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 than ten…

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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…

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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…

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Legislature Does Good by Accident

There were two water quality bills in the 2017 Legislature which the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy opposed.  This led to weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc., some of which…

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Beauty is Where You Find It

By Charlie Feldhake I have left the 12-foot bole of a dead scarlet oak standing about 20 feet from the back of my house.  Leaving it stand is not a…

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Forest Management and Carbon Sinks

What is the role of forest management in carbon dioxide sequestration?  We all know that trees play a big role in how much carbon dioxide is in the air. …

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International Migratory Bird Day at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

By Cindy Rank What fun it was a couple of weeks ago to return to the first bit of land purchased as part of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge…

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National Academies Investigate Health Impacts

By Cindy Rank It is never pleasant living near any kind of coal mining operation and the smallest mines can cause health and property damage. However, the scale and location…

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