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Methane
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, trapping heat in the atmosphere 30 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time frame. But unlike carbon dioxide that can impact the […]
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Conservancy Votes to Support Climate Change Legislation
By Perry Bryant In late March, President Biden proposed an infrastructure initiative that included major provisions addressing the climate crisis. Central to the President’s proposal on climate reform is a […]
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Spring
Tree buds a bloomin Spring is a zoomin To turn the world green The leaves will be poppin There just ain’t no stoppin That photosynthetic scene Tree roots are a […]
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An Initial Examination of National Forest Management Response to Endangered Species Listing of the Candy Darter
By Rick Webb The candy darter is a brightly colored 2 to 3-inch fish of mountain streams in the Gauley and New River watersheds of Virginia and West Virginia. Streams […]
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Another sign of spring
It must be spring; the woodpeckers are drumming. Woodpeckers make two distinct types of sounds. One is the irregular pecking, with a couple of thumps, a moment of silence, and then […]
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New Reporting on Fracking and Public Health
By John McFerrin The Environmental Health News has announced the results of the effects of hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) on public health. The results were dramatic. The goal of the reporting […]
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Dolly Sods Project Moves Closer to Action
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Dolly Sods project is getting close to the point where we can begin calling for volunteers for the first phase of activity, which will be […]
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What’s Happening with the Mountaineer Express Pipeline
By Cynthia D. Ellis Our editor prompted me to write about what is new with the MXP…the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline…that mega pipeline that slashed through 14 counties in western West […]
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Some Welcome (but far away) Relief for Birds
The Bird-Safe Buildings Act has been re-introduced in Congress. It would require that new or substantially modified federal buildings be constructed to make them less of a hazard to migratory birds. […]
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Thoughts from our president
April has passed with over a full year of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19, even though many have now received the vaccine. Although the coronavirus has many of us still […]
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