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By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Archives: June 2021
  • By the Pricking of My Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    The 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature provided a lot of indications of the enthusiasm in the body for allowing off-road vehicles on public lands in…


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  • Worried yet?

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    As if widespread drought, mass extinctions, more severe storms, etc. were not sufficient cause for concern, a study by Duke University recently reported that the concentrations of…


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  • Another Earth Day

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    By Marion Harless          Wisconsin’s Senator Gaylord Nelson thought it would be wonderful to have a student led teach-in on the environment at the nation’s…


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  • Finding New Uses for Abandoned Lands?

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    By John McFerrin Congress is considering two bills–the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM)…


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  • Another Conservancy Founder Passes

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    A tribute by Dave Elkinton One of the key founders of the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, Lou Greathouse, passed away November 24, 2019 in…


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  • You’ve Read the Book; Now See the Movie

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    In the past, The Highlands Voice has had several stories about a Mine Research Facility proposed for a site on the border of Pocahontas and Randolph Counties, near Mace,…


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  • Who Gets Stuck When Mines Fail?

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    There has been another development as we inch forward to a solution to the problem of how to reclaim failing mines.  The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra…


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  • Thoughts from our president

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    Public lands provide significant benefits to the public, our environment, and our economy. Our West Virginia public lands, including our state forests and parks as well as…


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  • Is Sauce for the Goose also Sauce for the Gander?

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    By John McFerrin If we measure an idea by comparing what it accomplishes with what it was supposed to, the Hatfield-McCoy Trail system has…


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  • Off-highway Vehicles: a Threat to Our Public Lands

    Posted by danrad on June 1, 2021

    By Larry Thomas Efforts have been persistent in promoting off-highway vehicle recreation on our public lands, Federal and state, in West Virginia in the…


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