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Forest Service Thinking about Drilling in National Forests
By John McFerrin The United States Forest Service is considering revising its rules that govern drilling for oil and gas in the National Forests. Background The United States Forest Service […]
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Entrance Fees in State Parks?????
A legislative audit has recommended that the Legislature should consider entrance fees for state parks. The park system estimates that the states needs between $75 million and $100 million for […]
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Plan for Logging in Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Draws Fire
By Rick Steelhammer A plan to commercially log at least 1,600 acres of northern hardwood forest in Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge to achieve wildlife and plant habitat improvement goals […]
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Atlantic Coast Pipeline Gets Another Go-Ahead
In September, The Highlands Voice reported that construction on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline had been stopped by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) because it did not have proper permits. […]
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Where it Began
Now that the new edition of the Hiking Guide to the Monongahela National Forest has come out, it is interesting to see where it all began. This is from the August, […]
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So what’s the answer?
The story on the Allegheny Front Migration Observatory in the September issue of The Highlands Voicegave an example of a question that a volunteer there would pose to visitors: Which […]
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Congress fails to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund
National and State of West Virginia conservation and recreation groups have requested that legislators permanently reauthorize theLand and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and not to allow the LWCF to expire […]
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Pipelines and the National Forests: A Conflict of Values
By Lewis Freeman, Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance It has been over four years since the first proposals were set forth to build two natural gas pipelines that begin in […]
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A Tiny Little Update
In August, the Voicereported that the Land and Water Conservation Fund is in peril. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is funded by part of the royalties from offshore oil […]
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THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE’S TIMELINE OF DEFIANCE
Assembled by Rick Webb, Highlands Conservancy Board Member and Chair of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance CSI Program When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of the ACP in […]
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