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Another month, another series of public relations disasters by the folks at Fundamental Data
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy City council brouhaha in Belmont, North Carolina Ted McGavran is an engineer working for Fundamental Data. He has been seen around the project […]
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Off the beaten path: Katydids
By Cindy Berdine, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy There is a time and a season for everything. I must pause right now and take this moment to disclose in complete transparency […]
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Trump administration scales back endangered species protections again
By Rebecca Schneid and T. Michelle Murphy, MSN News The United States Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service on July 17 updated its rules for implementing the Endangered […]
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Christa’s catch: Native vs. wild fish
By Christa Clasgens, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy A long-winded debate among anglers that’s actually quite simple – is it a native or a wild fish? Oftentimes, anglers mistakenly use these […]
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Thoughts from our President – August 2026
Greetings! I hope you are all having an enjoyable summer. Here in Canaan, the weather has been cool most days, and as I write this, a big thunderstorm is moving […]
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Madtoms: Small catfish that play a big role in West Virginia’s waters
By Cameron Layne, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginia serves as an angler’s paradise for species such as muskie, brook trout and smallmouth bass. Among such desirable gamefish are catfishes, […]
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Solar overtakes coal in US electricity for the first month on record
By Ember New solar records and long-term coal decline lead to latest clean power milestone New York, 10 June 2026 – Solar overtook coal generation in the US electricity mix for […]
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Appalachianization update: How the data center boom is making America’s economy look like Appalachia’s
By Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute Last December, I wrote a blog post titled, “The Appalachianization of America’s Economy”, in which I observed that the AI and data center boom, […]
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Exploring West Virginia safely: What everyone should know about ticks
By Mary Felts, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Member When most people envision a summer in West Virginia’s forests, they think of scenic overlooks, cool mountain streams and peaceful hikes. I was fortunate enough […]
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Five decades later, the mountains still need what they never got
By James Branscome, Kentucky Lantern Appalachia has never been beyond saving. It has been beneath bothering to save. When I published “Annihilating the Hillbilly” in 1971, the manifesto argued that the stereotyping of Appalachian […]
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