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Heads Up! WVHC Is Going Digital
By Cory Chase, Program Director The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has communicated with its membership through The Highlands Voice for decades, but there’s a…
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WV Parks System is Worth Protecting
By Robert Beanblossom West Virginia has always been a relatively poor state with an economy largely based on the extraction of natural resources —…
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Community Solar in West Virginia?
(Photo by Moritz Kindler/Unsplash) By John McFerrin Whenever there is discussion of capturing more sunshine to make electricity,…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Reclassifies Northern Long-eared Bat as Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
(Photo by Steve Taylor/University of Illinois) WASHINGTON — On Nov. 29, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service…
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Letter from the President
By Larry Thomas It is amazing how fast 2022 has flown by and it went out with a bang as temperatures in much of…
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STREAM Act Signed into Law
(Photo by Olivia Miller) By Susan Rosenblum and Olivia Miller Acid mine drainage is a devastating environmental issue with…
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BOOK REVIEW: Rambunctious Garden, Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
By Emma Marris, reviewed by John McFerrin Much of what the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy does involves land management. Should our state parks be…
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The West Virginia Land Trust and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Evie (Evelyn Webster) lovin’ those big trees in Doddridge County. (Photo courtesy of WV Land Trust) By Luanne McGovern I…
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The Failure of the West Virginia Public Service Commission to Serve the Public
By James M. Van Nostrand, Charles M. Love, Jr. Endowed ProfessorDirector, Center for Energy & Sustainable DevelopmentWest Virginia University College of Law One of…
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Earthjustice Update: Unregulated Coal Ash Dumping in Coal Mines
An update from Earthjustice November 28th, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) received our Notice of Intent to Sue concerning their failure to respond…
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