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2026 DC Performance Oversight Priorities
The DC Council holds annual Performance Oversight hearings. These hearings are an opportunity to give feedback on how DC has been protecting the environment and addressing climate change. At the hearings, you can also help shape budgetary and policy priorities moving forward. The schedule for 2026’s hearings is available here. You can sign up to testify through… Read more
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Vote for Nature Forward’s 2026 Maryland General Assembly Priorities
Maryland has been victim to the political and fiscal upheaval occurring as a result of the federal government, and that disruption means that the Maryland General Assembly is up for a tough year. We are once again in an extreme budget deficit, when so many Marylanders need the State’s support in this cost of living… Read more
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2026 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities
2026 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities (Updated as of 4/8/26 @ 11:47amSee updates post-General Assembly here: https://natureforward.org/2026-va-ga-wrap-up/ . . . This year’s Virginia General Assembly (a time when legislators get together to make a new set of laws) has seen a lot of change since last year. Virginia has a new governor – the first… Read more
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Meet Atia, Our Maryland Data Center Intern!
Hey y’all, my name is Atia Bailey! I will be joining Nature Forward this year as a Maryland Data Center Intern and I am so excited to contribute to the Conservation Team’s work! My role as a research and outreach intern is to stay aware of current and upcoming data center policy and to educate… Read more
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Creek Chronicles: Pinehurst Branch
A group of water quality monitors has been monitoring this stream in Rock Creek Park for three decades–even in the winter. Read more
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Meet Our Maryland Data Center Intern, Calvin
Hello Nature Forward! My name is Calvin Chrisfield (he/him), and I am excited to be one of Nature Forward’s new Data Center Interns! Over the next year, I will be supporting our Maryland Conservation Advocate and the rest of the Conservation Team to protect Maryland’s residents, ecosystems, and natural spaces from irresponsible data center development. In addition to… Read more
