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Beauty is Where You Find It
By Charlie Feldhake I have left the 12-foot bole of a dead scarlet oak standing about 20 feet from the back of my house. Leaving it stand is not a…
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Forest Management and Carbon Sinks
What is the role of forest management in carbon dioxide sequestration? We all know that trees play a big role in how much carbon dioxide is in the air. …
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International Migratory Bird Day at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
By Cindy Rank What fun it was a couple of weeks ago to return to the first bit of land purchased as part of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge…
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1965 Fall Review
From Fighting to Protect the Highlands, The First Forty Years of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy by Dave Elkinton As recalled by Maxwell Smith “It was a cold, wet, miserable…
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Reflection: Mirror, Mirror
By Cynthia D. Ellis An anniversary year calls for taking stock of where we are—and who we are. We could be inclined to wonder about the state of our group. We might…
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National Academies Investigate Health Impacts
By Cindy Rank It is never pleasant living near any kind of coal mining operation and the smallest mines can cause health and property damage. However, the scale and location…
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White Nose Syndrome Update
By Craig Stihler The fungal disease White Nose Syndrome (WNS) was first documented in West Virginia in early 2009. Since then, there have been significant declines in the numbers of…
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What’s In a Name?
Opinion by John McFerrin The briefing paper that is the subject of the story on page 1 entitles itself “New Data: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would Trigger Extensive Mountaintop Removal.” As…
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North Carolina Group Speaks Out about the Pipeline
Most of the opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that we hear about is from Virginia and West Virginia. This does not mean, however, that all of the opposition…
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Maryland Bans Fracking
Maryland has, by statute, permanently banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. There had been years of protests by landowners, health leaders, and environmentalists. This makes Maryland the first…
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