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Auld Lang Syne
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and old lang syne? Our 50th year is ending. Our old times and old acquaintances have not been…
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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Gives Away Chance to Protect State’s Waters
West Virginia has waived its opportunity to review the Mountain Valley Pipeline to determine whether it will cause a violation of West Virginia’s water quality standards. Under Section 401 of…
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin The Board of Directors of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy met in October. Of course, we had most of the usual stuff—report from Membership Secretary (holding our…
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Asking the Governor for Help
Twenty organizations (including the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy) have joined in a letter asking Governor Justice to take the lead in assuring that the Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the…
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Cancelling Study on Mining and Health: an Update
By John McFerrin For years, and probably decades, coalfield residents have known in their bones that living near surface coal mines made people sick. This common knowledge began to be…
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Watching Birds and Seeing Who’s Boss
Through its Project Feeder Watch, the Cornell Laboratory or Ornithology has begun gathered data on what it calls “dominance hierarchy.” This involves watching birds’ behavior at feeders and learning…
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Giving Thanks … for the 50th
By Cindy Rank A great big THANK YOU from the planning committee for the 50th Anniversary blowout at Canaan Valley in September. It was a lot of work, but great…
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A Giant, and a Friend, Passes
Born in Watertown, Wisconsin, Dianne was the oldest of eight children that Josephine and John McFarland would bring into the world, followed by Jerry, Betty, Linda, Hannah, Monica, Dan,…
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JUNCO
Seen with the eye of contemplation, creatures are vestiges, the very footprints of God. — St. Bonaventure A gray bird in a red bush, an empty stream of stones and…
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An Open Letter to Governor Jim Justice
Office of the Governor State Capitol 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Honorable Governor Justice, There are, and have been a number of plans for new electricity transmission lines and natural gas…
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