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Planting the Seeds & Helping Them Grow 50 Years of Tending the Environment in West Virginia

Archives: June 2017
  • Planting the Seeds & Helping Them Grow 50 Years of Tending the Environment in West Virginia

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    Honoring the Partnerships that formed the Highlands Conservancy in the first place and the ever expanding network of new citizen and environmental partners we’ve…


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  • West Virginia Red Spruce Trees for Sale!

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy organizes volunteers to collect seeds from our native plant species.  We contract with commercial growers to grow seedlings for ecosystem restoration projects.  All proceeds…


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  • Planting Some Trees on Old Strip Mines

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    By Beth Little I just witnessed an operation that has it all:  job creation, land restoration, and youth education.  The jobs are largely local and varied, from bulldozer operator to…


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  • Moving Old Mines Closer to Compliance

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition have made an agreement with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection that moves seven…


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  • Memories of the Early Days of the WVHC

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    By Rupert Cutler I was an Assistant Executive Director of The Wilderness Society in Washington, D.C., assigned by Executive Director Stewart Brandborg to help pro-wilderness grass roots groups in the…


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  • Congress Refuses to Unfix a Problem

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    By John McFerrin In March, 2017, The Highlands Voice reported that Congress was about to unfix a problem with the waste of natural gas on public lands.  The Bureau of…


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  • Trail Truthing, Part 5: Your Turn

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    By Hugh Rogers Ever-resourceful Editor John has proposed a contest for hikers who will help us bring our Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide up to date. Here’s some background. More than ten…


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  • Find Bird Nests, Win Prizes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    It’s time once again for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Funky Nests in Funky Places.  This contest focuses on the quirky places birds sometimes build their nests. Participants have…


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  • Help Improve the Hiking Guide!!!! Win a Prize!!!!

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    We are working on a new edition of The Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide.  To do it, we need your help.  The Guide describes nearly 200 U.S. Forest Service…


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  • Legislature Does Good by Accident

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2017

    There were two water quality bills in the 2017 Legislature which the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy opposed.  This led to weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, etc., some of which…


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