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Bluestone Mine Gets Its Comeuppance
By Cindy Rank First a quick reminder about our actions with regard to Bluestone Coal violations at its Red Fox mine in McDowell County. (Bluestone is a subsidiary of the Justice […]
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Trout Unlimited and Forest Service Team Up to Reconnect Trout Stream in Virginia
By Dylan Cooper An important historical site in Virginia got a long-awaited face-lift after more than 70 years of being hampered by the presence of man-made barriers to aquatic organism […]
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A Tour of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The major field trip of the Fall Review was the tour of a small part of the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, led by Rick Webb and a team […]
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Pipeline CSI: On the Ground & In the Air
The Pipeline Air Force conducted three ACP surveillance flights over the 200-mile CSI focus area in November and December of 2018. Flights on November 18 and December 12 covered the […]
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Highlands Conservancy Finds Flaws in Proposed Spruce Mountain Grouse Management Area Project
By John McFerrin The United States Forest Service wants to create and maintain habitat for Ruffed Grouse. In order to do this, it has proposed its Spruce Mountain Grouse Management […]
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CROWDSOURCING OVERSIGHT OF PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION
By Rick Webb, Highlands Conservancy Board Member and Chair of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance CSI Program The Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative (CSI), a program of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), […]
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THE ATLANTIC COAST PIPELINE’S TIMELINE OF DEFIANCE
Assembled by Rick Webb, Highlands Conservancy Board Member and Chair of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance CSI Program When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved construction of the ACP in […]
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Banding Birds for Over Six Decades
By LeJay Graffious Each year, in late summer through early fall, volunteers gather near Red Creek campground on the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, to help with banding efforts of migrating […]
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Thoughts from our president
In addition to providing an abundance of rain, May has produced a flurry of information that will be of interest to West Virginia Highlands Conservancy members. Information includes: Monitoring […]
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Compliance Surveillance Initiative: THE SEVEN STEPS OF INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
By Rick Webb, Chair, Pipeline CSI, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Construction of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) presents an extreme risk to water and other environmental resources. We cannot solely […]
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