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We Surveyed the Members; What Did They Say?
By the WVHC Climate Change Committee The Climate Change Committee conducted a historic survey of Highlands Conservancy members on climate change in March and…
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Our readers write
The Highlands Voice, After looking over your survey regarding so-called “global warming,” more recently called “climate change,” I hope this letter will not be butchered as was my previous communication. Why? As a supporter of academic freedom, I believe all opinions must be expressed. Regarding number 3 of the survey, there is no proof storms are more…
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Virtual Board Highlights
Since we are all sheltering in place, staying at least one turkey vulture wingspan apart, we could not have a regular Board meeting this quarter.
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Thoughts from our president
April was another month of dealing with the restrictions associated with COVID-19, what is now known as the silent enemy. Although the coronavirus has us all hunkered…
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Bonding: Are the chickens finally coming home to roost?
By Cindy Rank West Virginia received approval for primacy for the Surface Mining Regulatory program in 1982-3. As a member of the local group Friends…
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Wisps of Clouds
By George E. Beetham Jr. Wisps of clouds ride on the wind Scatter and then assemble again Storm…
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Groups Support Critical Habitat for Endangered Crayfish
In February, 2020, The Highlands Voice had a story about the proposal by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish…
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WV Legislature- the Good and Not So Good of It
By Frank Young, WV E-Council Legislative Committee Chair The West Virginia state legislature adjourned in mid-March, just as the COVID-19 anxiety was cranking up–thus…
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ClimateWise April 2020
By the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change Committee While it’s hard to think about climate change when our world has been totally disrupted…
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Why Bats?
By Katherine McFerrin Amid the COVID-19 pandemic one might wonder how this virus came to be. While it’s well known that the virus came…
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