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A Tale of Ten Thousand PFAS
By Olivia Miller Like many, a few months ago, I heard rumblings about PFAS—the latest dreadful man-made chemicals to be on the watch for at every turn of my day—potentially […]
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Marion Harless’s Earth Days
by Hugh Rogers Marion Harless, an herbarist, teacher, weaver, West Virginia Folklife Master and outspoken environmentalist, who inspired countless people to learn and practice what she referred to as “green […]
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Spring Native Tree Planting Opportunity to Landowners in the Cheat Watershed
2023 marks the third year of Friends of the Cheat’s (FOC) Riparian Reforestation project in Tucker and Preston Counties, through which free native tree plantings are provided to landowners along […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin The dicey weather in January and the appeal of meeting without having to leave our houses drew us to a Zoom meeting for the January Board meeting […]
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2023 West Virginia Legislature Update
By Luanne McGovernThe 2023 West Virginia legislative session kicked off in Charleston on Jan. 11. So far over 1,500 bills have been introduced. The WV Highlands Conservancy, in conjunction with the WV […]
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EPA Wants to Plug the Leaks at Gas Wells
By John McFerrin My mother hated waste. In a household headed by Depression era babies, we did it all: reusing wrapping paper, turning off the lights when leaving the room, […]
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Thoughts from our President
By Larry Thomas Winter certainly has arrived in the highlands with freezing temperatures, strong winds (causing wind chills to drop below zero) and several snowstorms blanketing the mountains. We have […]
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Making Permit Reviews More Efficient?
By John McFerrin For at least the second time, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)’s dream that we should fast track proposed infrastructure projects has been thwarted. His idea was to shorten […]
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Make Your Voice Heard! Corridor H Commenting Period extended to Jan. 6
The final day to submit comments to the West Virginia Division of Highways concerning the two remaining unfinished sections of Corridor H—the ten-mile section from Parsons to Davis and the […]
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Groups Weigh in on how to Best Implement the Inflation Reduction Act
With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, the United States made a historic investment in farmers and ranchers to bolster the transition to climate-smart agricultural practices. The […]
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