Trail Truthing, Part 4: Up On Cheat

By Hugh Rogers Looking for obscure trails such as the Flame Azalea Trail I wrote about last month (see the follow-up below), I have old-fashioned encounters.  Instead of plugging in…

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Seven West Virginia Parks to Charge Entry Fees—NOT

In mid-April, the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources announced that a $2-per-car entry fee would be charged at Coopers Rock State Forest and at Babcock, Blackwater, Cacapon, Little…

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The Passing of an Old Friend

We note with sorrow the passing earlier this year of Eleanor Bush at the age of 103.  She served as secretary of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy for several…

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Board Highlights

By John McFerrin The spring Board meeting was a mixture of the same old, same old, issue reports, and excitement for the future. For same old, same old we had the…

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Beth Baldwin Wins an Award

By Cindy Rank Congratulations to Beth Baldwin. She and her cohorts in the nursing profession worked tirelessly at the WV state Legislature these past few years to achieve greater recognition, acceptance…

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Congratulations to West Virginia’s 2017 River Hero

The River Network, a Colorado-based national nonprofit organization that supports local and statewide organizations involved in restoring and protecting rivers and streams, has named WV Rivers Coalition’s executive director…

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Knocking Off the Ridgetops

As part of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion Resources intends to blast away, excavate, and partially remove entire ridgetops along 38 miles of Appalachian ridgelines as part of…

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