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Nominating Committee Report
Last year’s Annual Meeting was a bit topsy-turvey due our relative inexperience with Zoom meetings. Consequently, our normal election process was out-of-wack as well and our approach this year is […]
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To protect a fragile biome
By George E. Beetham Jr. We think of wilderness as being a vast expanse of wild land. Indeed, Dolly Sods consists of many acres of land. At the same time […]
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Wilderness Stewards Tackle Fall Crowds
By Dave Johnston The last week of September and first two weeks of October are prime time in Dolly Sods. Although climate change appears to be causing the peak of […]
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Dogs, Birds, Bats, and the Shoenfeld Estimator
By John McFerrin For various reasons operators of industrial wind turbines seek to know the number of birds and bats that are killed by the turbines. Some studies are done as […]
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Coal mine Special Reclamation–What problem? Where?
Cindy Rank If there ever was a robust program on paper that was more like swiss cheese in practice, look no further than the West Virginia coal mine bonding program. […]
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MVP — Many Voices Protest
By Cindy Rank Developers (Dominion) of the previously canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) are currently considering how to reclaim the abandoned areas of its now defunct plans for its giant […]
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Wilderness Stewards Gird for Fall, Solitude Monitoring
By Dave Johnston Fall is the busiest part of the busy season in the West Virginia highlands, and Dolly Sods is always at the center of the storm. People come […]
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Antennas on Hanging Rock
By Cynthia Ellis Where Do They Go? “Have a nice trip!” That’s a silly something that we birders would sometimes call out to migrating raptors in September as we watched them […]
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Save the date!
Fall Review and Annual Meeting on Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, 2021 The theme of this year’s Fall Review is Climate Change. Although plans are preliminary, on Saturday we […]
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Thoughts from our president
September is here and once again we will see the spectacular annual transformation of the mountains to the vibrant shades of orange, yellow, and red. It is very interesting to read […]
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