Highlands Conservancy members gather for 2025 Fall Review at Blackwater Falls

By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s 2025 Fall Review brought together advocates, students, and community leaders for a weekend of learning, discussion, and exploration [...]

Air Quality Board holds first hearing on power plant appeal

By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy  The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Tucker United and the Sierra Club filed an appeal for the air permit issued to Fundamental Data for [...]

West Virginians asked to foot the bill for Virginia’s data center boom

By Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginians are being asked once again to sacrifice their farmland, their mountains, and their pocketbooks—all to keep the lights on [...]

Protecting West Virginia’s wild waters: The push to safeguard 16 iconic rivers

By Mike Jones, West Virginia Rivers Coalition West Virginia has one Wild and Scenic River. About 10 miles of the Bluestone River is permanently designated under the National Wild and [...]

Board highlights from the Fall Review 

By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy  At the fall Board meeting, we took care of some necessary business and then enjoyed hearing about what the organization has been doing. [...]

Don’t take our dark skies for granted

By Go North Alliance We are blessed with many natural gifts in Tucker County – our beautiful mountains and valleys, the plentiful rivers and streams that flow through them, abundant [...]

Reeling in responsibility: Why fall is the time to fish smart in West Virginia

By Christa Clasgens, Membership and Outreach Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy As the temperatures drop and the sun sets earlier, this is the time of year when many retreat indoors. [...]

Upcoming film screening explores Appalachian roots and mother-daughter bonds

By Jordan Howes, Communications Coordinator, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Award-winning filmmaker Julia Huffman will return to her family’s Appalachian roots this month for a special screening of her newest documentary, [...]