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  • Empowering Environmental Leaders in Audubon Estates

    View this page in: English | Español Congratulations to 17 Audubon Estates residents and nature champions who joined us for the Menos Basura, Más Vida (Less Trash, More Life) initiative (in Fairfax County, VA). In June 2025, these advocates completed their capstone project as the culmination of a 10-month, 18-class community-led litter reduction program. Nature…

  • Help us retain critical FY26 funding for FxCo parks!

    UPDATE JULY 2025: YOU HELPED US RETAIN SOME KEY PARK FUNDING! You spoke up and our decision makers restored some key funding. Thank you to everyone who wrote comment letters, talked to their supervisors, and testified at the budget public hearings in support of the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA). The FY26 budget cuts were…

  • Guide better development in Fairfax Co.!

    Your feedback on the Policy Plan is critical! But why? The Policy Plan is guidance for developers as they explore options for developments that are outside of the existing zoning laws and building code (e.g. like needing a rezoning or a special exception). This situation may sound unusual, but it’s quite common in Fairfax County.…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • ¡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…

  • 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:

  • 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…

  • Virginia’s General Assembly: some wins and a long road

    How did the 2024 General Assembly go? In this year’s General Assembly, Nature Forward selected a handful of bills to track dealing with natural resources / trees, solar energy, and data centers (read our prior blog post for bills and details). While there were some wins on the bills we tracked, overall, Virginia has a…

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