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WVHC 2024 Fall Review
Members and friends of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy: We are excited to invite you to our Annual Fall Review to explore and celebrate conservation efforts throughout the West Virginia Highlands […]
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Impact of Highway Construction on Our Quality of Life and Our Economy
From the Go North Corridor H Alliance The computer-generated simulated photos that WVDOH brings to our local information meetings and that appear on their website show a finished highway spiraling […]
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Book Review: Walk, on the Mountain by Junior Walk
By Cindy Ellis When I was newly retired from teaching in public schools in West Virginia, I cast around for quite a while to find a pursuit for the energy […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline’s Restoration Work Causing Even More Issues
By Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Voices Though Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service in mid-June, construction continues on the route as contractors work to complete final restoration of the right-of-way — […]
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Federal Agency Petitioned to Curb Bird Collisions With Commercial Buildings
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy joined the Center for Biological Diversity, and 29 other bird and wildlife conservation organizations from 24 states filed a legal petition on Sept. 4, 2024, asking the […]
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It’s Getting Impossible to Beat the Heat
By Perry Bryant If you think that it’s been abnormally hot in West Virginia lately, you’d be right. Consider this summer in Charleston: June had 13 days with high temperatures […]
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Save the Blackwater Canyon Trail
By Betsy Jaeger Lawson, West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club One of the most popular hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing trails in West Virginia needs our help! The Blackwater […]
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The Rest of Blackwater Canyon to Become Part of the Monongahela National Forest
By John McFerrin The United States Forest Service has agreed to buy approximately 2,700 acres of land along the Blackwater River in Tucker County to add to the Monongahela National […]
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Mark Your Calendars for WVHC’s 2024 Fall Review!
West Virginia Highlands Conservation Efforts: Exploring the Past and Present to Build a Sustainable Future Oct. 18 – 19 at Cacapon Resort State Park The West Virginia Highlands is a […]
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Making a Difference: Practical Actions That Individuals Can Take To Reduce Their Impact on Climate – Food, Reuse & Recycle, Forestry
Food While estimates vary, as much as 30 percent of food produced is not eaten. Any organic material that ends up in a landfill will decay, and without oxygen, it […]
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