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Thoughts from our president
Another incredibly challenging year has come to an end. Looking back, I have been thinking, where did it go, seems to have just zoomed by. Unfortunately, the…
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Corridor H: Whose Highway?
By Hugh Rogers An elected official in Tucker County asked me where I was from. “Randolph County,” I said. “Kerens.” “Off the mountain,” she…
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2021
The Highlands Voice The Monthly Publication of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Special offer: Sign up here for a free six-month trial to the Highlands Voice. Please consider
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The Highlands Voice Scoops The New York Times
Date The Highlands Voice reported that Watoga State Park had achieved Dark Sky status: November 1, 2021 Date The New York Times reported that Watoga State Park had achieved…
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Learning Where the Birds Go
The September, 2021, issue of The Highlands Voice had a story of the installation of tracking equipment at the Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory in Monroe County. While birders have been going…
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West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Sets Legislative Priorities
What legislative advocacy the Highlands Conservancy does is done through the West Virginia Environmental Council. Because the Highlands Conservancy itself doesn’t have the resources or any special expertise…
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Furious
Wildland; The Making of America’s Fury by Evan Osnos, (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York, 2021). Reviewed by Cynthia D. Ellis Some…
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MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN KANAWHA COUNTY
Upon the bank a haze of bluets pool, and I wade there refreshed, lost in spring, myself, all I can get
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Supporting the Wilderness Climate
By Dave Johnston The theme of the 2021 WVHC Fall Review was climate change. Global climate change is certainly affecting Dolly Sods, but in…
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Solutions for West Virginia Outside of Infrastructure Deals
By Robert Beanblossom Thanks to President Biden, West Virginia will receive billions of dollars in infrastructure funds. However, if the state’s…
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