Conservation Blog
Biodiversity & Habitats
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Montgomery County Students Support a Bill to Reduce Food Waste
Back row: Erica, Joe, Bavan, Delegate Lorig Charkoudian, Gov. Wes Moore’s Director of Political Engagement Saif Ratul, Sanjana, Delegate Jared Solomon, Thomas, Khalila; Front row: Advika, Angelina, Pragna, Shrusti, Sophie This post written by Erica Weiss, member of the Coalition to Reimagine School Waste Students from around the state of Maryland are speaking up about the benefits… Read more
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Nature Forward Supports Bird Safe Buildings
Update 2/7/23: On Tuesday, December 6th, the DC Council unanimously passed the Migratory Local Wildlife Protection Act (also known as the Bird Bill)! The Chairman of the Council noted today the “wide support” from our many organizations and members of the public at our hearing last month. It does show that there’s power in numbers and… Read more
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2023 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities
Learn about Nature Forward’s General Assembly priorities for 2023 and write to your legislators to ask them to protect our progress on addressing the climate crisis! Read more
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Montgomery County Council Passed Unanimously an updated Forest Conservation Law!
Montgomery County Council will have a hearing on Forest Conservation Bill 25-22 on Tuesday, February 7th at 1:30pm. See below in three ways you can take action to save trees before Feb 7th. Read more
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Sprawl is bad for forests and streams
The Washington, DC area has lost a great deal of forest over the last few decades due to sprawl and suburban development. This has also harmed our streams and watersheds. Backyard and shade trees are valuable, but not substitutes for intact forest from an ecosystem perspective. Read more
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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
