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Be Smart From the Start on Solar, ANS and CWA Tell Country
Environmental groups call for thoughtful planning for solar in Montgomery County—build first on already developed lands For more information, contact [email protected], 240-899-9019, or [email protected], 410-921-9229, or [email protected], 240-630-4703 CHEVY CHASE, MD – The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and Clean Water Action (CWA) submitted joint testimony to the Montgomery County Council pushing for thoughtful, sustainable solar development in the County as…
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New Mobile App Lets People Take Action for Water Quality
App Lets People Take Action For Water Quality
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Montgomery County Should Replace All Trees Lost to Development
CHEVY CHASE, MD – The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and its partners are testifying before the Montgomery County Council this afternoon to push for an amendment that would substantially and meaningfully change the county’s Forest Conservation Law. The amendment insists on a net zero forest loss, similar to the strongest Maryland forest regulations, recently passed by the Fredrick…
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ANS Will Keep Up The Pressure to Alter ‘Short-Sighted’ Beltway/I-270 Expansionans
Chevy Chase, MD – Lisa Alexander, the executive director of the Audubon Naturalist Society, on Tuesday, Aug. 25 voiced the organization’s opposition to the Beltway/I-270 expansion project that will lock in traffic and development patterns for the next 50 years, impose enormous financial risks, and threaten the lives of people, wildlife, and the environment.
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ANS’s New Online Naturalist Hour Helps Lowers Stay Connected to Each Other and the Outdoors
T he organizer of Black Birders Week, UMD’s “Bug Guy” and Marine Biologist from The National Aquarium among speakers For Immediate Release: August 14, 2020For more information and to arrange interviews with speakers, contact [email protected], or 240-899-9019, or [email protected], or 301-523-5394 CHEVY CHASE, MD – Back to school isn’t just for kids. The Audubon Naturalist Society is helping…
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Fairfax Vote Outrages Environmentalists
FAIRFAX CITY COUNCIL VOTE TO DESTROY STREAM AND FOREST OUTRAGES ANS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS For Immediate Release – July 15, 2020 For more information, contact [email protected], or 240-899-9019, Renee Grebe, [email protected], 703-261-4668, [email protected], or 301-523-5394 FAIRFAX, VA – The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and dozens of Fairfax City residents were outraged over the granting of a special exception late Tuesday…
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Is the Fairfax City Council Bored with Fighting Climate Change, Protect Streams, and Cleaner Air?
More environmental groups voice opposition to Northfax West’s destruction of creek and forest For Immediate Release – July 7, 2020 For more information, contact [email protected], or 240-899-9019, or Renee Grebe, [email protected], 703-261-4668; or [email protected], or 301-523-5394 FAIRFAX, VA – Environmental groups throughout the region are joining forces with the Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) and dozens of residents who have…
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Parents Craving More Instruction for Children Give New ANS Camps High Praise
Parents Praise New ANS Camps
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ANS Please with Delayed Hearing by FairFax City Council On Northfax West Development
Urges Council to listen to the community following Planning Commission’s approval For more information, contact [email protected], or 240-899-9019, or Renee Grebe, [email protected], 703-261-4668; or [email protected], or 301-523-5394 Chevy Chase, MD – The Planning Commission this week hosted a public hearing on the rezoning and Master Development Plan of the Northfax West property. Significant concerns were raised by the Audubon…
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Place of Solace in Fairfax
ANS PUSHES TO PROTECT A NATURAL ‘PLACE OF SOLACE’ IN THE CITY OF FAIRFAX Proposal being considered would destroy steam and forest in the North Fork of Accotink Creek For more information, contact [email protected], or 240-899-9019, Renee Grebe, [email protected], 703-960-1741, [email protected], or 301-523-5394 For Immediate Release – June 3, 2020 Chevy Chase, MD – The Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) is…