June 2018 Archives - West Virginia Highlands Conservancy

Tree Sitters Risk Lives on the Front Line

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

By Drew Philp Way out in the Appalachian hills, on the line between Virginia and West Virginia, after an hour-long backwoods hike up Peters Mountain, an orderly clutch…

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Highlands Conservancy Objects to FERC Policy

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with some two hundred other organizations from all over the country in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting…

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Mountain Valley Pipeline to Get Closer Scrutiny at Stream Crossings

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

By John McFerrin Because of Court and Agency action, the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) may not be able to use an anticipated shortcut in getting approval…

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Why We Joined

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

In April, 2018, the Board had a day long, facilitated discussion on the future of the organization, how we might change and adapt, etc. For more on the discussion,…

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Public Lands Advocacy Workshop Coming Up

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

Ready to take your public lands activism beyond writing letters to decision makers? Ready to inspire others in your community to act? You’re ready to be a West Virginians…

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Wildflowers in Spring

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

By Jackie Burns Ah Spring. The days get longer. The birds sing sweetly. And the woodlands come alive with color as wildflowers bloom. You probably know that woodland wildflowers sprout and…

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The Future: What will WVHC look like 10, 20 or 50 years from now?

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

By Frank Young The WV Highlands Conservancy has endured for more than a half century. For an organization operated almost exclusively by volunteers, many “professionals” in non-profit organizational management training…

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Our efforts made the Nature Conservancy addition possible

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

By George E. Beetham Jr. This story begins in 2002 when a notice appeared in the Grant County Press about a wind farm that was to stretch from well north…

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Celebrating National Trails Day

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

The first Saturday in June is National Trails Day. This year West Virginia Highlands Conservancy member Katherine McFerrin celebrated by running the Deckers Creek Half Marathon along the Deckers Creek…

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Thoughts from our president

Posted by danrad on June 4, 2018

In addition to providing an abundance of rain, May has produced a flurry of information that will be of interest to West Virginia Highlands Conservancy members. Information includes: Monitoring the…

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Tree Sitters Risk Lives on the Front Line