Letters and Testimony
September 2024 DSP- 20022 FOSC Testimony at PG Planning Commission re: McDonalds proposed cutting of trees
April 2024 DEP-24-061- FINAL RESPONSE re Salt Letter 3.2024
April 2024 FOSC letter to MDOT SHA NPDES Permit 2407
April 2024 Coalition letter to SHA MS4 Comments with Appendices
April 2024 Mo. Co. Leaf Blower Incentive Program April 2024
March 2024 FOSC Advocacy 9801 Georgia KG testimony 24.03.07
March 2024 MCDOT response to FOSC letter regarding excessive salt application 3.2024
March 2024 FOSC Salt letter to MD Dept of Transp. State Highway Admin and MD Dept. of the Environment 3.5.2024
March 2024 FOSC Advocacy Excessive Salt Ltr to MoCo DOT, DEP, Parks 2024.03.03
March 2024 FY25 MoCo Budget Request Ltr_MoCoForestCoalition
February 2024 HB0864_Energy Efficiency & Conservation Plans_Climate Coalition MoCo_FAV Signed on
February 2024 9801 Georgia Avenue M-NCPPC File Number
November 2023 FOSC CB 40-23 Tree Fee
November 2023 CB 40-23 SUPPORT
September 2023 Technical comments on Takoma Park Draft MMPA – Adventist University site by Paul Chrostowski
September 2023 MMPA FOSC written testimony 9.1.2023
August 2023 AStorm-AWPN-SSMoCo comments 8.25.2023
August 2023 Charting a Course to 2025 – Response FINAL from the Clean Water Coalition
August 2023 County Council letter re TP MMPA 9.10.2023 from Paul Chrostowski
April 2023 Commentary: Landscape workers’ health is at risk in Montgomery County Baltimore Sun reader commentary
March 2023 Letter to DPF re Royal Farms Purchase of Sunoco Station Concept Plan for site on GA Ave at Beltway
March 2023 State HB 1089 Recycling Refund & Litter Reduction Program
March 2023 HB 942 SWPN Informational letter to House Transp. and Environ. Committee
Dec 2022 Leaf Blowers and California’s Zero Emission Rule
Dec 2022 MC.PG 107-23 Zoning Fairness Testimony Dan Smith 12.15.22
Dec 2022 FOSC to MoCo Council regarding the Anacostia trail
Oct 2022 SE-4846 Appeal and Request for Oral Argument Royal Farms
Aug 2022 FOSC Silver Spring Intl Middle School Testimony MoCo Planning Board 8.30.2022
Aug 2022 FOSC Royal Farms letter to PG Planning Board 8.2022
Aug 2022 Testimony Royal Farms proposal in PG County by FOSC 8.3.22
July 2022 Reforestation among best ways to mitigate climate change – published in Bethesda Beat Magazine
June 2022 I-495 and I-270 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) review period extension letter
May 2022 NNWB comments on Wheaton Regional Park Master Plan update 2022
April 2022 ANS letter to Dernoga & Taveras of the PG County Council 4-22-22
April 2022 FOSC testimony to the Planning Commission on their Forest Conservation bill 4.28.2022
April 2022 Conservation Montgomery – Montgomery County Tree and Forest Laws Handout
March 2022 Letter supporting State Senate Bill 292: Producer Responsibility in Packaging
March 2022 SWPN FY23 CIP Budget Testimony
February 2022 SB0321 FAVORABLE Comment from Friends of Sligo Creek Feb 2, 2022 hearing
February 2022 Testimony supporting full funding for Parks’ Capital budget
February 2022 Letter to MDOT and Parks on Erosion of the Sligo Creek Trail below the Carroll Ave Bridge
January 2022 FOSC testimony monitor synturf, HB 131
Dec 2021 SWPN letter re final MS4 determination 12-3-21
Nov 2021 FOSC testimony on the SDEIS to MDOT on Beltway expansion 21.11.04
Nov 2021 Sierra Club et al SDEIS Comments
Nov 2021 FOSC Montgomery Delegation Testimony on session priorities
Oct 2021 Climate Action Letter to Councilmember Hucker
Oct 2021 CAP Coalition Climate Actions Summary
July 2021 Stormwater Partners Comments on the Thrive 2050 Planning Board Draft Plan
April 2021 Stormwater Partners Network (SWPN) MoCo FY22 Operating Budget Testimony
April 2021 Chesapeake Bay Proclamation by the County Council
April 2021 Chesapeake Bay Week Proclamation Presentation to the County Council4.20.2021
March 2021 FOSC Parks Budget Testimony MoCo Council 03.2021
March 2021 Support for SB 843- MDOT Promises Act
March 2021 SWPN Climate Action Plan Letter
February 2021 FOSC Supports MD Plastic Bag Bill (HB314/SB223)
