Before the Montgomery Council session on Tuesday, April 18th, Council President Roger Berliner announced a countywide proclamation that declared April as Earth Month.

In attendance for the proclamation were:

• DEP Director Lisa Feldt
• Veronique Marier of Bethesda Green
• Joyce Breiner of Poolesville Green
• Brian Ditzler and Mark Posner of the Montgomery County Sierra Club
• Eliza Cava, Audubon Naturalist Society
• Michelle Kokolis, Rock Creek Conservancy
• Caitlin Wall, Potomac Conservancy
• Representatives from the Watts Branch Watershed Alliance and Little Falls Watershed Alliance