Essay Winner Announced

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

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

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

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

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NORTH SODS

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

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

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

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

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

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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