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Archives: June 2020
  • Essay Winner Announced

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    Eight Rivers Council, an organization that focuses on improving the land, water and air of Pocahontas County, West Virginia through community action and education, offered an award…


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  • Now a treasure, Monongahela Forest was a wasteland when created 100 years ago

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Rick Steelhammer Staff writer Stretching across 921,000 acres in 10 West Virginia counties, the Monongahela National Forest encompasses the…


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  • Agencies Agree to Review Coal-mining Threats to Endangered Species Nationwide

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    In response to a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, the Office of…


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  • Climate Change

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    Normally, I repose in a quiet little valley with a serpentine lane along its sleepy stream.


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  • NORTH SODS

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Jack Slocumb             In her recent book, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, Rebecca Solnit asserts that “– -walking focuses not on the boundary lines of ownership…


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  • Triple Threat to the Tygart

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Stanley Jennings, President STTWA                                                 Save the Tygart Watershed Association (STTWA) is dedicated to improving and maintaining water quality in the Tygart River and…


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  • Environmental Council Seeks Outreach Coordinator and Lobbyist

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    The West Virginia Environmental Council (WVEC) seeks a part-time outreach coordinator and interim lobbyist. Qualified applicants would have familiarity with West Virginia’s legislative process…


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  • Tygart River Woes

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Cindy Rank How well I recall quietly celebrating with a heart full of joy my 30th birthday on the side porch of the cabin…


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  • Nudging the Greenbrier Southeast Project in the Right Direction

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Kent Karriker The Conservancy recently filed a comment letter on the Forest Service’s draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Greenbrier Southeast project.  The…


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  • A New Crawdad

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2020

    By Cindy Ellis Crawdads.  In recent years, these critters have been featured in quite a few stories and references in The Highlands Voice.  So, here…


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