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Remembering Ben Stout
By Cindy Rank Ben Stout, father, teacher, friend, scientist, ecologist, activist and lover of life, died August 3, 2018. Since then there has been an outpouring of fond remembrances from […]
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Annual Meeting
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review 2018 And Annual Meeting Experience Learning Inc. Spruce Knob Mountain Center 18 Woodlands Way Circleville, WV 26804 USA https://experience-learning.org/ Friday October 5 through […]
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Thoughts from our president
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) has received a contribution from the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh (ECP) in the memory of former ECP club members George Bogel and Robert Broughton. […]
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Pipelines Keep Getting Stopped (at least temporarily)
Atlantic Coast Pipeline The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ordered the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to stop construction because it does not have the proper permits and approvals. In […]
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Groups Say Rover Pipeline Fine Is Too Small
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the West Virginia Rivers Coalition (which led the effort) and seventeen other organizations in criticizing the actions taken by […]
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Groups Ask That Atlantic Coast Pipeline be Halted
Several citizen and environmental groups, including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, have asked that construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline be halted because it does not have the proper permit […]
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INDUSTRY STANDARD NONCOMPLIANCE
By Rick Webb, Highlands Conservancy Board Member and Chair of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance CSI Program The Pipeline Air Force, a component of the Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), has […]
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Court Vacates Federal Decisions on MVP Construction
By Kate Mishkin The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to grant a right of way, and the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin A lot of the July meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Board meeting was the same old, same old: we still have members; membership secretary Beth […]
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Land and Water Conservation Fund in Peril
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2018. There are efforts afoot to keep that from happening and to keep it authorized permanently. The Land […]
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