And So I Weed

By Jackie Burns It’s August.  In Canaan Valley that means it is time for pulling out Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) so that it doesn’t become…

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Watoga Old-Growth Forest Exploration Outing

By Larry Thomas As Cory and I mentioned in the August Highlands Voice, the Conservancy has revived the outings, with three of the four…

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Mushroom Meander: Another Successful Outing

By Cory Chase The Highlands of West Virginia hold many treasures. One the most diverse–and least understood–is the world of fungi. Modern research is…

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Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Update

By Dave Johnston During August the Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards were all about seeking solitude (or lack thereof) and finding campsites, without staying in…

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The cut

Whether the waters of prosperity have actually flowed down the rivers of concrete of the Appalachian Regional Highway System, as Senator Byrd predicted, is a complicated issue.  There…

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The Real Northern Route for Corridor H

By Hugh Rogers             In Tucker County, advance men for the Division of Highways (DOH) have been saying that a Northern Route for the Davis-Thomas…

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Corridor H for Dummies

By John McFerrin Corridor H has been around as a proposal since the Johnson (Lyndon, not Andrew) administration and as a controversy for almost…

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Coal Fields to Solar Fields: The Nature Conservancy to Present at Fall Review

By Susan Rosenblum Eriks Brolis, Director of Nature & Economy Programs for The Nature Conservancy (“TNC”), will present on TNC’s Solar on Mine Lands…

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Conserving Wildlife on Pipeline Infrastructure

By Jocelyn J. Phares, Environmental Resources Analyst West Virginia Division of Natural Resources The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) actively works to…

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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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