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Celebrating Old Growth in Doddridge County
By Cindy Rank Sunday, June 11th dawned clear and warm – a perfect day for gathering to dedicate the new Forest Preserve in Doddridge County west of Clarksburg, WV. Decades […]
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Planting the Seeds & Helping Them Grow 50 Years of Tending the Environment in West Virginia
Honoring the Partnerships that formed the Highlands Conservancy in the first place and the ever expanding network of new citizen and environmental partners we’ve worked with through the past 5 […]
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West Virginia Red Spruce Trees for Sale!
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy organizes volunteers to collect seeds from our native plant species. We contract with commercial growers to grow seedlings for ecosystem restoration projects. All proceeds support […]
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Planting Some Trees on Old Strip Mines
By Beth Little I just witnessed an operation that has it all: job creation, land restoration, and youth education. The jobs are largely local and varied, from bulldozer operator to […]
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Moving Old Mines Closer to Compliance
The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition have made an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection that moves seven former […]
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Memories of the Early Days of the WVHC
By Rupert Cutler I was an Assistant Executive Director of The Wilderness Society in Washington, D.C., assigned by Executive Director Stewart Brandborg to help pro-wilderness grass roots groups in the […]
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Congress Refuses to Unfix a Problem
By John McFerrin In March, 2017, The Highlands Voice reported that Congress was about to unfix a problem with the waste of natural gas on public lands. The Bureau of […]
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Trail Truthing, Part 5: Your Turn
By Hugh Rogers Ever-resourceful Editor John has proposed a contest for hikers who will help us bring our Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide up to date. Here’s some background. More […]
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Find Bird Nests, Win Prizes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s time once again for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Funky Nests in Funky Places. This contest focuses on the quirky places birds sometimes build their nests. Participants have found […]
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Help Improve the Hiking Guide!!!! Win a Prize!!!!
We are working on a new edition of The Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide. To do it, we need your help. The Guide describes nearly 200 U.S. Forest Service trails […]
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