Join us for the Fall Review 2026: Finding our place in the work ahead 

By Jordan Howes, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy  Across the West Virginia Highlands, communities are confronting a new generation of interconnected threats, from data centers and transmission lines to fossil fuel [...]

Thoughts from our President – September 2026

Greetings!  Prophecies about El Niño are abounding, but I don't think anyone really knows what to expect. Warmer? Colder? Drier? Wetter? I guess we'll find out when it gets here. [...]

Valley Link North revives questions of need, cost and sacrifice in West Virginia 

By Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy  More than 15 years ago, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy joined landowners, community groups and the Sierra Club to oppose the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission [...]

Thomas water supply no longer a deterrent to the northern route 

By Go North Alliance  One concern we frequently hear about a Northern Route for Corridor H is its potential impact on Thomas’s drinking water reservoir, which is located north of [...]

Neb-nosers seek to interfere with enforcement 

By John McFerrin, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy  There has been a new development in the efforts by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition to force [...]

Virginia and West Virginia groups file injunction to stop Corridor H 

By Stewards of the Potomac Highlands and Virginia Wilderness Committee  Citizens groups in West Virginia and Virginia have now filed an injunction to stop any Corridor H construction on the [...]

We’re changing our Bylaws and you get to vote 

West Virginia Highlands Conservancy members are invited to vote on the proposed amendments to the organization’s bylaws. WVHC has had the same bylaws since 1985. It is time for a [...]