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Thoughts from our President: Off-Road Vehicles Pose a Threat to West Virginia Public Lands
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy has a long history of opposing Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) use on our West Virginia federal and state public lands. As reported previously, the Conservancy Legislative Committee, along […]
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Infrastructure: What’s in It for Us?
By John McFerrin The recently passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act has broad benefits for Americans in general, as well as higher taxes for some Americans. If all works as […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin Even though we had spent the previous day Zooming with the speakers for the Fall Review (well worth it, see story on p. ), we climbed back […]
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“Finish It!” – But How?
By Hugh Rogers “Corridor H—Finish It!” say the faded blue stickers on more than a few trucks around here. The stickers are old but the message still lives. In June, […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin For the last time in what we hope will be a long time, we popped into our Zoom boxes for the regular summer meeting of the West […]
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Plenty of Problems for Proposed Experimental Mine
By Jeanne Bell The final Environmental Impact Statement is scheduled for release mid-summer 2021 for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (a part of the Center for Disease […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin For the latest of what seemed like too many times in a row we gathered in our little Zoom boxes to take care of the West Virginia […]
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Board Highlights
By John McFerrin It was a strange, pandemic warped Board meeting with us all sitting snugly at home, watching each other on our computer screens. In spite of the oddness of […]
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The Conservation Hub: Strengthening Environmental Analysis and Improving Public Participation
By Lewis Freeman, Executive Director, Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance and Daniel Shaffer, ABRA Geospatial Consultant Among the lessons learned from the recent fight against the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project were the […]
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Checking in with the Northern Flying Squirrel
By John McFerrin The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has done a review of how the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) is faring. It found that the Squirrel is […]
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