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Take Action Now: Protect Ten Mile Creek from more pavement!
On January 17th, 2023, The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on ZTA 22-12 which will essentially allow for more impervious surfaces around Ten Mile Creek. This ZTA will except bikeways from the impervious surface limits of 6% set in place previously by the 2014 Clarksburg Master Plan with the Ten Mile Creek… Read more
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Conservation News – Winter 2022-2023
Conservation advocacy news & updates from winter 2022-2023. Read more
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Sprawl is Bad for the Climate
Nature Forward supports land-use plans that fight sprawl with development that keeps housing and business growth centered near transit and away from forests and farms. Read more
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Equipping our Community Scientists to Monitor Streams
Nature Forward received a grant from the Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) in January 2022 to purchase equipment for use by our volunteers who monitor streams in the Washington, DC Metro region. Our Water Quality Monitoring (WQM) community science program, which has been running for 30 years, helps fill data gaps in the freshwater stream… Read more
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Montgomery County incorporates climate change into planning and zoning
Take Action Now!: On December 8th the Montgomery Planning Board will have a meeting to review the new Climate Assessment Report. This is a crucial step that will add a climate change review process to all master plans and zoning text amendments (ZTAs). Read more about this process below and get ready to send in… Read more
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Electrify Montgomery County’s Future Buildings Today!
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, and private and public schools… Read more
