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Corridor H in Wardensville moves forward despite unresolved environmental and safety concerns
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The long-planned highway expansion through the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest is once again moving forward,…
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Decades without clean water: How the Coalfield Clean Water Act aims to address southern West Virginia’s water crisis
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Residents in southern West Virginia’s coalfield counties have lived for decades without reliable access to clean drinking…
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Get to know Scott Durham, Cameron Layne, and Jocelyn Phares, the Conservancy’s newest board members
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Please provide a little background about yourself. Where are…
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Thoughts from our President
The snow is falling and the temperatures are plummeting, so we can safely say winter has arrived in the Highlands. The ski slopes are opening: White Grass…
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On climate change and the arc of history
By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Now that we have a new President (Trump, not Shoenfeld), it is a good time to look…
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Good news for Turtle Island’s red-legged jewel
By Dr. Steven Krichbaum via Go North Alliance The red-legged jewel is one of North America’s most striking wildlife species: the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys…
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Blasting, a ruptured coal seam, and no cleanup: One family’s Corridor H aftermath
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy When Linda Durrett talks about the Barbour County farm her family has held since 1848, her voice…
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Capon Springs is in a fight no one saw coming
By C.A. Holmes Every two weeks I make a trip down the highway to get water from the local spring. A mundane task that…
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Second Air Quality Board hearing held on Fundamental Data Ridgeline project
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Tucker United and the Sierra Club filed an appeal of the air…
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Upcoming film screening explores Appalachian roots and mother-daughter bonds
By Jordan Howes, Communications Coordinator, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Award-winning filmmaker Julia Huffman will return to her family’s Appalachian roots this month for a…
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