January 2021 Stormwater Partners Network Comments on 2020 MS4 Draft Phase I Permit for MoCo
January 2021 Letter expressing support for MD SB 414: Climate Solutions Now Act from a coalition of watershed and other environmental groups
January 2021 update: DEP’s response to the FOSC Stormwater Committee letter
January 2021 Wheaton Branch Flood Mitigation Comments to DOT from Stormwater Chair Elaine Lamirande
December 2020 Letter to the Board of Public Works on the Purple Line Settlement and MTA funding
November 2020 SierraClub + 49 other groups’ comments and analysis of Draft EIS for Beltway Widening
October 2020 FOSC Proposal for Wheaton Branch Ponds
September 2020 FOSC writtten testimony to Hearing Examiner against Abandonment of Ellsworth Drive in DTSS #2
September 2020 FOSC writtten testimony to Hearing Examiner against Abandonment of Ellsworth Drive in DTSS #1
August 2020 Thrive Montgomery Community Outreach Sign-on letter
July 2020 EJ For All Act signed letter
July 2020 SWPN Letter – Forest Conservation Regulations and Ephemeral Streams_Final
June 2020 FOSC Ellsworth Synturf MoCo Planning Board testimony 20.06.18
April 2020 Final Comments to MoCo DPS on Adoption of 2018 International Green Construction Code
April 2020 Reject Plastic Surfacing for Ellsworth Drive Letter to Casey Anderson et al
March 2020 Testimony to MoCo Board of Education re: Sligo Elementary Relocation to Parkside Site
February 2020 Choose Clean Water House CJS FY21 Final
February 2020 Choose Clean Water FY21 House Int Appropriations Final #1
January 2020 FOSC Testimony on the CIP Budget re Parks 2020
January 2020 Fenton Village Bike and Pedestrian Projects
December 2019 Concerns abut beltway widening
November 2019 Board of Public Works re: Beltway Widening
October 2019 Letter to Peterson Companies re Synthetic Plastic Carpet on Ellsworth Drive
May 2019 Testimony to MD Board of Public Works re: Concerns About Beltway Expansion
August 2018 Testimony to City of Takoma Park on Preserving Dorothy’s Woods
June 2018 Testimony to Montgomery County Council on Road Salt
April 2018 Testimony to Montgomery County Council on CIP Funding Stormwater Projects
March 18, 2018 Comments on Road Salt to Montgomery County Council
January 2018 Testimony to MTA on Beltway Expansion
September 14, 2017 Testimony to Park and Planning Commission to support using Silver Spring as one of the Pilot Areas of the Energized Public Spaces
July 21, 2016 Testimony to MC Council On Bill 28-16
July 14, 2016 Letter to MC Council on Wheaton Branch Improvement
May 4, 2016 Letter to MC Council on Bill 11-16
February 23, 2016 Response to Letter to MC Council on Parks Budget
February 10, 2016 Letter to MC Council on Parks Budget 2016
December 11, 2014 President Welcomes the new Park Director – Mike Riley
December 10, 2014 Letter to MC Council on Unnecessary Pesticides
July 9, 2014 FOSC Purple Line Coalition letter
November 3, 2013 Email to MC Council on Bag Fee Rule November 2013
May 5, 2013 Email to MC Council on Bag Free Rule May 2013
April 23, 2013 Letter to MC Council on Chelsea School Site
April 3, 2013 Letter to MC Council on Bill 34-12
February 22, 2013 Letter sent to the MC Planning Board on developing gas station at Wheaton Plaza
January 16, 2013 Letter to County Council on Protecting Trees in MC
June 7, 2011 Email to County Council on Artificial Turf
May 31, 2011 Email to MC Council on Artificial Turf
May 13, 2011 Letter to Chairman Berliner on Artificial Turf
April 13, 2010 Letter to MC Council on Parks Budget 2011
April 8, 2010 E-mail to MC Council on Costco filling station in Wheaton and a reply from George Leventhal
April 5, 2010 Testimony and e-mails to MC Council on Parks in the 2011 operating budget
March and April, 2010 Email sent to local delegates and senators concerning not rolling back the Stormwater Act of 2007
March 13, 2010 Letter supporting litter hotline
January 21, 2010 E-mail on plastic litter to local delegates and senators
March 1, 2006 Letter to Maryland DoEnv March 2006