Help us stop Annapolis from trading forests for traffic!  

Developers want to construct two huge projects on Forest Drive in Annapolis.  The city is allowing them to blatantly ignore the state’s 21-year-old Forest Conservation Act, under which the city has the authority to limit forest and wetland destruction.  

* The projects call for 681 residences and 200,000 sq. ft. of commercial space on 140 acres.  

* Fully 61 percent of the two surviving forests in the city would be bulldozed.  Forests allow us to maintain clean water, clean air and provide the critical habitat necessary for birds and other wildlife we want our children to experience growing up in Annapolis.

* Traffic on Forest Drive, already exceeding rush-hour capacity, would be slowed to a crawl.

* Overcrowded schools will become even more overcrowded.

* One of the projects will be so close to the border of Quiet Waters Park that it will cause permanent damage to the park’s environment.

We, citizens of the Annapolis area, demand that the Mayor insist on the enforcement of the law in the development of the Reserve at Quiet Waters and Crystal Springs. Property owners may have a right to develop, but the city has a moral and legal obligation to enforce the laws and protect the environment. 

This petition is sponsored by the Sierra Club of Anne Arundel County, the Annapolis Neck Peninsula Federation, Save Your Annapolis Neck, the Severn River Association, the Anne Arundel Green Party, the Anne Arundel Bird Club, and Mayor-elect Cohen's Environmental Transition Team.  Help us win this fight for Annapolis’ environment and quality of life.  After you sign, can you email ten friends with this link and encourage them to help too? 

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-annapolis-from-trading-forests-for-traffic

For more information:

http://greaterannapolis.patch.com/blog_posts/blog-fate-of-annapolis-remaining-forests-tbd​

http://saveyourannapolisneck.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/11-04-20-crystalspring-site-plan-revision.pdf​

http://saveyourannapolisneck.wordpress.com/forest-drive/reserve-at-qw-traffic-issues/