A watershed’s new beginning: Restoration and hope for the South Fork Cherry River
By Andrew Young, Staff Attorney for the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance At long last, the coal trucks have fallen silent on Sugartree Bench Mountain at the headwaters of the South Fork [...]
Update on Fundamental Data and the Ridgeline Project
By Luanne McGovern, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Despite the outpouring of public concern and protest against issuing an air permit to the Ridgeline power plant project, the West Virginia Department of Environmental [...]
Metallurgical coal: A critical mineral?
By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Metallurgical coal is having a moment right now. After years of being just the less common type of coal, it is being elevated [...]
New initiative launched to save five miles along the Gauley River
By Faye Wooden, Arc of Appalachia An organization that is relatively new to West Virginia is working to buy and preserve a 1,336-acre forest tract that will potentially protect 5 [...]
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve News Release A new National Park Service report shows that 2,080,330 visitors to the three national park sites —New River Gorge National Park [...]
By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Despite public outcry, state issues air quality permits for two off-grid power plants tied to world’s largest ammonia project A proposal to build [...]
Climate change and our environment: a story
Go North Alliance Newsletter There are two large-scale projects hanging over our heads right now here on our mountaintop in Tucker County — projects that will have enormous impacts on [...]
I normally start my president's letter with a report on the weather in the Highlands – leaves changing, snow predictions, hiking conditions, and other mundane issues. But tonight, I’m writing [...]
