Strange Doings by Department of Environmental Protection in Eastern Panhandle

By Christine Wimer, President Jefferson County Foundation It is time for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to stop catering to corporations and start protecting…

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Hearing on Water Quality Rules Turns into Nothing

A September 23 hearing of the Legislative Rulemaking Review Committee on proposed water quality standards proved anticlimactic as the rules were taken off the agenda.

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Learn the Straight Scoop on Climate Change

Late last month, the West Virginia Climate Alliance, an emerging coalition of environmental, civil rights, faith-based and civic organizations, released A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Change. The Guide…

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Headwater

By Jack Slocomb Seneca Creek rises up out of ancient, wrinkled folds of earth, out of timelessness, an immense continuity.             When…

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Comfort

By Jack Slocomb Must be that turn of year, days more dimly drawn, nib of freeze in the…

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New West Virginia Land Trust preserve a Mammoth undertaking

By Rick Steelhammer A 5,000-acre expanse of woodland and former surface mines along the Kanawha-Fayette County line east of Mammoth is being repurposed as…

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Book News: Death in Mud Lick by Eric Eyre

Reviewed by Cindy Ellis A book on the opioid crisis might seem a stretch for readers interested in issues of the West Virginia Highlands…

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Meanwhile, in the Jefferson National Forest

So much for recent Corps and Fish and Wildlife actions.  Also, on Friday, September 25th, the U.S. Forest Service released its proposal for the 303-mile pipeline to pass…

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Groups Object to Mountain Valley Pipeline Stream Crossings

In May, 2020, The Highlands Voice reported on a United States District Court in Montana that had ruled that the United States Army Corps of Engineers had improperly allowed…

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A Tale of Two Plans

The accompanying story discusses proposed regulations that would diminish the role of the National Forest Service in approving oil and gas development in the National Forests.  Diminishing the…

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