As part of its proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Dominion Resources intends to blast away, excavate, and partially remove entire ridgetops along 38 miles of Appalachian ridgelines as part of the [...]
Congratulations to West Virginia’s 2017 River Hero
The River Network, a Colorado-based national nonprofit organization that supports local and statewide organizations involved in restoring and protecting rivers and streams, has named WV Rivers Coalition’s executive director Angie [...]
By Cindy Rank Congratulations to Beth Baldwin. She and her cohorts in the nursing profession worked tirelessly at the WV state Legislature these past few years to achieve greater recognition, [...]
By John McFerrin The spring Board meeting was a mixture of the same old, same old, issue reports, and excitement for the future. For same old, same old we had [...]
Open Book test. The text: “Fighting to Protect the Highlands: The First Forty Years of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy” by David P. Elkinton. [texts available in each WV public [...]
We note with sorrow the passing earlier this year of Eleanor Bush at the age of 103. She served as secretary of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy for several years [...]
Seven West Virginia Parks to Charge Entry Fees—NOT
In mid-April, the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources announced that a $2-per-car entry fee would be charged at Coopers Rock State Forest and at Babcock, Blackwater, Cacapon, Little Beaver, [...]
Most issues of our monthly newsletter, The Highlands Voice, beginning with Volume 1, in 1969, are archived on our website at www.wvhighlands.org. Enjoy the following highlights taken from; [...]
Trail Truthing, Part 4: Up On Cheat
By Hugh Rogers Looking for obscure trails such as the Flame Azalea Trail I wrote about last month (see the follow-up below), I have old-fashioned encounters. Instead of plugging in [...]
It is with sadness that we pass along the news of the passing of Kaye Thomas, the wife of West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Senior Vice President Larry Thomas. she died [...]
By John McFerrin The West Virginia Legislature has come and gone, mostly (at press time they still had to finish the budget). It’s time to look at what happened. Rights [...]
Maryland has, by statute, permanently banned the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. There had been years of protests by landowners, health leaders, and environmentalists. This makes Maryland the first [...]
North Carolina Group Speaks Out about the Pipeline
Most of the opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline that we hear about is from Virginia and West Virginia. This does not mean, however, that all of the opposition is [...]
Opinion by John McFerrin The briefing paper that is the subject of the story on page 1 entitles itself “New Data: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would Trigger Extensive Mountaintop Removal.” As [...]
By Craig Stihler The fungal disease White Nose Syndrome (WNS) was first documented in West Virginia in early 2009. Since then, there have been significant declines in the numbers of [...]
