ANS Speaks Out for Our Environment (Archives)
ANS Conservation in the NEWS (Archives)
» December 12, 2011, Letters through Choose Clean Water coalition to U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Reps., and U.S. EPA, regarding funding and progress of Chesapeake Bay restoration.
» December 7, 2011, Testimony (with partners) before the D.C. Committee on the Environment, Public Works and Transportation regarding B19-515, The Urban Forest Administration Reorganization Act of 2011.
» October 10, 2011, ANS and 69 other groups urge passage of the BillFish Conservation Act (HR 2706 and S 1451) in a letter to all members of Congress
» October 5, 2011, ANS and partners issue press release praising the new DC Stormwater Permit.
» September 30, 2011, Stella Koch’s letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and VA officials in support of measures to increase the menhaden population.
» July 7, 2011, Stella Koch and partners oppose horizontal mining (fracking) in the George Washington National Forest in a letter to federal officials.
» June 20, 2011, Neal Fitzpatrick’s letter to the D.C. Zoning Commission, opposing Georgetown University’s proposed plan to build a loop road adjacent to a steep slope in Glover Archbold Park.
» June 9, 2011, Diane Cameron’s testimony before the Prince George’s County Council, in support of CB-15, a bill that would strengthen the county’s stormwater ordinance.
» June 9, 2011, Neal Fitzpatrick and Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William Baker’s letter to federal administrators, urging stronger controls on DC’s stormwater (rainwater runoff) much of which comes from federal buildings and facilities.
» June 7, 2011, Diane Cameron (as co-chair of Stormwater Partners Network, followup letter to Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, regarding artificial turf.
» May, 12, 2011, Diane Cameron’s letter to Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner, regarding artificial turf; Stormwater Partners’ Resolution on artificial turf
» May 9, 2011, Diane Cameron’s letter to Montgomery County Councilmembers Navarro and Rice, in opposition to the county’s $4 million subsidy to Costco and Westfield.
» May 3, 2011, ANS and numerous nonprofit partners urge MD Governor O’Malley to veto SB690, a bill that will gives renewable energy credits to waste incineration facilities.
» May 2, 2011, Stella Koch’s testimony before the Loudoun Board of Supervisors in support of passage of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Ordinace.
» April 19, 2011, ANS and partners letter to Montgomery County officials, requesting that stormwater requirements include incentives for tree planting and tree-saving measures.
» April 16, 2011, Neal Fitzpatrick and Stewart Schwart’s (Coalition for Smarter Growth) testimony in support of a commercial tax in Alexandria, VA, for transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and local street needs.
» April 6, 2011, Diane Cameron’s Testimony, opposing MoCo’s Park & Planning budget cuts and $2 million subsidy to Costco/Westfield Mall.
» April 4, 2011, Diane Cameron’s letter (as member of Clean Water Coalition) to Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker, urging a stronger stormwater ordinance that curbs flooding and protects property and streams. Fact Sheet
» March 31, 2011, Diane Cameron’s testimony before the Montgomery County Council in support of the Bag Fee Bill (Bill 8-11).
» March 8, 2011, Dolores Milmoe’s testimony on behalf of a 20-acre organic seed farm in Potomac, MD, which the Board of Education has voted to turn into soccer fields.
» February 21, 2011, ANS’s Stella Koch and partners comments to the Fish & Wildlife Service, regarding its conservation plan for Featherstone NWR.
» February 17, 2011, Diane Cameron’s testimony, urging the Montgomery County Planning Board to save dozens of trees outside the “limits of disturbance” at McKenney Hills Elementary School in Silver Spring, MD.
» February 13, 2011, Dolores Milmoe’s letter to Montgomery County Council President Valerie Ervin, urging her to oppose a bill (MC/PG112-11) that would move county parks’ funding and operations from MNCPPC to the county’s executive and council staff and offices.
» February 10, 2011, Diane Cameron’s written testimony in support of MC21-11, legislation mandating that Montgomery County pay its share of local stormwater utility fees.
» February 1, 2011, Dolores Milmoe and partners’ letter to MD Senator Garagiola, regarding septic systems and well easements in our rural zones.
» January 26, 2011, ANS testimony opposing MD Senate Bill 45, which would allow hunting on Sundays
» July 18, 2011, Germantown Patch, Council Committee to Discuss Pepco Tree-Trimming Policy Today
» July 14, 2011, Washington Examiner, Pepco a tree ‘butcher,’ say MontCo lawmakers, residents
» June 19, 2011, The Washington Post, How neighbors put the squeeze on D.C.’s national parks
» June 14, 2011, North Potomac Patch, Advocates Intervene to Halt Pepco Tree Removal on Rustic Roads
» June 9, 2011, Press Action, VA County Shrugs as Mother, Daughters Get Caught in Chemical Spray Blowback
» May 11, 2011, Gazette, Silver Creek remains popular, and in poor condition: Montgomery County reviews health of Kensington tributary every five years
» April 27, 2011, The Washington Post LOCAL, Fairfax Officials, Residents Unite to Maintain Sustainable Lifestyle
» April 7, 2011, Fort Hunt Patch, County Officials Urge Restoration of Route One Watersheds
» April 5, 2011, Potomac Patch, Residents Voice Concerns at Brickyard Lot’s Public Meeting: Many frustrated citizens got to sound off about the future of a 20-acre lot on Brickyard Road in Potomac
» February 28, 2011, Potomac Patch, Potomac River’s Creepy Crawlies Help Make the World Go Round: Citizen scientists study bugs to check on the health of our rivers and streams.
» February 23, 2011, Gazette, T-Mobile makes case for Poolesville, Dickerson cell towers: Residents fear change to rural landscape
» February 11, 2011, The Baltimore Sun/B’MoreGreen Blog, In MD’s “boomtown,” Smart Growth Still Pollutes
» January 5, 2011, Gazette, Mirant facing lawsuit in federal court over coal waste