Updates from WVHC: Celebrating our mountains and the work ahead
By Olivia Miller, Interim Executive Director Fall has been exceptionally beautiful in the Highlands this year. Every season in West Virginia brings its own wonders, but when our mountains turn [...]
Go North Alliance newsletter: Delayed again
By Go North Alliance The West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) has announced another delay of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Parsons to Davis section of [...]
West Virginia considers nuclear waste storage, then backs off
By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy West Virginia has made a brief, if mostly behind-the-scenes, foray into nuclear energy. The effort produced a lot of talk, charges and countercharges, [...]
Off the beaten path: Fall, autumn and beautiful colors
By Cindy Slater, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall is my favorite season of the year. There is something cozy about wearing your favorite sweater and breathing in the crisp, cool [...]
Christa’s catch: How recreationists become environmentalists
By Christa Clasgens, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy It is not uncommon to find ourselves investing our time in a new hobby, only to watch it grow into something much more. [...]
The South Fork Cherry fight (still) isn’t over
By Andrew Young, Staff Attorney, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) A little over a mile of road through the Monongahela National Forest could determine whether Rocky Run Mine reopens. In our [...]
By West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Board The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy opposes construction of the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link and Valley North transmission lines through West Virginia and the greater Highlands [...]
I saved a turtle today: Or did I?
By Valerie Staats, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Member It was on West Virginia State Road 26, between Bruceton Mills and Kingwood. A two-lane road, no shoulders, all curves and gentle [...]
