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Environmental Groups Sue to Challenge Mountaintop Removal Mine on Coal River Mountain
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Contact Vernon Haltom Executive Director, Coal River Mountain Watch 216-338-6003 vernon@crmw.net Willie Dodson Coal Impacts Program Manager, Appalachian Voices 276-870-5843 willie@appvoices.org Bianca Sanchez Associate Press Secretary, Sierra Club bianca.sanchez@sierraclub.org Olivia Miller Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (304)…
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STATEMENT: Coal company’s bankruptcy filing reflects growing pressure to end reckless mining in West Virginia
Rocky Run Surface Mine in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Photo courtesy of Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2025 CONTACT Olivia Miller, Program Director, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy,…
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Environmental groups sue South Fork Coal over damages near Cranberry Wilderness
RICHWOOD, W.Va. — The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and Appalachian Voices sued South Fork Coal Company today for ongoing violations of the federal Clean Water Act and…
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Conservation groups ask nation’s top coal mine regulator to shut down illegal coal haul road in Monongahela National Forest
RICHWOOD, W.Va. — Today, 11 conservation organizations urged the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to take immediate action to close an illegal coal haul…
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West Virginia Environmental Groups Secure Historic Settlement to Clean Up Coal Mining Pollution
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— In a historic victory, the Sierra Club, the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy have…
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West Virginia Highlands Conservancy’s Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards Program Receives Spirit of West Virginia Award
CHARLESTON, W.Va—The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is proud to announce that West Virginia Tourism has awarded its Dolly Sods Wilderness Stewards program the…
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WVHC Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment Grant
DAVIS, W.Va.—The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is excited to announce that it has been awarded an American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water and Environment grant, focused…
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Volunteer Trailhead Stewards Needed at Dolly Sods Wilderness Area
DRYFORK, W.Va.— The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy is seeking volunteers to support Dolly Sods Wilderness Area by welcoming and educating visitors to the wilderness as part of its…
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Blackwater River Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers® for 2024
ContactGary Belan, American Rivers, 202-243-7027Olivia Miller, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, 304-704-2997Saundra Goss, Go North Corridor H Alliance, 304-678-8110Judy Rodd, Friends of Blackwater, 204-552-7602 Washington, D.C. –…
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Environmental Groups Secure Historic Settlement to Restore West Virginia Streams Harmed by Coal Mining Pollution
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— In a landmark victory, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, the Sierra Club, and the West Virginia Rivers Coalition have…
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