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2023 West Virginia Legislature Update
By Luanne McGovernThe 2023 West Virginia legislative session kicked off in Charleston on Jan. 11. So far over 1,500 bills have been introduced. The WV Highlands Conservancy, in conjunction…
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EPA Wants to Plug the Leaks at Gas Wells
By John McFerrin My mother hated waste. In a household headed by Depression era babies, we did it all: reusing wrapping paper, turning off…
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Thoughts from our President
By Larry Thomas Winter certainly has arrived in the highlands with freezing temperatures, strong winds (causing wind chills to drop below zero) and several…
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Making Permit Reviews More Efficient?
By John McFerrin For at least the second time, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)’s dream that we should fast track proposed infrastructure projects has been…
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Make Your Voice Heard! Corridor H Commenting Period extended to Jan. 6
The final day to submit comments to the West Virginia Division of Highways concerning the two remaining unfinished sections of Corridor H—the ten-mile section from Parsons to…
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Groups Weigh in on how to Best Implement the Inflation Reduction Act
With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, the United States made a historic investment in farmers and ranchers to bolster the transition to climate-smart…
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Water Quality Testing for Corridor H Construction Impacts Continues
Mimi Kibler takes a stream water measurement at Dry Run on Sugarlands Rd. near Hambleton, West Virginia. In June 2022…
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Will WV legislators put our drinking water at risk? Again?
By Olivia Miller On Jan. 9, 2014, an estimated 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked from an aboveground…
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There Were No Flowers: Ethical Nature Photography
(Photo by Dave Johnston) By Dave Johnston Ever since the advent of photography, photographers have been taking and…
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It’s That Serious: A Collection of Comments on Corridor H
Corridor H construction in Holly Meadows, West Virginia, in Dec. 2022. By Hugh Rogers Since the partial…
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