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United States Environmental Protection Agency Narrows Protections for Clean Water
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has announced the repeal of the regulation defining the “waters of the United States.” In doing so, it has removed protection for…
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Songbirds Helping Spread Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
Hemlock wooly adelgid, a tiny insect pest, was discovered in the western United States in the 1920s and was first observed in the East in the early…
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North Carolina Citizens Try New Approach in Opposing Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Citizen groups in North Carolina are trying a new tactic in their opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. They contend that conditions have changed so that North Carolina…
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Annual Membership Meeting!
Among the activities that will take place during the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review are the Annual Membership Meeting and the quarterly Board meeting. The Annual…
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2,700+ Towers Update Lighting Systems, Saving Migratory Birds and Expenses
Over the past two years, thousands of communications tower operators have updated their lighting systems by turning off steady-burning (L-810) side-marker lights that attract birds and cause…
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Four Coal, Chemical Companies Sued for Clean Water Act Violations
By Kate Mishkin One of Gov. Jim Justice’s family mines is violating the Clean Water Act and Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, a…
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Conservancy Provides Scoping Comments on Forest Service’s Proposed Greenbrier Southeast Project
By Kent Karriker The Forest Service has proposed a new vegetation management project for a portion of the Monongahela National Forest called the Greenbrier…
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Climate Change Conference Coming Up
On Saturday, September 21, 2019, leading experts on the public health effects of global warming and climate change will discuss climate-related mental health impacts, heat wave deaths,…
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Another Step Forward (we hope) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
There have been more developments with the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Although it began in 1965 the Fund was not permanently authorized. Its authorization had to be periodically…
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Report Looks at Pipeline Construction
Now that Virginia and West Virginia have had a year of major pipeline construction, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited have prepared a report on…
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