Songbirds Helping Spread Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

Hemlock wooly adelgid, a tiny insect pest, was discovered in the western United States in the 1920s and was first observed in the East in the early…

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North Carolina Citizens Try New Approach in Opposing Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Citizen groups in North Carolina are trying a new tactic in their opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.  They contend that conditions have changed so that North Carolina…

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Annual Membership Meeting!

Among the activities that will take place during the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Fall Review are the Annual Membership Meeting and the quarterly Board meeting. The Annual…

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2,700+ Towers Update Lighting Systems, Saving Migratory Birds and Expenses

Over the past two years, thousands of communications tower operators have updated their lighting systems by turning off steady-burning (L-810) side-marker lights that attract birds and cause…

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Four Coal, Chemical Companies Sued for Clean Water Act Violations

By Kate Mishkin One of Gov. Jim Justice’s family mines is violating the Clean Water Act and Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, a…

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Conservancy Provides Scoping Comments on Forest Service’s Proposed Greenbrier Southeast Project

By Kent Karriker The Forest Service has proposed a new vegetation management project for a portion of the Monongahela National Forest called the Greenbrier…

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Climate Change Conference Coming Up

On Saturday, September 21, 2019, leading experts on the public health effects of global warming and climate change will discuss climate-related mental health impacts, heat wave deaths,…

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Another Step Forward (we hope) for the Land and Water Conservation Fund

There have been more developments with the Land and Water Conservation Fund.  Although it began in 1965 the Fund was not permanently authorized. Its authorization had to be periodically…

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Report Looks at Pipeline Construction

Now that Virginia and West Virginia have had a year of major pipeline construction, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited have prepared a report on…

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Groups Challenge Mountain Valley Pipeline over Endangered Species

By John McFerrin             A coalition of environmental and citizen groups is challenging the findings of the Fish and Wildlife Service and how it determined…

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