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Changes Proposed to NEPA Rules
By John McFerrin Council on Environmental Quality has proposed changes to the regulations on how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented. If the changes…
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How to Do Social Distancing
For the last few weeks there have been innumerable (The Highlands Voice’s crack staff of enumerators lost count at a bazillion and twelve) newspaper and magazine stories full…
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In Person Board Meeting Cancelled
Because of the corona virus and the recommended social distancing that resulted, the Board of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy will not have the regular in-person meeting…
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The Bad That Didn’t Happen
In December, 2019, much of The Highlands Voice was devoted to preparation for the 2020 session of the West Virginia Legislature. Among the stories was one…
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Ulysses Pumped Storage Hydropower Project Abandoned
By David Johnston Faced with overwhelming community opposition, it appears that FreedomWorks LLC will abandon its most recent attempt to build a pumped storage…
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Thoughts from our president
March, the month that will change our lives forever. It’s hard to believe the change in our world that has occurred with the Coronavirus pandemic spreading to…
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Proposed Changes Threaten Birds
By John McFerrin The United States Department of the Interior has proposed regulations that would reduce protection for migratory birds through a dramatic reinterpretation…
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A Little Action at the Pump Storage Project
By John McFerrin Although the details about the project are not yet available, there have been some developments in the proposed pump storage project…
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Changes to the Clean Water Rule Have Big Impacts on the Ground
By Kurt Fesenmyer High in the headwaters of Back Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia are several small streams that only run…
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New Designation for the New River?
There has been some activity on the proposal by United States Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), to change the New River Gorge’s designation…
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