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  • Montgomery County incorporates climate change into planning and zoning

    Montgomery County incorporates climate change into planning and zoning

    Denisse Guitarra Avatar

    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


  • Data Centers In The Wrong Place: It’s A Bad Deal

    Data Centers In The Wrong Place: It’s A Bad Deal

    Renee Grebe Avatar

    On September 13, 2022, ANS submitted written comments in opposition to a plan in Prince William County to bisect the protected areas of Conway Robinson State Forest and Manassas Battlefield National Park and remove over 2,100 acres from the Rural Crescent in order to develop data centers. The Planning Commission… Read more


  • It’s time to pass Thrive 2050 in Montgomery County

    It’s time to pass Thrive 2050 in Montgomery County

    Eliza Cava Avatar

    Montgomery County is a large, beautiful, diverse, progressive county famous for its Agricultural Reserve, stream valley parks, great restaurants, lovely neighborhoods, left-leaning politics, post-war suburban housing stock, and as a home for countless recent immigrants and new arrivals from all over the nation and the world. It was 1964 the… Read more


  • TAKE ACTION: Say NO to Wetlands and Stream Destruction for Highway Construction!

    TAKE ACTION: Say NO to Wetlands and Stream Destruction for Highway Construction!

    Eliza Cava Avatar

    Keep Fighting Highway Expansion – Submit Comments on the MD “Op Lanes” Wetlands & Waterways Permit – Due Thurs., Sep. 29 Update 9/29/22: NOTE: The public comment period has been extended to October 28, 2022. Click here to read and download a copy of Stormwater Partners Network (SWPN), Maryland Advocates for Sustainable Transportation (MAST) and Other… Read more


  • Find Older Conservation Blog Posts

    Find Older Conservation Blog Posts

    Eliza Cava Avatar

    Conservation Blog posts prior to November, 2022 can be found at our old URL: http://conservationblog.anshome.org/. Please visit us there to read more great content on our work! Read more