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Find Bird Nests, Win Prizes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s time once again for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Funky Nests in Funky Places. This contest focuses on the quirky places birds sometimes build their nests. Participants have found […]
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Help Improve the Hiking Guide!!!! Win a Prize!!!!
We are working on a new edition of The Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide. To do it, we need your help. The Guide describes nearly 200 U.S. Forest Service trails […]
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Legislature Does Good by Accident
There were two water quality bills in the 2017 Legislature which the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy opposed. This led to weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc., some of which was […]
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Beauty is Where You Find It
By Charlie Feldhake I have left the 12-foot bole of a dead scarlet oak standing about 20 feet from the back of my house. Leaving it stand is not a […]
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Forest Management and Carbon Sinks
What is the role of forest management in carbon dioxide sequestration? We all know that trees play a big role in how much carbon dioxide is in the air. They […]
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International Migratory Bird Day at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
By Cindy Rank What fun it was a couple of weeks ago to return to the first bit of land purchased as part of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge […]
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1965 Fall Review
From Fighting to Protect the Highlands, The First Forty Years of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy by Dave Elkinton As recalled by Maxwell Smith “It was a cold, wet, miserable […]
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Reflection: Mirror, Mirror
By Cynthia D. Ellis An anniversary year calls for taking stock of where we are—and who we are. We could be inclined to wonder about the state of our group. We might […]
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National Academies Investigate Health Impacts
By Cindy Rank It is never pleasant living near any kind of coal mining operation and the smallest mines can cause health and property damage. However, the scale and location […]
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White Nose Syndrome Update
By Craig Stihler The fungal disease White Nose Syndrome (WNS) was first documented in West Virginia in early 2009. Since then, there have been significant declines in the numbers of […]
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