Wisps of Clouds

By George E. Beetham Jr. Wisps of clouds ride on the wind Scatter and then assemble again Storm…

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Groups Support Critical Habitat for Endangered Crayfish

In February, 2020, The Highlands Voice had a story about the proposal by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish…

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WV Legislature- the Good and Not So Good of It

By Frank Young, WV E-Council Legislative Committee Chair The West Virginia state legislature adjourned in mid-March, just as the COVID-19 anxiety was cranking up–thus…

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ClimateWise April 2020

By the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Climate Change Committee While it’s hard to think about climate change when our world has been totally disrupted…

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Why Bats?

By Katherine McFerrin Amid the COVID-19 pandemic one might wonder how this virus came to be. While it’s well known that the virus came…

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Changes Proposed to NEPA Rules

By John McFerrin Council on Environmental Quality has proposed changes to the regulations on how the National Environmental Policy Act is implemented.  If the changes…

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How to Do Social Distancing

For the last few weeks there have been innumerable (The Highlands Voice’s crack staff of enumerators lost count at a bazillion and twelve) newspaper and magazine stories full…

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In Person Board Meeting Cancelled

Because of the corona virus and the recommended social distancing that resulted, the Board of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy will not have the regular in-person meeting…

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The Bad That Didn’t Happen

In December, 2019, much of The Highlands Voice was devoted to preparation for the 2020 session of the West Virginia Legislature. Among the stories was one…

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Ulysses Pumped Storage Hydropower Project Abandoned

By David Johnston Faced with overwhelming community opposition, it appears that FreedomWorks LLC will abandon its most recent attempt to build a pumped storage…

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