States Get More Say over Water Permits

By John McFerrin             States, including West Virginia, have gained more control over the issuance of permits under the federal Clean Water Act.

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Afternoon Town

By Lenore Coberly A squirrel sees me, stops each cheek stretched by an acorn, then disappears under a…

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An Unsettled Settlement and One Solution

By Hugh Rogers            The West Virginia Division of Highways has taken note of local opposition to its Revised Original Preferred Alternative (ROPA) for Corridor…

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Royal Mimicry: Entomology Meets Etymology

By Katherine McFerrin and John McFerrin             Summertime in North America is the breeding season for the Monarch butterfly, West Virginia’s state butterfly. Monarchs have…

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Boondoggle: The Appalachian Blue Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub 

Why the oil and gas industry, the Biden administration, the AFL-CIO, and even some environmental groups support spending billions of taxpayer dollars on an economic and…

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Doing Something about Abandoned Gas Wells

Do you have an oil and gas well operated by Diversified Energy on your property?  If it is not producing, we want to hear from you –…

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Appalachian Power Weighs in on Carbon Capture

Earlier this year The Highlands Voice was home to a mini debate on the usefulness of carbon capture and storage as a tool to slow climate change.  The December, 2021,…

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Sticking Up for Wildlife

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with the American Bird Conservancy and numerous other groups in a formal request to the United States Department of the…

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Save the Date

And make your room reservation. The annual Fall Review of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy will be October 14-16 at North Bend State Park in Cairo,…

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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update

By Dave Johnston The Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards are springing into the summer busy season at West Virginia’s most popular wilderness. Here is a…

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