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West Virginia Looses Veteran Environmental Movement Organizer
Shortly after midnight on January 16, 2024, Norm Steenstra, Jr, a founder of West Virginia’s environmental movement, passed away at his home in Charleston, at the age…
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WVHC Comments to Public Service Commission in Support of Solar Power in West Virginia
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has made formal comments to the West Virginia Public Service Commission on the proposal to change…
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2024 WV Legislative Update
By Luanne McGovern, WVHC Legislative Committee Chair The 87th West Virginia Legislature started their 60-day session on January 10, 2024. So far, almost 2,000 bills…
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Thoughts From Our President
The month of January brought one of the most incredible snowstorms in recent memory to the West Virginia highlands. So far, Canaan Valley has seen 103.5 inches…
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Candy Darters Caught in the Crossroads
By Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy On Jan. 10, 2024, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy joined Appalachian Voices, the Center for…
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2023
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Plugging Orphaned Oil and Gas Wells
By John McFerrin The problem Orphaned gas wells are everywhere. There are about 6,500 gas wells in West Virginia that are…
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Bird Banding at Dolly Sods Resumes After Year-Long Hiatus
Brooks Bird Club, headquartered in Wheeling, has been supportive of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy since our beginnings. Chuck Conrad, administrator of Brooks Bird Club for…
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Methane Leaks and ARCH2: A Problem Not Yet Solved
By John McFerrin If we don’t get methane leaks under control, the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2) will be a failure.
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A West Virginia Native Species Lost
On Nov. 16, 2023, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service officially declared the tubercled-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)—a freshwater mussel once abundant in large eastern…
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