The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: an update and what we are doing

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) provided a grant in the summer of 2018 to support the work of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) and West Virginia…

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Canaan Fir, 50 years later

By Dave Saville In 1970 a young Forestry Professor, Dr. Jim Brown, left WVU to take a job at Ohio State University. He was…

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Board Highlights

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy met in Charleston, with some of the members from more mountainous parts of the state snowed in and unable to attend.  The Board…

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More Questions for Mine Testing Facility

By Ellie Bell The Highlands Voice, May 2019, mentioned that a branch of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute of Occupational…

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Legislative Update (More or less)

With the West Virginia Legislature now in session there are several bills of interest.  A monthly publication such as The Highlands Voice is not the best source for…

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Our Connection with Camp Waldo

By Cindy Rank A great number of mining and water related legal challenges pursued by WV Highlands Conservancy over the past 20-30 years have…

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WHERE’S WALDO?

Low Cost Environmental Summer Camp Invites New Campers, Counselors in June 2020 Last year, Appalachian Headwaters, a new nonprofit organization ,…

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Finding Out What You Think

The Climate Change Committee for the Highlands Conservancy is developing a survey of our members on climate change. The purpose of the survey is to understand what…

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Thoughts from our president

Old man winter certainly has been kind to the highlands with milder weather and little snow to date. However, who can predict Old Man Winter’s plans for…

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EPA and Corps of Engineers Leave Waters Unprotected

By John McFerrin             The United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers have narrowed the definition of the “waters…

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