Second Air Quality Board hearing held on Fundamental Data Ridgeline project
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Tucker United and the Sierra Club filed an appeal of the air permit issued to Fundamental Data for [...]
Capon Springs is in a fight no one saw coming
By C.A. Holmes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Every two weeks I make a trip down the highway to get water from the local spring. A mundane task that keeps me [...]
Blasting, a ruptured coal seam, and no cleanup: One family’s Corridor H aftermath
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy When Linda Durrett talks about the Barbour County farm her family has held since 1848, her voice carries generations of memories. The land [...]
Good news for Turtle Island’s red-legged jewel
By Dr. Steven Krichbaum via Go North Alliance The red-legged jewel is one of North America’s most striking wildlife species: the Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta). The WT occurs from southeastern [...]
On climate change and the arc of history
By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Now that we have a new President (Trump, not Shoenfeld), it is a good time to look again at how the arc of [...]
The snow is falling and the temperatures are plummeting, so we can safely say winter has arrived in the Highlands. The ski slopes are opening: White Grass has welcomed its [...]
Get to know Scott Durham, Cameron Layne, and Jocelyn Phares, the Conservancy’s newest board members
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Please provide a little background about yourself. Where are you from? How did you end up in WV? Scott Durham: I was born in [...]
