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Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage
By Luanne McGovern If you’ve been following the news from the 2022 West Virginia Legislative session, you know that recovery of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) from Acid Mine Drainage has […]
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Off-Road Vehicle Recreation on West Virginia Public Lands
By Cory Chase The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, in partnership with the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance’s (ABRA), has just released a new project page about the harmful effects of Off-Road Vehicles (ORVs, a.k.a. Off-Highway […]
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Out of Date Legislative Update
By Luanne McGovern A monthly publication such as The Highlands Voice does not come out nearly often enough to keep up with what is going on at the West Virginia Legislature. Things change […]
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Thoughts from our President: Off-Road Vehicles Pose a Threat to West Virginia Public Lands
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has a long history of opposing Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) use on our West Virginia federal and state public lands. As reported previously, the Conservancy Legislative Committee, along […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline Hits Another Snag
By John McFerrin The Mountain Valley Pipeline faces another setback, this time over a failure by the Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the Endangered Species Act. The United States […]
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Indicators for Studying, Assessing and Evaluating Potential Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Effects and Costs on West Virginia Public Lands
There are numerous parameters to be used in the study and evaluation which will serve as the indicators of the potential of ORV effects if permitted on the public lands […]
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Board Highlights
We started off with the businessy business (reviewing the financial report, approving a budget for next year) and then listened to Dave Saville report on strong membership and annual fund […]
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Perry Is Right
In December, 2021, The Highlands Voice published an article asserting that carbon capture and storage is not all that it is cracked up to be as a tool to fight climate change. Carbon […]
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Lexington Coal Clean-Up Plan for Mingo County Mines
By Mike Toney A coal company responsible for some of the highest discharges of a pollutant with toxic effects for West Virginia’s aquatic life has proposed a cleanup plan under […]
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Our Readers Write
Dear Editor, The January Voice had an essay from Perry Bryant in which he disputed part of Dr. Randi Pokladnik’s piece in the December issue on Carbon Capture and Storage, […]
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