Pipelines, Streams, and Wetlands: Will They Be Allowed to Cross?

By John McFerrin If, as their developers hope, the Mountain Valley Pipeline or the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are constructed, they will have to cross hundreds streams and wetlands as they…

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West Virginia Near the Bottom in Energy Efficiency

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy is out with its 2017 State Energy Efficiency Scoreboard and, for West Virginia, there is good news and bad news.  The…

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Red Creek Rising

By Donna Weems   Once small, now muscular and strong Collins Run spills over wooded banks Rushing past rocks and soil, dank Loudly laughing as it hurries along   Dry gulley now an active streambed Clear water…

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A Little Adventure in Birding

By John McFerrin The photograph which illustrated the story in the September Voice about the Brooks Bird Club and its 85th anniversary is of a Sutton’s Warbler.  In searching for…

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Judge to Appoint Special Master to Speed Up Coal Mine Cleanups

By Ken Ward Jr. A federal judge says he plans to appoint a “special master” in an effort to speed up the process of cleaning up water pollution violations related…

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Some Things to Consider When Supporting Renewable Energy

By Wayne Spiggle One of the perks of serving on the WVHC board of directors is that from time to time we use email to exchange observations, opinions and information…

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Headwater Streams in Peril

The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has joined with four other West Virginia Groups (including our member groups, the Shavers Fork Coalition and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition) in a…

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