“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
Thanks to all that took action, County Planning staff and the members of the MoCo Forest Coalition:
350 MoCo
Bethesda Green
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate
Cedar Lane Ecosystems Study Group
Cedar Lane UU Church
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Conservation Montgomery
Friends of Sligo Creek
Friends of Ten Mile Creek & Little Seneca Reservoir
Green Sanctuary Committee of Unitarian-Universalist Church of Silver Spring
Maryland League of Conservation Voters
MOCO CAP
Montgomery Countryside Alliance
Montgomery County Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
Nature Forward
Potomac Conservancy
Rock Creek Conservancy
Safe Healthy Playing Fields
Sierra Club Montgomery County Maryland
Sugarloaf Citizens Association
Stormwater Partners Network
Takoma Park Mobilization Environment Committee
Transit Alternatives to Midcounty Highway Extended (TAME Coalition)
White Acres Farm
From the MoCo Forest Coalition Press Release - our own Caroline Taylor explains the impact of this law: "The well being of our communities and needed resilience in the face of climate change is inextricably tied to the health of our forests. Three cheers to forward thinking council members and collaboration!"
Potomac Almanac Coverage of Tree Loss
While MCA and the whole MoCo Forest Coalition were disappointed to not have stronger protections in place in 2022, having the new Council enact strong protections as one of their first actions in office sends a strong message about the importance of forests in the County.
In the last decade, MoCo lost 4000 acres of forests - the second highest rate of loss in the state. The "No-net loss" forest provision in this new law will go a long way to help keep and add forests across the County.
- The data behind forest loss in MoCo - Stronger Protections Needed
- Meaningful and Clutter Free Giving - Re-Leaf the Reserve Honor Cards let you plant a forest in honor or memory.
- Re-Leaf the Reserve will soon plant our 5000th tree!