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Mountain Valley Pipeline Hits Another Snag
By John McFerrin The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has temporarily suspended all stream and wetland crossings in West Virginia by the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. […]
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Fishing Joy
By Cindy Ellis We know about the joys of mountain streams. We know icy, rushing waters and rocky waterfalls and verdant banks with spruce or hemlock. In our recent history, […]
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New Visitor Center for Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
The United States Department of the Interior has announced $7 million in construction funding for a new Administrative/Visitor Center for Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The current facility was a […]
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How Do Tiny Air Particles from Fracking Affect Public Health?
Building and operating a hydraulic fracturing well site can emit airborne particles in multiple ways. But scientists still don’t fully understand how these particles impact human health. Travis Knuckles, assistant […]
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No Reason to Cancel Study on Mining and Public Health
By Kate Mishkin There’s no apparent reason why a study on the health effects of mountaintop removal was halted last year, according to the Department of the Interior’s deputy […]
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Thoughts from our president
Again, June, in addition to providing an abundance of rain, has produced a flurry of information that will be of interest to West Virginia Highlands Conservancy members. Information includes: […]
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Blair Mountain Battlefield Back on the National Register
By Cindy Rank THE GOOD NEWS The listing of Blair Mountain Battlefield on the National Register of Historic Places has been re-affirmed! As you may recall from previous issues of […]
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Tree Sitters Risk Lives on the Front Line
By Drew Philp Way out in the Appalachian hills, on the line between Virginia and West Virginia, after an hour-long backwoods hike up Peters Mountain, an orderly clutch of tents […]
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Highlands Conservancy Objects to FERC Policy
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with some two hundred other organizations from all over the country in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting what […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline to Get Closer Scrutiny at Stream Crossings
By John McFerrin Because of Court and Agency action, the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) may not be able to use an anticipated shortcut in getting approval […]
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