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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) takes place from January 8 through February 22 with the Governor taking action on bills by March 24. Nature Forward, with help from several partners…
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What’s on tap in Virginia’s 2025 General Assembly?
Virginia’s General Assembly got off to a rocky start last week due to an early-week snowstorm. The storm knocked out Richmond’s fresh water supply across the city for several days, delaying the start of General Assembly work. Legislators started in earnest on Monday, January 13. While we don’t have specific bills we’re following just yet,…
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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 that Montgomery County passed a bill that protects our waterways and our most vulnerable communities. Thanks to our members and supporters, we sent 121 letters…
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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 meetings with Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) on electrification efforts in DC. I’ve been searching for ways to get more involved in climate activities, so…
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For the Love of Muck and Macroinvertebrates: A Former Camper Returns to Conduct Research on Woodend’s Restored Pond
By Meg Jarvis I’m Meg Jarvis (they/them), and this past summer I surveyed the aquatic macroinvertebrate populations in Woodend Sanctuary’s recently restored pond. I attend university in Brighton, England, but I grew up just around the corner from Woodend. I went to camp there throughout my childhood and, when I aged out of camp, I…
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The Power of Partnerships
Working in Washington, DC where generations of my family have lived, worked, and served their community has been a full circle moment for me as Nature Forward’s DC Conservation Advocate. Identity, relationship to community, belief in justice and the desire to build communities of resilience is the superpower Nature Forward, and all our partners bring…
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¡Actúa ahora sobre el proyecto de ley de centros de datos en Prince George’s antes del 19 de noviembre!
By: Angie McCarthy. Click here to view the original in English. Translated by Denisse Guitarra. ACTUALIZACIÓN: El martes noviembre 19, el Consejo del Condado de Prince George votó unánimemente a favor de APLASAR el proyecto de ley CB 52 al próximo año gracias a la gran cantidad de cartas que enviaron y a muchos que…
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Act Now to save our parks from budget cuts!
Updated December 13, 2024 Our 2024 fall/winter letter writing campaign is now closed. Thank you to everyone who wrote comments to County Executive Hill! While this letter writing campaign is closed as we await the draft budget, we will continue our advocacy for parks funding in the Spring of 2025. Stay tuned! Fairfax County’s County…
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¡Actúa ahora para salvar nuestros parques de los recortes presupuestarios!
Actualizado el 13 de diciembre de 2024 Nuestra campaña de redacción de cartas de otoño/invierno de 2024 ha concluido. ¡Gracias a todos los que le escribieron comentarios al Ejecutivo del Condado, el señor Hill! Si bien esta campaña de redacción de cartas está cerrada estamos en espera del borrador del presupuesto. Continuaremos defendiendo el financiamiento…
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Take Action on Prince George’s Data Center Bill Before November 19th!
UPDATE AS OF NOVEMBER 19TH: On Tuesday November 19, the Prince George’s County Council unanimously voted to HOLD on CB 52 until next year thanks to your outpouring of letters, and the many advocates who stood up for constituent’s voices. Collectively, we sent 230 letters to the Prince George’s County Council! You can watch the full…