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Montgomery County incorporates climate change into planning and zoning
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…
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Electrify Montgomery County’s Future Buildings Today!
11/29/22 UPDATE: Thanks to your advocacy and the Electrify MoCo Coalition’s persistency, the Montgomery County Council passed Bill 13-22 unanimously today. All new building constructions will be required to be all electric starting December 31st, 2026, and some buildings like on income-restricted residential units, residential buildings with 4 or more stories, and private and public schools…
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Celebrating Our Volunteers: Join the Conservation Volunteers 2022-23
In December 2021, ANS revamped its Conservation Research and Advocacy Volunteer Program to consistently engage members and volunteers in the work of our Conservation Department. Conservation advocates in DC, Maryland, and Virginia host bi-monthly meetings with volunteers paired with a training or workshop to enhance their skills and ability to…
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Data Centers In The Wrong Place: It’s A Bad Deal
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…
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It’s time to pass Thrive 2050 in Montgomery County
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…
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TAKE ACTION: Say NO to Wetlands and Stream Destruction for Highway Construction!
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…
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Find Older Conservation Blog Posts
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!
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Conservation Advocacy at ANS: “Dynamic, Changing as Conditions Change, Seeking Always to Become More Effective”
This is the first in a series introducing ANS’ new Conservation Advocacy Priority Campaign Areas. As world renowned conservationist and ANS Board Member Rachel Carson wrote, “Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective.” Things have changed since 1897. The “low-hanging…
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Why water quality monitoring speaks to me
By Pete Yarrington, long-time WQM volunteer Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Pete Yarrington’s testimony at the May 17, 2001 Nature Forward (then Audubon Naturalist Society) presentation to the Montgomery County Planning Board. This article was originally published in the September, 2001 Naturalist Quarterly publication. ANS water quality monitoring site #29 is located on…