𝕎𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 -- like the 0.91 acres obligated for forest conservation at 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙮-𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙. But we didn't get them. Instead, we got 1.82 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 in Woodbine. Far away from our watershed.

Next up, 𝘿𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙮'𝙨 𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙖 𝙋𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙚. The Department of Planning & Zoning approved waivers to remove 𝙨𝙞𝙭 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 at Dorsey's Ridge between 2017 and 2020. But that's not all — under current Forest Conservation regulations, DPZ let the developer pay $𝟱𝟱,𝟮𝟳𝟮 in lieu of preserving 1.6 acres of forest on their property.

Next up, 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝘿𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚. This developer already received waivers for steep slopes, streams, and wetlands right above our old town. Now, the developer wants to cut down one of our 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 and pay a fee in lieu of preserving 0.6 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 on the property.

Next, 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝘼𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚. After this developer cut down 𝟳𝟮 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 without authorization from the Department of Planning & Zoning, they still want approval to bank 𝟮.𝟭 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 off-site.

Lastly, the 𝙇𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙀𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮. These developers will go in front of the Historic Preservation Commission within the next few months to argue why they should be approved to cut down 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀 of our 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 steps away from Main Street. Our office will be there too, but we'll ask the HPC to deny that request. You can join us by following our social media — we'll sound the alarm when this development's on the HPC agenda and make sure you have the information you need to testify against it.

𝗖𝗕𝟱𝟰-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀. No more waivers to cut down our 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕓𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 in the old Ellicott City watershed. No more tree swaps outside the watershed. And no more saying goodbye to some of the best natural flood mitigation we can get.

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