An Initial Examination of National Forest Management Response to Endangered Species Listing of the Candy Darter

By Rick Webb The candy darter is a brightly colored 2 to 3-inch fish of mountain streams in the Gauley and New River watersheds…

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Another sign of spring

It must be spring; the woodpeckers are drumming.        Woodpeckers make two distinct types of sounds.  One is the irregular pecking, with a couple of thumps,…

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New Reporting on Fracking and Public Health

By John McFerrin The Environmental Health News has announced the results of the effects of hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) on public health.  The results were…

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Dolly Sods Project Moves Closer to Action

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Dolly Sods project is getting close to the point where we can begin calling for volunteers for the first phase of activity,…

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What’s Happening with the Mountaineer Express Pipeline

By Cynthia D. Ellis Our editor prompted me to write about what is new with the MXP…the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline…that mega pipeline that slashed…

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Some Welcome (but far away) Relief for Birds

The Bird-Safe Buildings Act has been re-introduced in Congress.  It would require that new or substantially modified federal buildings be constructed to make them less of a hazard…

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Thoughts from our president

April has passed with over a full year of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19, even though many have now received the vaccine. Although the coronavirus has…

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On Climate Change and the Arc of History

By John McFerrin Even if we are past February–the month of predictions, the month that opens with Groundhog Day when we all at least…

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