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  • Meet Our New Maryland Conservation Advocate

    ¡Hola hola! I’m Carol Daniela, but you can call me Dani. Nice to meet you. I was born and raised in Colombia, South America. I like to think of myself as a daughter of the beautiful Andes mountains. My love for nature started when I was a child. During my school vacations, I used to…

  • Meet Our New DC Conservation Advocate

    Hello! I’m Marquelle Ogletree (she/her) the new DC Conservation Advocate at Nature Forward. I’m excited to carry forward the work of Jamoni Overby on emergency preparedness, clean water, and environmental justice across DC. I grew up in Tallahassee, Florida, where I began advocating for environmental, climate, and social justice in my community. I often visited…

  • Creek Chronicles: Dark Branch

    What does a champion stream for aquatic macroinvertebrates look like? Those who visit Dark Branch can find out.

  • Brightseat Tech Park, Prince George’s County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 4

    A proposed data center at the Landover Mall site has led to community pushback and organizing for environmental justice and a ban on data center development in Prince George’s County.

  • Quantum Frederick, Frederick County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 3

    Quantum Frederick, a 2,100 acre “data center city,” is currently under construction only a few miles south of Frederick, MD. But what are the details of the project?  And what implications does it have for Frederick’s environment and communities?  The Proposed Project In 2021, data center developer Quantum Loophole and real estate company TPG Real Estate purchased the 2,100-acre former site of Alcoa Eastalco Works, a retired aluminum manufacturing…

  • Woodlawn Data Center, Baltimore, MD: Maryland Data Center Series Pt. 2

    Woodlawn is no stranger to large buildings, but plans for data centers threaten the health of an overburdened and underserved community.

  • Meet our new Water Quality Monitoring Manager

    Hello all! My name is Sam Brown (she/her), and I am Nature Forward’s new Water Quality Monitoring Manager.

  • Creek Chronicles: Great Seneca Creek

    Great Seneca Creek yields catches and makes memories for anglers and stream monitors alike in upcounty Montgomery County.

  • TeraWulf Data Center, Charles County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 1

    Developer TeraWulf plans to convert an oil power plant in Charles County into a data center, raising concerns from environmental and consumer protection organizations. But what are the details of the proposed data center? And who is TeraWulf, the crypto-mining company-turned data center developer behind the project? The Proposed Project In February 2026, TeraWulf filed…

  • Protect the Potomac River: The Nation’s River at a Crossroads

    The Potomac is our nation’s river, but it’s under threat. Read the report by American Rivers and take action today to protect this iconic waterway!

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