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Introduction to Maryland Conservation Advocate
Hello, Nature Forward! My name is Angie McCarthy (she/her), and I’m proud to be Nature Forward’s new Maryland Conservation Advocate. Before your heart starts pounding, Denisse Guitarra is still an important…
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Speak up for a stronger Data Center Zoning Ordinance
UPDATED 8/5/24 Join us on September 10 @ 4:30pm: testify for stronger protections! The Data Center ZOA public hearing was held on July 16 and the Board deferred their decision…
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June Conservation Café: Data Center impacts on National Parks with NPCA
On June 4th, Kyle Hart, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, spoke about the impact of data centers on our DMV region’s national parks. Failing to reform…
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2024 Naturally Latinos Conference
This year’s Naturally Latinos 2024 took place from January 24 to January 28. The theme of this year’s conference was Perteneciendo: Nuestras Raíces, Nuestra Tierra (Belonging: Our Roots, Our Earth)….
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National Park Service Decision of the Rock Creek Golf Course Rehabilitation Sidesteps Environmental Concerns
Written By Nature Forward Volunteers, Anne Cottingham and Christine Powell. Last September the National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the National Links Trust, issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating…
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Virginia’s General Assembly: some wins and a long road
How did the 2024 General Assembly go? In this year’s General Assembly, Nature Forward selected a handful of bills to track dealing with natural resources / trees, solar energy, and…
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Woodend Reports: Spotting the Lanternflies
By Grace Dho In 2014, Lycorma delicatula was recorded in the US for the first time just outside of Philadelphia. In 2022, it had its own skit on Saturday Night…
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2024 Maryland General Assembly comes to a close
Thank you to Nature Forward members, supporters and volunteers for a record level of advocacy outreach!
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Help keep parks on the minds of our Fairfax County Supervisors!
We need your help again this year to ask our Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to continue to prioritize funding for equity and stewardship programs in our Park Authority!