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Take Action to Protect Our Public Lands!
We need your help to protect our State Parks and Rail Trails. Recently, the West Virginia Senate passed SB 688—a dangerous bill that potentially…
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Lawsuit Seeks to Protect Candy Darter From West Virginia Coal Hauling
WASHINGTON— Conservation groups sued the U.S. Forest Service today for failing to protect streams in the Cherry River watershed from the harmful effects of coal hauling in the…
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Protecting Our Appalachian Legacy: The Fight to Save the Candy Darter
By Andrew Young South Fork Coal Company has an extensive track record of non-compliance with the water protection requirements of Surface Mine and Reclamation…
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Focus on Nature: Big Run Bog, A National Natural Landmark at Risk
By Susan Rogers Rosenblum Big Run Bog, located in Tucker County, is a sometimes overlooked diamond in the crown of West Virginia. It is…
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2023 Year in Review: WVHC Committee Updates
As 2023 comes to a close, the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy would like to share the latest updates from our organization from the past year. 2023 has…
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Wilderness Trails (Part Two of Part Two)
By Dave Johnston In the first part of this series, we looked at how trails–unquestionably a human structure–can be justified, and even encouraged, in…
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Banning Lead Shot, Protecting Wildlife: Is There Hope on the Horizon?
By John McFerrin We have known for decades, if not centuries, that lead is toxic. Over the past 50 years, we have gone to…
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Protecting America’s Remaining Biodiversity: How a Coal Company and Regulatory Indifference Jeopardize the Candy Darter
By Andrew Young Situated just southeast of Richwood, West Virginia, near Cranberry, the Laurel Creek and South Fork of the Cherry River watersheds harbor…
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Groups Challenge Lead Ammo Ban Exemption for Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
On July 31, 2023, three conservation groups filed a suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia challenging a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision…
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National Public Lands Day
West Virginia’s public lands offer something for everyone. With 35 state parks, 116,090 acres of wilderness areas, and hundreds of miles of trails, the public lands surrounding us offer everyone the…
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