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Montgomery County’s farms open their barn doors this weekend for the 23rd Annual Farm Tour and Harvest Sale. Area residents will have the opportunity to tour 15 local farms Saturday ...

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Back home, the Potomac River was pulsing with life. Minnows were darting through the stargrass while mussels serenely filtered water down below. Insect nymphs shucked their shells to emer...

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(June 6, 2012) Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown joined together with Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert M. Summers and members of the Maryland Green Registry last evening to...

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A group of more than thirty Climate Ride bikers descended on downtown Silver Spring today, taking a lunch break on their way to DC and the U.S. Capitol building. Climate Ride is a no...

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  Nora Levy-Forsythe jogs the Bethesda segment of a 13-mile nature trail that links Georgetown to Silver Spring almost every day when home from college. But, as construction of ...

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Patch is running a contest over the next week in which readers nominate an environmental nonprofit and the winning organization will receive a $500 donation to an environmental charity. &...

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Forty-two years ago, late Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson had a vision of a world in which the environment was paramount. His vision led to the establishment of Earth Day—April 22—a day in ...

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Making your own pillows and cushions is a great way to think outside the store—you can choose whatever fabrics you want, the sewing is much easier than clothes because it’s all just recta...