• A Dolly Sods vista with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy logo overlayed

    Another Milestone

    November 2020 represents another milestone: Bob Marshall has served as the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Treasurer for 20 years. Congratulations and a big thank you! The November 2002 issue of The Highlands Voice reported […]

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  • Thoughts from our president

    October, just like every other month was once again very busy at the Conservancy as it was for all of the organizations within the environmental community. For the Conservancy, among […]

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  • Cutting down the trees to save the forest

    By Olivia Miller  A project proposed by the United States Forest Service to clear cut 3,458 acres of older-growth forest stands in sections of the Monongahela National Forest in Tucker […]

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  • Connecting the Wild:  A Bridge to the Wilderness

    By Randy Kessling In a letter of August 20, 2022, Shane Jones, Ecosystems Staff Officer for the US Forest Service, asked the Highlands Conservancy if it would support its proposed […]

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  • Birding on Farm View Trail

    Our final outing for the summer consisted of a delightful Labor Day Weekend bird walk along one of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s newest routes: Farm View Trail. A partial […]

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  • Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update

    By Dave Johnston The month of September gave us a chance to finish up and assess the results of several projects in the Dolly Sods Wilderness, gear up for the […]

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  • Details on the Energy Efficiency Rebates

          There is one revived tax credit program for energy efficiency and two new rebate energy efficiency programs in the IRA.        The tax credit program, now called the Energy Efficiency Home […]

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  • Groups Appeal Decision on Mountain Valley Pipeline Extension

    The developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have requested, and received, an extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of the time limit to complete construction.   Several groups and […]

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  • Details on the Electric Vehicles Tax Credits

    Currently, the tax credit for electric vehicles (EVs) is limited to the first 200,000 customers for each car manufacturer. Tesla and General Motors have already reached that limit and Toyota […]

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  • Groups Sue Mine Over Ongoing Pollution

    By John McFerrin             The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the Kanawha Forest Coalition and Appalachian Voices in a suit against Keystone West Virginia over its operation of strip […]

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