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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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Residents Raise Alarm Over Aging and Deteriorating Pipes Along Mountain Valley Pipeline
By Olivia Miller Pipes that have been sitting exposed to the elements since the early days of construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline have…
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The Highlands Conservancy’s Contributions to Wilderness
By George E. Beetham Jr Before the coming of European explorers and settlers, all of the land in what is now West Virginia was…
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Part Two: Wilderness Trails
By Dave Johnston In the first part of this discussion, we explored the fact that while Wilderness is supposed to be “untrammeled” by humans…
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Watoga Old-Growth Forest Exploration Outing
By Larry Thomas The Conservancy’s second old-growth outing took place on July 9, when more than thirty individuals met ecologist/naturalist Doug Wood at Watoga…
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