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  • Burn it, bury it….. or do it right 

    What happens to the county’s trash when the Dickerson incinerator contract runs out in 2031? Now is the moment to rethink our county’s strategy to achieve Zero Waste

  • Meet Our New Maryland Conservation Advocate

    ¡Hola hola! I’m Carol Daniela, but you can call me Dani. Nice to meet you. I was born and raised in Colombia, South America. I like to think of myself as a daughter of the beautiful Andes mountains. My love for nature started when I was a child. During my school vacations, I used to…

  • Creek Chronicles: Dark Branch

    What does a champion stream for aquatic macroinvertebrates look like? Those who visit Dark Branch can find out.

  • Creek Chronicles: Great Seneca Creek

    Great Seneca Creek yields catches and makes memories for anglers and stream monitors alike in upcounty Montgomery County.

  • Creek Chronicles: Goshen Branch

    How has the macroinvertebrate population at Goshen Branch fared over the past several years—and what lies ahead in the future?

  • 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…

  • Maryland & Montgomery County Forest Wins

    Montgomery County and the State of Maryland have both just passed legislations to update their forest conservation laws. Both are historic wins for Maryland’s forests, and both expand protections for forests, moving us closer to the golden goal of no net loss, meaning no more loss of forests. We highlight the main updates in each…

  • Montgomery County Council Passed Unanimously an updated Forest Conservation Law!

    Montgomery County Council will have a hearing on Forest Conservation Bill 25-22 on Tuesday, February 7th at 1:30pm. See below in three ways you can take action to save trees before Feb 7th.

  • Take Action Now: Protect Ten Mile Creek from more pavement!

    On January 17th, 2023, The Montgomery County Council will hold a public hearing on ZTA 22-12 which will essentially allow for more impervious surfaces around Ten Mile Creek. This ZTA will except bikeways from the impervious surface limits of 6% set in place previously by the 2014 Clarksburg Master Plan with the Ten Mile Creek…

  • 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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