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The Nature Forward Conservation Blog has moved – it is now housed at our new website, https://natureforward.org/conservation/conservation-blog/. Please join us there for new posts and content. Continue reading
The Nature Forward Conservation Blog has moved – it is now housed at our new website, https://natureforward.org/conservation/conservation-blog/. Please join us there for new posts and content. Continue reading
UPDATE: THRIVE 2050 passed! On October 25th, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to approve Thrive Montgomery 2050 – the county’s new general master plan. Thank you for your collective advocacy to make this critical step happen! The Plan is the blueprint. Now the real work begins to create policies… Continue reading
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 Environmental Groups JPA comments. Along with many partners, ANS has continued to fight the wrong-headed decision… Continue reading
Teamwork makes the streams work! Using new types of data and real peoples’ stories as motivators, the Audubon Naturalist Society alongwith watershed group partners, Friends of Holmes Run, Friends of Oxon Run, and the Neighbors of the Northwest Branch, have created the first-of-its-kind Story of Streams, a report card designed… Continue reading
Policy & Advocacy News Washington, DC DC is Keeping its Climate Commitments and Phasing Out Methane Gas for Buildings: Read ANS’s testimony and advocacy efforts that contributed to the new Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment and the Climate Commitment Act of 2021 by both DC Council and Mayor Bowser.… Continue reading
Policy & Advocacy News Washington, DC Environment Budget: ANS submitted written testimony for the Department of Energy and Environment Fiscal Year 2023 Budget hearing. Electrify Everything: As we push for the District to keep its climate commitments, ANS has submitted a comment letter on the Public Service Commission’s use of… Continue reading
Policy & Advocacy News Washington, DC Thank you for raising your voice in favor of the Climate Commitment Act of 2021 and Clean Energy DC Building Code Amendment Act of 2021! ANS testified in support of both pieces of legislation with amendments on Jan. 25, and 65 activists used our… Continue reading
Policy & Advocacy News Regional/National Infrastructure Week Finally Happened: The infrastructure bill that passed both houses of Congress on Nov. 5th contains critical funding for many of ANS’ top regional priorities: $66 billion for rail to help Amtrak make repairs and expand service (especially valuable to us along the Northeast… Continue reading
ANS is excited to share our outreach programs that reach community members throughout the DC region, particularly communities of color and those with historically less access to nature. Each program partners with local community-serving organizations and seeks to grow a network of empowered environmental leaders, who feel more connected to… Continue reading
Regional/National It Will Take All of Us to Save All We Can: In an August of floods and fires around the world, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change began releasing its 6th assessment report. It says that we now have an incredibly narrow window to keep the climate… Continue reading