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The Nature Forward Conservation Blog has moved – it is now housed at our new website, https://natureforward.org/conservation/conservation-blog/. Please join us there for new posts and content. Continue reading
11/29/22 UPDATE: Thanks to your advocacy and the Electrify MoCo Coalition’s persistency, the Montgomery County Council passed Bill 13-22 unanimously today. All new building constructions will be required to be all electric starting December 31st, 2026, and some buildings like on income-restricted residential units, residential buildings with 4 or more stories,… Continue reading
In December 2021, ANS revamped its Conservation Research and Advocacy Volunteer Program to consistently engage members and volunteers in the work of our Conservation Department. Conservation advocates in DC, Maryland, and Virginia host bi-monthly meetings with volunteers paired with a training or workshop to enhance their skills and ability to… Continue reading
UPDATE FROM NOVEMBER 2, 2022Nature Forward is disappointed to report that, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 2, after 14-hours of a public hearing, the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors passed the PW Digital Gateway comprehensive plan amendment in a 5-2 vote. This plan will remove… Continue reading
UPDATE: THRIVE 2050 passed! On October 25th, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to approve Thrive Montgomery 2050 – the county’s new general master plan. Thank you for your collective advocacy to make this critical step happen! The Plan is the blueprint. Now the real work begins to create policies… Continue reading
Update 9/29/22: NOTE: The public comment period has been extended to October 28, 2022. Click here to read and download a copy of Stormwater Partners Network (SWPN), Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST) and Other Environmental Groups JPA comments. Along with many partners, ANS has continued to fight the wrong-headed decision… Continue reading
10/17/22 Update: Council cancels T&E worksession on Bill 25-22. Montgomery County council has decided to push the review of Forest Conservation Bill 25-22 to the next Council. ANS and the Montgomery County Forest Coalition is disappointed to not have stronger protections for our forest ecosystem as soon as possible. We… Continue reading
Teamwork makes the streams work! Using new types of data and real peoples’ stories as motivators, the Audubon Naturalist Society alongwith watershed group partners, Friends of Holmes Run, Friends of Oxon Run, and the Neighbors of the Northwest Branch, have created the first-of-its-kind Story of Streams, a report card designed… Continue reading
Policy & Advocacy News Washington, DC DC is Keeping its Climate Commitments and Phasing Out Methane Gas for Buildings: Read ANS’s testimony and advocacy efforts that contributed to the new Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment and the Climate Commitment Act of 2021 by both DC Council and Mayor Bowser.… Continue reading
UPDATE! On November 2nd, 2022, National Park Service (NPS) adopted Alternative 2 and has decided to keep the upper portion of Beach Drive closed to motorized vehicles year-round. Thank you for your collective advocacy to help make this happen! The adoption of Alternative 2-Full Time Closure for Recreation, which Nature… Continue reading