitment to integrity and respect. The corporation's
commitment to those standards and values is defined in the Verizon Wireless Code of Conduct.
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