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Board Highlights: April 2024
By John McFerrinThe spring Board of Directors meeting of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy was, as usual, a mixture of boring, businessy stuff…
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Putting Leave No Trace into Practice at Dolly Sods
By Dave Johnston Most people are in favor of supporting and preserving natural areas and believe…
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YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR THE HIGHWAY
beneath the Eastern Phoebe. It hums alongside the Hermit Thrush and Indigo Bunting. It is almost like a river but it is not a…
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Thoughts From Our President: May 2024
By Marilyn ShoenfeldSpring has finally arrived, but the weather has been dark and cold for the past few days. Yes, rain is needed,…
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Blackwater River Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers for 2024
By Olivia Miller On April 16, the Blackwater River, West Virginia’s prized waterway renowned for its…
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Recent maps released by the West Virginia Division of Highways in April 2023 of its Revised Original Preferred Alternative (ROPA) from Parsons-to-Davis.
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EPA, DEP Not Doing Their Jobs?
The Sierra Club, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, and West Virginia Rivers Coalition sue over Lower Guyandotte watershed oversight By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail
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Mine Reclamation Fund Board Gets Environmental Rep After Participation Concern
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail An advisory council established to ensure the stability of a state fund key to the reclamation of abandoned mine…
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Coal Companies Point Fingers as Local Resident Contend With Flood and Home Damage
By Dan Radmacher, Appalachian Voices There are strange things happening near Wolf Pen, West Virginia, about seven miles north of Welch.
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Multiflora Rose: An Invasive Species, A Cautionary Tale, and A Good (?) Idea Gone Bad
By John McFerrin It seemed like a good idea at the time. Hybrid roses needed a sturdy root stock to graft desirable varieties onto….
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