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The Greenbrier Southeast Project
The Greenbrier Southeast (GSE) project is a proposed 16,888-acre forest management project in the upper reaches of the East Fork of the Greenbrier River in the Monongahela…
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Covid Relief and Climate Change
There was also good news in the COVID-19 relief bill on climate change. Here are a few of the most important provisions. The most…
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Thurmond: Part of the New River Park and Preserve
During the first two decades of the 1900s, Thurmond was a classic boomtown. With the huge amounts of coal brought in from area mines, it had the…
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Thoughts from our president
An incredibly challenging year has ended, but the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 continues its quest, radically changing our lives as we move into 2021. It is critically…
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A New Role for the New River
The New River Gorge will have a new designation and a slightly different role thanks to Congressional action on the bill that included the Covid19 relief. It will…
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Update on Stormwater Permit in Jefferson County
By Dr. Christine Wimer President Jefferson County Foundation In our September article, we discussed in brief the Department of Environmental Protection’s use of Unilateral…
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One Step Closer to Imperiling Migratory Birds
By John McFerrin The outgoing administration has taken one step closer to a major policy change that would imperil migratory birds.
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A Good Poem: The Blackwater
By Jack Slocomb I think I first saw the Blackwater Canyon and falls when I was nine years old. That’s when I was living…
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Mistletoe: Holiday Matchmaker and Year-Round Parasite
By Katherine McFerrin Mistletoe is the symbol for romance during the winter holidays. The classic mistletoe, imagined with its snowy white berries and thin…
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On the River Once
By Jack Slocomb I remember the river going by muddy and slow and the moths flickering away lifetimes
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