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  • increasing biodiversity by creating an eco-friendly yard

    The call for biodiversity has never been more urgent, and one of the first steps is creating an eco-friendly yard.

  • Introduction to Maryland Conservation Advocate

    Hello, Nature Forward!  My name is Angie McCarthy (she/her), and I’m proud to be Nature Forward’s new Maryland Conservation Advocate. Before your heart starts pounding, Denisse Guitarra is still an important part of our Conservation team. She will now be focused on our community outreach events. I am so grateful to be able to learn from…

  • Nature Forward response to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of new data center regulations:

    Nature Forward issued the following statement in response to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of new data center regulations:

  • Nature Forward Quarterly Autumn 2024

    Nature Forward bids farewell to visionary Executive Director Lisa Alexander.

  • Speak up for a stronger Data Center Zoning Ordinance

    UPDATED 8/5/24 Join us on September 10 @ 4:30pm: testify for stronger protections! The Data Center ZOA public hearing was held on July 16 and the Board deferred their decision until July 30. On the morning of July 30 however, it was reported that, due to a clerical error regarding a change in state law…

  • June Conservation Café: Data Center impacts on National Parks with NPCA

    On June 4th, Kyle Hart, Mid-Atlantic Program Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association, spoke about the impact of data centers on our DMV region’s national parks.  Failing to reform the data center industry in the region threatens to undermine decades of conservation and environmental efforts in Virginia, Maryland, and beyond. See below for the…

  • 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…

  • Nature Forward Quarterly Summer 2024

    Summer is a season when Nature Forward does some of its best work. Learn about our new State of the Streams Report and much more.

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