• Write Your Elected Officials: We need an Override

    Image and news referenced in banner image: Inside Climate News If we truly want to understand the full impacts of data center development on Marylanders and our environment, State Lawmakers…


  • Nature Forward Statement on Climate Vetos

    For Immediate Release – May 22, 2025 For more information, contact Lisa Goodnight at [email protected] or 301-450-1478 or Vince Robinson at [email protected], or 301-450-1458    CHEVY CHASE, MD – Nature Forward issued the following statement…


  • MoCo’s FY26 Budget

    A screengrab of the Fiscal Year 2026 $7.7B budget across all of Montgomery County.  Source: https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/BASISOPERATING/Common/Index.aspx March and April are big months for Montgomery County. March brings Crossover in the…


  • Say No to New Gas in Maryland

    Angie McCarthy with Senator Brooks, who is championing the Affordable Abundant Clean Energy Act, in Annapolis alongside environmental advocates from Maryland LCV, CCAN, Sierra Club, and others. What is the…


  • Nature Forward Building Flood Wise Communities Impact

    Washington D.C., due to its unique location of being surrounded by both the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers, is a hotspot for floods. The last major riverine flooding occurred in 1996;…


  • Conservation on the Chopping Block

    The Maryland Department of Legislative Services’ proposed funding cuts to the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, and Maryland Energy Administration would impact every part of our state and…


  • 2025 Maryland General Assembly: Moore than just Energy

    Sine Die Updates: If you have listened to any legislative briefings or skimmed a headline, you know it is the year of energy in the 2025 Maryland General Assembly. But,…


  • 2025 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities

    2025 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities (Updated as of 4/11/25 @ 4:31pm) This year’s Virginia General Assembly (a time when legislators get together to make a new set of laws)…


  • Montgomery County’s BYO-Bag Bill

    February 12th, 2025 Update On February 11th, 2025, Montgomery County Council passed Bill 24-24, Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) Bill. Nature Forward has been working with Councilmembers since last summer to ensure…


  • Nature Forward Opposes Project Pipes III

    This is a special edition blog post by Sally Winthrop, Conservation Department Volunteer at Nature Forward. In July 2023, Jamoni asked me if I would be interested in joining zoom…