Big Fun on the Horizon!

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review will be Oct. 18-19-20, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Put it on your calendar now, in big letters, and plan to be there. …

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Questions Raised about Proposed Mine Safety Testing Facility

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) wants to build a facility that it could use for…

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Still in Need of Something to read?

The Central Appalachian Red Spruce Initiative.  (West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is a partner in CASRI) was an important part of a feature article in the Energy and Environment…

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Adventures in Butterflies

By Steve Mace This past Sunday while I was botanizing in Lawrence County, Kentucky, I spotted my first of the season Falcate Orangetip, my favorite butterfly. The life history of this…

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West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Makes Pipeline Permitting Easier

By John McFerrin The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has changed the conditions that are placed on permits for stream and wetland crossings for natural gas pipelines. Background Under the…

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How Stands the Atlantic Coast Pipeline?

If it seems as if there has not been much going on with the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) lately, it is because there hasn’t.  Construction activities on the Atlantic…

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Opposing Narrowing Clean Water Protections

By John McFerrin The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, along with the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and several other groups, has commented on the latest proposal to restrict the coverage of…

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Stalking the Stream Critters, aka “Benthic Macroinvertebrates”

By Cindy Ellis Recently I joined volunteers who wanted to know more about living beings in West Virginia’s waterways. Fifteen of us gathered on the banks of Davis Creek in…

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Thoughts from our president

The mountains received some severe windy and rainy weather during March and April. Driving through the mountain’s unpaved roads you can see the evidence in the form of numerous…

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Big Run Pump Storage Project Appears to be Dead

Last month Randy Kesling updated you on the continuing saga of the pump storage project proposed by FreedomWorks, LLC for the Big Run area of Tucker County. You may recall…

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