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  • Montgomery County FY25 Operating Budget

    On April 9th, 2024, Nature Forward submitted comments and testified on the FY25 Montgomery County Operating Budget. We advocated for continued support and increased in areas such as climate change, clean water, stormwater, recycling, and parks. Click below to read our written testimony. On May 23rd, 2024, the County Council voted and approved the county’s…

  • 2024 Naturally Latinos Conference

    This year’s Naturally Latinos 2024 took place from January 24 to January 28. The theme of this year’s conference was Perteneciendo: Nuestras Raíces, Nuestra Tierra (Belonging: Our Roots, Our Earth). Before we delve into the conference magic and recap, I want to highlight upcoming bilingual/bicultural programming featuring our super talented Naturally Latinos speakers and friends: …

  • National Park Service Decision of the Rock Creek Golf Course Rehabilitation Sidesteps Environmental Concerns

    Written By Nature Forward Volunteers, Anne Cottingham and Christine Powell. Last September the National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the National Links Trust, issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluating the impacts of a proposed rehabilitation of the Rock Creek Park Golf Course. The RCP golf course, which opened in 1923, occupies about 100 acres in…

  • Virginia’s General Assembly: some wins and a long road

    How did the 2024 General Assembly go? In this year’s General Assembly, Nature Forward selected a handful of bills to track dealing with natural resources / trees, solar energy, and data centers (read our prior blog post for bills and details). While there were some wins on the bills we tracked, overall, Virginia has a…

  • Woodend Reports: Spotting the Lanternflies

    By Grace Dho In 2014, Lycorma delicatula was recorded in the US for the first time just outside of Philadelphia. In 2022, it had its own skit on Saturday Night Live. Lycorma delicatula, otherwise referred to as the spotted lanternfly (SLF), has become one of the most well-known invasive species on the East Coast. With…

  • 2024 Maryland General Assembly comes to a close

    Thank you to Nature Forward members, supporters and volunteers for a record level of advocacy outreach!

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