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Supreme Court Chief Justice Clears Way for Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction to Resume
By Mike Tony The Mountain Valley Pipeline’s legal saga took an extraordinary turn Thursday (July 27) morning. The chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a lower court’s holds […]
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Another Small Step Forward: Making Sure Old Mines Are Reclaimed
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the Sierra Club in another step in the long march toward making sure that mines which are forsaken are […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin In some ways, the July meeting of the Board of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was an ordinary Board meeting. Yet while we didn’t make any momentous […]
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Spotted Lanternfly Basics
By Patricia Gundrum Spotted lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula) are native to China and other regions of Asia. First detected in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 2014, they have managed to spread within […]
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Watoga Old-Growth Forest Exploration Outing
By Larry Thomas The Conservancy’s second old-growth outing took place on July 9, when more than thirty individuals met ecologist/naturalist Doug Wood at Watoga State Park’s Ann Bailey Overlook Trailhead. […]
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WV Legislative Interims – Six Months to Go
By Luanne McGovern The West Virginia legislative interim sessions have been relatively quiet this year but will likely get busier as the fall progresses. Interim sessions are planned for every […]
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Are “Wilderness Trails” an Oxymoron?
By Dave Johnston Nothing seems more fundamental to a visit to a natural area than a trail. We have come to take for granted that trails and nature go hand […]
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Cindyology
By Hugh Rogers Cindy Rank is retiring from our Board of Directors. We are taking a deep breath. For many people, Cindy and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy have been […]
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Thoughts From Our President
By Marilyn Shoenfeld As July flows into August and the temperature rises, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy continues its mission to protect and preserve the highlands. Our summer Board of […]
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Peregrine Falcons: Triumph and Trauma Under the Bridge
Photography and article by Cindy Mullens What would inspire the birders of Monongalia County to visit the bridges that pass over the Monongahela River? The locations are noisy with the […]
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