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Another Successful Year: Ward 8 Water Watchers 3.0
Ward 8 Water Watchers is a program created for the Congress Heights community and other Ward 8 residents to engage in watershed education events, steward Oxon Run and advancing environmental…
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DC Environment Budget Testimony
On April 6, 2023, Nature Forward submitted testimony on Washington, DC’s FY24 budget for the Department of Energy and Environment. We focused on the following key issues: Out of the…
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Take Action: Don’t Let the Mayor Delay DC’s Climate Commitments
We are asking you to help NOW to persuade the Mayor and Council to implement the Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) program as scheduled this year. Buildings are DC’s biggest…
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Advocating for a Beyond Gas DC
Beyond Gas Since 2020 Nature Forward works with DC Sierra Club, Interfaith Power and Light, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Washington Interfaith Network, and many other partners to help push the…
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Ward 8 Water Watchers 2022
Learn about the second year of the Great Ward 8 watershed stewardship education program in the Congress Heights community. In 2022, the program expanded to include the recruitment and training…
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Nature Forward Opposes DC Gas Rate Increase
On February 7th, 2023, I attended and delivered comments to the Public Service Commission at their 1169 Formal Case Hearing where Washington Gas requested a rate increase. Nature Forward opposed Washington…
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Nature Forward Supports Bird Safe Buildings
Update 2/7/23: On Tuesday, December 6th, the DC Council unanimously passed the Migratory Local Wildlife Protection Act (also known as the Bird Bill)! The Chairman of the Council noted today the…
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Celebrating Our Volunteers: Join the Conservation Volunteers 2022-23
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,…