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All Hail the Real Prognosticators

Archives: February 2020
  • All Hail the Real Prognosticators

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    In most Februaries, The Highlands Voice takes note of Groundhog Day, honoring the putative prognosticator of spring.  According to an article in Scientific American, however, the cute little rodent is lousy at…


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  • Critical Habitat Established for Endangered Crayfish

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has published a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) and the Guyandotte River…


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  • The Forgotten Natural Resource

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    By Beth Little             The Monongahela National Forest has a natural resource that is ignored.  It is darkness – an absence of artificial light at night.  Around…


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  • The Atlantic Coast Pipeline: an update and what we are doing

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC) provided a grant in the summer of 2018 to support the work of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA) and West Virginia…


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  • Canaan Fir, 50 years later

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    By Dave Saville In 1970 a young Forestry Professor, Dr. Jim Brown, left WVU to take a job at Ohio State University. He was…


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  • Board Highlights

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy met in Charleston, with some of the members from more mountainous parts of the state snowed in and unable to attend.  The Board…


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  • More Questions for Mine Testing Facility

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    By Ellie Bell The Highlands Voice, May 2019, mentioned that a branch of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute of Occupational…


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  • Legislative Update (More or less)

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    With the West Virginia Legislature now in session there are several bills of interest.  A monthly publication such as The Highlands Voice is not the best source for…


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  • Our Connection with Camp Waldo

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    By Cindy Rank A great number of mining and water related legal challenges pursued by WV Highlands Conservancy over the past 20-30 years have…


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  • WHERE’S WALDO?

    Posted by danrad on February 3, 2020

    Low Cost Environmental Summer Camp Invites New Campers, Counselors in June 2020 Last year, Appalachian Headwaters, a new nonprofit organization ,…


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