Promoting environmental conservation, fair and open government, and active civic engagement in Frederick County, Maryland

CBF backs “rain tax”

In a Frederick NEws Post letter to the editor the Chesapeake Bay Foundation supports the rain tax…  

New construction site sediment pollution regulations in effect

FoFC received this notice from Community & Environmental Defense Services:

Green Economic Development saves money and makes for better living: 2 reports of interest

Across the country, communities are struggling with how to fix and replace failing and outdated infrastructure and meet new demand to manage stormwater and protect clean water. American Rivers worked with the American Society of Landscape Architects, ECONorthwest, and the Water Environment Federation to release the Banking-on-Green report to build on the current understanding of the [...]

Environmental Site Design for stormwater management: resources and powerpoints

Since June, Bruce Gilmore and Richard Klein of the Community and Environmental Defense Services (CEDS) have conducted five workshops on Environmental Site Design for Clean Water Advocates.   The workshops were designed to expand the base of support for this incredibly important approach.  To this end the workshops were successful.  More then a hundred people registered [...]