Congress Begins to Shape Climate Policy
By Perry Bryant, Climate Committee Chairman There are going to be many twists and turns in the Congressional battle over climate policy. And anything I write might be slightly outdated [...]
The Conservancy is very excited to welcome Cory Chase our Program Director. Cory will be working with the board and its committee chairs as well as our partner organizations providing [...]
By Louanne Fatora Editor’s note: The Watoga State Park Foundation is in the middle of an effort to have Watoga State Park and the adjacent Calvin Price State Forest designated as [...]
What Are Synchronous Fireflies?
Fireflies (also called lightning bugs) are beetles. Most of their lifecycle is spent in the larval stage (1-2 years), where they feed on snails, worms, and smaller insects in the [...]
Mountain Valley Pipeline Hits a Big Snag
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has recommended a permit the Mountain Valley Pipeline needs to cross streams and wetlands in West Virginia be denied. Under the Clean Water Act, [...]
“Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It’s off to camp we go!” That’s what they sang at Camp Waldo in Summers County this year and they had a great time! You may remember that [...]
Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards are at the trailheads
By Dave Johnston During July the Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards project hit the ground with a running start. In partnership with the Monongahela National Forest (MNF), WVHC is organizing volunteers [...]
Keeping watch on the summer skies, the lolling clouds, the rising curls of sidewalk heat, I might hold in mind that a scant three years ago, up in the ascending [...]
Changes Coming to Endangered Species Act Implementation
Congress enacted the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to provide for the conservation of endangered and threatened fish, wildlife, plants and their natural habitats Under the Act, agencies are required to [...]
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: Now What Happens?
By John McFerrin In July, 2021, the developers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline announced that they were cancelling the project. Depending on one’s point of view, there was joy, jubilation, weeping, [...]
A self-introduction by Cory Chase Hello Highlands Voice readers! My name is Cory Chase and I was recently hired as the new Program Director for the WV Highlands Conservancy (WVHC). [...]
By John McFerrin For the last time in what we hope will be a long time, we popped into our Zoom boxes for the regular summer meeting of the West [...]
This chart from the United States Energy Information Administration graphically shows the decline in coal production in the United States. It shows a 24% decrease from 2019 to 2020. The change is [...]
DEP levies $51K fine for Mountaineer XPress Pipeline water pollution violations
By Mike Tony West Virginia environmental regulators have again fined the operator of the Mountaineer XPress Pipeline for water pollution violations. The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has assessed [...]
