Read the Winter Newsletter!

From Matthew Johnston
Executive Director, Arundel Rivers Federation
January 6, 2026

Last night, over eight years since more than 100 residents gathered at a community meeting to protest the development of the site, four years since the Scenic Rivers Land Trust gathered hundreds of signatures to tell the County to save Glebe Heights, over three years since the Arundel Rivers Federation submitted another 500 signatures urging the County to deny yet another application for development of the forest, after so much perseverance by our neighbors, Matt Minahan, Melanie Hartwig-Davis, and others, and  so many conversations with leaders, neighbors, advocates, and representatives of the property owners, the County Council finally voted to approve the purchase of the beautiful Forest at Glebe Heights which will soon be protected forever from development. 

The Forest at Glebe Heights is one of the largest, intact forests remaining on our peninsula and will now forever stand as a perfect tribute to smarter land use policy where we protect the forests and open spaces that make this county so beautiful and where we only build the right projects in the right places for the right reasons.

To all involved: thank you.