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Commenting on the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Before the Mountain Valley Pipeline would be allowed to cross streams or wetlands in West Virginia, it would need a permit from the United States Corps of Engineers. It had hopes […]
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Maury Johnson, Hero from the Holler
By Cynthia D. Ellis There are many different ways of taking action to protect the West Virginia mountains. We may know of the quiet work of those who labor at their […]
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The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in West Virginia, Edited by Richard S. Bailey and Casey B. Rucker
Reviewed by Cynthia D. Ellis It’s here! The long awaited second edition of the West Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas has arrived! Since the first ever breeding bird atlas in the world […]
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Overseeing the Overseers
By Cindy Rank In 2011 the WV Highlands Conservancy and WV Rivers Coalition successfully sued the state regulatory agency, WV Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP), to require them to assume […]
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What’s afoot with Turkeyfoot
By Cindy Rank As noted in the April issue of the Voice, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) approved a surface mine permit for the Republic Energy (formerly Alpha Metallurgical, […]
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Pipeline Inspectors
By Cindy Rank Failing to get approval of the more general Nationwide 404 Clean Water Act permit to allow Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) stream crossing activities, the company has reapplied […]
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What YOU have done and what YOU can personally do to slow climate change and temperature rise
By Jeff Witten and West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change Committee WV Mountaineers are resourceful and resilient: “Ask not what others can do to slow climate change – ask what […]
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Thoughts from our president
Summer has arrived and during June there were many severe storms with heavy rains here in the highlands. It is fantastic to see the transition of the trees that have […]
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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Project Kicks Off
By Dave Johnston With the signing of a partnership agreement between the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) and the Monongahela National Forest (MNF), the long-planned project to address the impacts […]
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes
The 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature provided a lot of indications of the enthusiasm in the body for allowing off-road vehicles on public lands in West Virginia. There were […]
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