¡Dígale a la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Fairfax que los parques le importan!

A summertime walk in Huntley Meadows. Photo by Serenella Linares.

View this blog post in English! Nuestros supervisores necesitan escuchar a todos los que usan los parques antes de que comiencen las audiencias sobre el presupuestos el 12 de abril. ¡Haga oír su voz ahora! Por qué se necesita urgentemente su voz: La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Fairfax… Continue reading

Tell Fairfax County Board of Supervisors that parks matter to you!

¡Vea esta publicación de blog en español! 4/11/22 UPDATE: Our advocacy is getting noticed – please add your voice if you haven’t already! Sign this petition! Advocates from various park friends’ groups will present this information at the public budget hearing on Thursday 4/14. We want to get at least… Continue reading

Support Fairfax City Council’s saving of 2.7 acres of forest!

  On 3/8/22, the Fairfax City Council unanimously approved the appropriation of $900,000 for the purchase of the Mathy property! . . . Two years ago, the City of Fairfax evaluated two different but similarly challenging development proposals: Northfax West (to bury a stream and build on four acres of… Continue reading

A decision on Bles Park is only days away: Your voice is urgently needed!

All photos above are from Bles Park and courtesy of Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Michael Myers.Main photo: Milkweed and main pond at Bles Park. Photos along bottom row: blue-headed vireo, muskrat, great egret, wood duck, solitary sandpiper. 1/21/22 UPDATE from Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy  We thank Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) and all… Continue reading

Woodend Restoration Watch: Pachysandra Patch Restoration

In the forest, south of the stream that flows through Woodend, is an area formerly known to the ANS Restoration Department as the pachysandra patch, due to the pervasiveness of Pachysandra terminalis. Japanese pachysandra is an herbaceous evergreen perennial that has blanketed this area of the forest with its deep… Continue reading

Introducing: Ward 8 Water Watchers at Oxon Run!

Thanks to a Community Stormwater Solutions grant from the DC Department of Energy and Environment and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, last year ANS began a new partnership with food justice and community wellness experts, The Green Scheme and DC Greens. This partnership created the Ward 8 Water Watchers, a coalition… Continue reading

ANS submits comments on VA’s Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area amendments

During the 2020 General Assembly, a bill was passed which directed the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s State Water Control Board (the Board) to develop and adopt amended regulations applying to Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas (CBPA). The new regulations were meant to assist locales across the state in regulating the… Continue reading

2021 Maryland General Assembly Wrap Up

  2021 MD General Assembly Wrap Up This year’s Maryland legislative session was full of surprises. From the sudden shift to virtual meetings and rallies, to bills being broken down or rise from the ashes like a phoenix during the last few hours of session. The current ongoing covid-19 pandemic… Continue reading

ANS submits written comments on Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan

  On February 26, 2021 – ANS submitted written comments on Montgomery County’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) to County Executive Elrich and the Department of Environmental Protection. ANS highlighted in our comments the need to increase policy enforcement and budget allocations for CAP actions to be turned into actionable polices… Continue reading

2021 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities

Welcome to ANS’s2021 Virginia General Assembly Legislative Priorities page! (Some bills updated as of 2/28/21) This year’s session is unusually short and runs from January 13 – February 27, with crossover on February 5. Legislators were working on a compressed schedule and are only allowed to bring a limited number… Continue reading