Which Side Are You On? A Christmas Story
(A European Starling shot by Kathy Litzinger/Great Backyard Bird Count) By Cindy Ellis In the late 1800s and early 1900s a singular holiday tradition had emerged wherever hunters had access [...]
By Larry Thomas November was another busy month at the Conservancy and we are very proud of our efforts and accomplishments. During another extremely unusual year, the Board and committees [...]
PFAS Chemicals and Safe Drinking Water at the 2023 Legislative Session
By Luanne McGovern One of the Conservancy’s priorities for the 2023 legislative session is the passage of the Clean Drinking Water Act of 2023, modeled after HB4055 from the 2022 [...]
Getting Oil and Gas Wells Plugged
By John McFerrin The problem Orphaned gas wells are everywhere. There are about 6,500 gas wells in West Virginia that are no longer producing and need to be plugged. West [...]
A Tribute to Lenore McComas Coberly
By Cindy Rank Thanksgiving is a time of giving thanks for many things, including special people who have touched our hearts before taking their leave of this world to walk [...]
Issues with Corridor H in Wardensville
By Bonni McKeown, Stewards of Potomac Highlands People around Wardensville, a tiny, blossoming town in eastern Hardy County, are not certain about the West Virginia Department of Highway’s plans to [...]
Earthjustice Update: Unregulated Coal Ash Dumping in Coal Mines
An update from Earthjustice November 28th, the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) received our Notice of Intent to Sue concerning their failure to respond to our 2015 petition to regulate [...]
The Failure of the West Virginia Public Service Commission to Serve the Public
By James M. Van Nostrand, Charles M. Love, Jr. Endowed ProfessorDirector, Center for Energy & Sustainable DevelopmentWest Virginia University College of Law One of the most powerful and yet relatively [...]
The West Virginia Land Trust and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Evie (Evelyn Webster) lovin’ those big trees in Doddridge County. (Photo courtesy of WV Land Trust) By Luanne McGovern I recently participated in a tour of one of the latest projects [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Rambunctious Garden, Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
By Emma Marris, reviewed by John McFerrin Much of what the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy does involves land management. Should our state parks be managed for timber production? (No!) How [...]
