Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Head into Busy Summer Season
By Dave Johnston With the inauguration of the Memorial Day weekend, we have passed into the busy season at Dolly Sods, which will last through the summer and fall color [...]
By Marilyn Shoenfeld I have now spent one month as President of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; it has been, and still is, an education! Luanne McGovern has been appointed [...]
Save the Date: Annual Fall Review Focuses on All Things Water
Mark your calendars for our annual Fall Review. Join the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy for a fun and informative weekend learning about water issues in WV. This year’s event will [...]
By Luanne McGovern The recent Supreme Court decision in Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency has thrown into chaos the protections for the nation's wetlands and the Clean Water Act enforcement. [...]
Environmental and Community Groups Challenge Effort to Throw out Mountain Valley Pipeline Lawsuit
On June 26, 2023, environmental and community organizations filed a response opposing efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice and Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC, to dismiss the environmental groups’ pending challenge to [...]
By Luanne McGovern Does your employer match employee donations to charitable causes through a corporate matching gift program? Research shows that more than 65% of Fortune 500 companies participate in [...]
Two Changes Will Require Changes to Corridor H
By Hugh Rogers First, the West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel graduated from the endangered species list. In a Settlement Agreement signed in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration, the West [...]
Persistence Isn’t Always Enough
By John McFerrin Charles Manson, who was convicted and sent to prison after orchestrating the “Manson Family” murders, applied for parole 12 times. It was never granted. In spite of [...]
By Olivia Miller In early June, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and Babydog sat atop a ravaged mountaintop in front of a fleet of bulldozers, 20-foot-high piles of logged trees, [...]
By Robert Beanblossom I graduated from high school on a Wednesday evening in early June of 1971 and had a job waiting on me the following Monday in the Greenbrier [...]
By Randi Pokladnik “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” This quote is from Dr. Seuss’s 1971 book “The Lorax.” [...]
