Getting Ready for the Legislative Session
Even if 2021 seems like a long way off, it is time to start planning for the 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature. As usual, we can count on a [...]
September and 2020 are flying by at what certainly seems to be warp speed. So much has been accomplished and yet so much is still on our plate to keep [...]
The Conservation Hub: Strengthening Environmental Analysis and Improving Public Participation
By Lewis Freeman, Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and Daniel Shaffer, ABRA Geospatial Consultant Among the lessons learned from the recent fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project were the [...]
Democrats Should Halt Changes to Environmental Law
By Rupert Cutler Once upon a time in America, Republicans led the way in science-based initiatives to protect the environment. For example: • The Morrill Act created land grant colleges to [...]
Rule Change Allows More Methane into the Air
By John McFerrin The United States Environmental Protection Agency has eliminated a rule which had limited leaks and flares of methane from oil and gas wells. Why methane matters Methane [...]
Migratory Birds Dodge a Bullet (at least for now)
By John McFerrin Migratory birds will now receive greater protection than they otherwise might have, thanks to a decision by a United States District Court in New York. The Court vacated [...]
Dr. Wayne Campbell Spiggle, Jr. devoted husband and father, physician lover of the outdoors and a West Virginia Highlands Conservancy member and Board member, died on Friday, July 31, 2020. [...]
Cool Facts about the Cerulean Warbler
On the wintering grounds in South America the Cerulean Warbler usually is found in mixed-species foraging flocks, associating with tropical tanagers and other resident species.When renesting after a failed first [...]
ClimateWise: The Causes of Climate Change
By the Highlands Conservancy Climate Change Committee. There are a number of causes for climate change; some are natural and some are anthropogenic – man made. Greenhouse gases are the [...]
Public lands, especially our National Forests, are managed for “multiple use.” By statute, they are required to be managed for the often competing values of recreation, grazing, timber, watershed protection, wildlife and fish, and wilderness. Historically, [...]
By Danske Dandridge If one wishes to be taken into the intimate confidence of a great tree, and to get the full enjoyment of Its strength and beauty, he should [...]
