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Nudging the Greenbrier Southeast Project in the Right Direction
By Kent Karriker The Conservancy recently filed a comment letter on the Forest Service’s draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Greenbrier Southeast project. The project would pursue several management objectives, […]
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A New Crawdad
By Cindy Ellis Crawdads. In recent years, these critters have been featured in quite a few stories and references in The Highlands Voice. So, here is one more. This spring, veteran […]
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Thoughts from our president
May was yet another month of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19. However, we are seeing states relaxing the restrictions that have kept us homebound for so long. If […]
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Court of Appeals Denies Stay in Stream Crossings Case
By John McFerrin The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has refused to stay the effectiveness of the District Court’s decision that voided Nationwide Permit 12, the […]
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Fossilized Sunshine
Fossilized sunshine, we dig it out of the ground It can still shine brightly and it makes the world go ‘round We use it all day long, by the ton […]
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Spruce Knob
Up Spruce Knob road in cloud mist How like the heart when absence outweighs that heft once carried Forest Roads 12 and 1024 Startle doe at East Overlook light rain […]
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Federal Court Voids Key Permit
By John McFerrin A United States District Court Judge in Montana has ruled that Nationwide Permit 12 issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act is invalid because it was issued […]
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Ruminations on Mon Timber Harvesting Planning and Wildlife Management Planning–Twin Misguided Cousins
By Jack Slocumb I have been reading in the Voice about the development of the Management Plan for the Mon. In regard to timber harvesting operations, I would like to […]
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The New Trail: Finding a way while keeping apart during the pandemic
By Hugh Rogers Twenty-some years ago, Ruth and I led a hike for the Highlands Conservancy’s “Mon-a-thon” program. We brought tea. When we reached some flat rocks off the Highlands […]
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West Virginia Admits That Its Coal Mine Reclamation Bonding System Is On Brink of Collapse
By Peter Morgan A recent filing by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) makes clear that state mine regulators are completely unprepared to deal with the coming tsunami of […]
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