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Paddle into summer: West Virginia Highlands Conservancy hosts “Summer Splash” on the Cheat River
Looking for a fun, refreshing way to celebrate summer in the Mountain State? The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) invites paddlers of all experience levels to hit…
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Tucker County data center fight heats up
By Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Since the last issue of The Highlands Voice, things have moved quickly in the battle against the…
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Save the date for WVHC’s 2025 Fall Review: “Environmentalism in a Changing World”
As Appalachia faces escalating environmental threats—from policy rollbacks and extreme weather to industrial development and habitat loss—this fall, conservationists, advocates, and concerned citizens will gather in the…
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Nationwide uprising stops two attempts to sell off public lands
By Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Over the past two months, public lands advocates from across the country have fought back two separate…
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100 Groups Urge Senate Leadership Against Public Lands Sell-off in Budget Bill
WASHINGTON— More than 100 organizations urged senate leadership today to remove the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands from the Senate budget bill. Sen. Mike Lee…
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Federal court clears path for legal challenges to coal-hauling in Monongahela National Forest
WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday in favor of two motions filed by conservation groups, allowing key legal and administrative actions to move forward to…
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Breeding bird surveys in jeopardy amid budget threats
By Cynthia Ellis, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Usually in May and June, throughout the mountains and across the state, West Virginia’s birders are volunteering…
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American Rivers names Gauley River to America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2025, due to toxic coal mining pollution
The threat of toxic pollution from coal strip mining in the headwaters of one of the Gauley’s primary tributaries — the Cherry River — has made it…
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